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7th September 2012, 07:20 PM #1New Member
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Router help?
I need some advice
I've just got myself a router, (ryobi), I've mounted it in a table that I've made myself and the first project I'm asking is a little display cabinet, I make and collect glass beads and i have a bunch i want to put on display
So, it's just a simple set of little shelves made out of merante and I'm setting the shelves into a groove (forgive me if I'm getting the terminology wrong)
I've got the set up all good and I've tested it out on some scrap mdf and it was perfect but as soon as I rout the merante i'm left with a crappy furry edge that I really have no hope of cleaning up without ruining the cut
What am I doing wrong?
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7th September 2012, 08:02 PM #2
Some possibilities are:
You are trying to take too deep a cut at one pass which is slowing the bit down. Hence the ragged edge. What HP is your router?
The bit is not sharp enough. How much work have you done with it?
Meranti varies a lot. It refers to a group of trees rather than a specific tree. Some meranti is lightweight and tends to fluff. When chosing the timber try to select the more dense (heavier) boards.
It is quite possible your problems stem from a combination of all the above and maybe something else too.
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PaulBushmiller;
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7th September 2012, 08:38 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Bushy has probably hit the nail on the head here. You need to take tiny bites, increasing the height of the bit till you get the final dimensions.
-Scott
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7th September 2012, 09:07 PM #4New Member
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I'm cutting about 5mm deep
I think it's 1200hp
I did try to pick all boards the same colour, as red as I could
The bit is brand new
I think you're right about the combination of reasons, could it also be the speed? I'm working on the slowest speed
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7th September 2012, 11:04 PM #5
It could also be the bit
I'm guessing you're using a straight cutter -- depending on the brand, even a new bit can be blunt
alternatively use
a spiral down cut bit 192 Downcut Spiral Bits : CARBA-TEC which will cut down rather than across the surface
or
if your shelves a thick enough, a morticing bit 801 Mortising & Planer Bits : CARBA-TEC
using the router's slowest speed is also a likely causeregards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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7th September 2012, 11:13 PM #6Bushmiller;
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8th September 2012, 10:33 PM #7New Member
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Thanks guys, more speed seems to have solved the problem
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