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27th May 2012, 05:56 PM #1Senior Member
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Router Table Adventures
Hi Everyone,
I thought I would share a few photos of my routing adventures with my new Triton TRB001 router. I built the table a while ago, but I only just got the router.
I've built a fence following roughly the design in Issue #57 of Australian Woodsmith (photo 1).
My first job was to practice box joints for an upcoming project. I made a jig roughly following the example in Australian Woodsmith #51 (Photo 2).
The first cut in 12mm ply (maximum recommended thickness) came out quite nicely (Photo 3). However my next cuts (Photos 4-5) were not so nice, with the ply delaminating and resulting in a very ugly finish. I was going to ask for some opinions on what I had done wrong, but I think I've now realised that its because the 2nd and 3rd cuts were made with the grain horizontal rather than vertical.
I also tried a cut in some hoop pine which came out better, however there was some chip out that I think is also due to the grain alignment.
I'm using the 1/2" straight cut bit supplied with the Triton - perhaps this isn't the best quality part so that could also be contributing to the poor cuts Otherwise I think it is down to technique - maybe feeding too fast? and keeping the whole jig aligned properly against the fence.
I'd appreciate any other thoughts or suggestions.
Thanks
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27th May 2012, 06:52 PM #2
Try the jig with some MDF. I suspect that some of the problems you're having are related to grain direction, but ply is made of alternating layers so problems with that are likely to be down to voids in the workpiece. Ply is quite hard on the cutters too, due to the amount of glue involved in its manufacture.
MDF may not be any kinder on cutters, but at least there's no grain direction, so you could see if your problem lies elsewhere.
Ray
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28th May 2012, 09:10 AM #3Senior Member
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Thanks for the suggestion Ray - I'll try some MDF.
The ply failed in the first (cross grain layer) - partly in the glue join and partly in the fibre. It is only cheap construction ply, but I still would have expected the glue to hold. I have some better quality pink marine ply so I'll try that as well.
Cheers,
Duncan
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28th May 2012, 09:57 PM #4
If I really wanted to use ply on a project I'd try a backing plate both sides to support the ply I want in the project and see if it makes a difference.
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