Thread: Help with new Router Inlay Kit

The alignment pin is to ensure absolute concentricity when setting up the template guide into the router baseplate. You remove the small bushing to cut the outline of the inlay (template). You replace the bushing to cut a precise recess. See here for more detail. There's a video here too. HTH

Ray.

Thanks Ray,
I was about to ask the same question as Matt.
I've got all the bits and pieces and am keen to have a go.
Rays links are exactly spot on.
BBM

Ray,
Thank you very much for the information that you provided. It was exactly what I was after and more!! Now that I better understand the process of using this kit, I need to source a collet/sleeve for my Makita 3612C router that will take it from 1/2 inch down to 1/8th. I hope this is possible??

Cheers, Matt

Originally Posted by Wooden Ewe?

Ray,
Thank you very much for the information that you provided. It was exactly what I was after and more!! Now that I better understand the process of using this kit, I need to source a collet/sleeve for my Makita 3612C router that will take it from 1/2 inch down to 1/8th. I hope this is possible??

You're welcome, Matt.

If your kit looks like this, then the cutter has a 1/4" shaft (the cutting part is 1/8"), so that's the reduction sleeve you need and I'd guess one came with your router.

If not, any good quality 1/2" to 1/4" sleeve will do the job. HTH

Ray.

Matt and BBM,

With a kit like this, all inside corners will have a radius when routed. The matching part will, of course, be an external corner and will probably be cut to a sharp apex. It is therefore essential to either trim the internal radius with a knife or chisel or round the external apex to achieve a perfect fit.