Tonyz
10th August 2021, 08:35 PM
ok have this smaller size cable drum I am converting into under cover outdoor table for my workplace.
all joins have been sealed with wet area silicone.
Then wifey used her Laser cutter and engraved the top. I cut to size....well almost but I heeded to push more black silcone into gaps and then still had rough edges so bog filled. now not happy with finished.
So.... thinking use a flat cutter on the big router with a bearing on the bottom to follow the cable drum edge. The top is 19mm marine ply.
I guess a decent quality router bit ....but what?
Trevor Dennis
16th September 2021, 11:12 AM
ok have this smaller size cable drum I am converting into under cover outdoor table for my workplace.
all joins have been sealed with wet area silicone.
Then wifey used her Laser cutter and engraved the top. I cut to size....well almost but I heeded to push more black silcone into gaps and then still had rough edges so bog filled. now not happy with finished.
So.... thinking use a flat cutter on the big router with a bearing on the bottom to follow the cable drum edge. The top is 19mm marine ply.
I guess a decent quality router bit ....but what?
This thread is a month old, so I suspect you have finished your project, but you've had no replies, so I thought I'd throw my two cents worth in. A flush trim bit with a decent template will definitely do a nice job. The spiral bit with top and bottom bearings from Whiteside is easily my favourite bit for that job, but it is uber expensive, and is heavy so needs a decent router with good bearings. I'm in NZ and knew this was going to make a dent in my credit card, but it still surprised me by the time the currency conversion and postage was added. It's just about as expensive as the rest of my bits combined!
https://www.amazon.com/Whiteside-Model-UDC9112-Spiral-Combination/dp/B009102BMK
Something else I have done with good results is to turn my router cabinet into a mini jointer. I place 1mm thick fender washers between the sliding section of the outfeed and the main fence, and carefully align the bit to the outfeed fence. This obviously removes 1mm with each pass. It works pretty well, but you can only use it on wood that is no thicker than the length of your router bit. Flush trim bits can clean wider edges by running the bearing along the previously trimmed edge of course.