Thread: 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