New experimental project with the router

**Template Tom** · 23rd April 2010, 01:43 PM

Small wine table produced from small sections of timber.
(a) The centre column was produced from six lengths of 40 x 19mm jarrah strips 400mm long.
(b) The three legs were produced from 90 x 19mm material 300mm long.
(c) The table top was a collection of 'Off-Cuts' of Solid Jarrah Flooring
(d) The Top was given extra support from a piece of 16mm MDF then edged with 32 x 16mm Jarrah edging.
(e) The top was supported with 40mm jarrah rails dovetailed into the column
(f) The three legs were also dovetailed into the centre column.

From start to finish the table was completed with the router as the main tool and nothing was accomplished in the router table. The table top material was also cut to shape with the router and not a drop saw.

This has been completed by Merv Paull who has no access to computers so I thought I would submit his work. He was one of my volunteers when i was teaching people with Vision impairment woodwork only at that time he had no woodworking skills (by his own admission) and in return for his assistance supervising the members I promised him I would teach him some new routing techniques and this is his latest result.

Tom

**chrisb691** · 23rd April 2010, 02:20 PM

Cngrats to Merv, I think anyone on the forum would be delighted if they had made that.

**Mr Brush** · 23rd April 2010, 08:04 PM

Very nice job

Love the design of the top - very striking.

Well done !

**Scrubtik** · 23rd April 2010, 08:24 PM

You both should be very proud!!
Stunning work!!
Greg

**hutch** · 23rd April 2010, 08:33 PM

nice work both of you . tom i have been thinking of getting a 1/2 inch shank downcut bit with a cutting dia. of 8mm to do template work do you think this is a good choice it has a 25mm cutting capability i mainly work with blackwood regards hutch

**Template Tom** · 23rd April 2010, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by hutch

nice work both of you . tom i have been thinking of getting a 1/2 inch shank downcut bit with a cutting dia. of 8mm to do template work do you think this is a good choice it has a 25mm cutting capability i mainly work with blackwood regards hutch

I can honestly say I have never owned a down or up cut and have survived with the straight cutters to do what i wish to do.

There are a greater number of cutters you will require check out the Carb-I-Tool catalogue pages 13 - 17.

Working with templates is not simply producing shapes there is more to it. with the down / up cut cutters may be good for cutting out the templates in the first instance as they the templates need to be produced say from 12mm MDF
Tom

**hutch** · 23rd April 2010, 09:36 PM

thanks tom, sorry i did not explain too well. i was talking about using a bushing glide to cut large circles up to 450mm i did this with a 8mm strait bit cutting only about 1-2mm at a time it worked okay with minor chipping just thought a down cut might cut a bit cleaner the blackwood was 20mm thick thanks hutch

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