Routing
Here's a simple way to clean up the rough edges of tablesaw cuts in acrylic.
Using a shop-made router table, you won't have to remove the subbase when changing between freehand work and table work. One of our readers shows you how.
Making cones, columns, or cylinders is a barrel of fun and requires little monkeying around when you chuck one of these unique cutters in your router.
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Carbide is a hard material, but it's also brittle. Protect your carbide-tipped bits with this tip.
Cutting miters in crown molding can get tricky due to the compound angles involved. Here are three methods to make it a breeze.
A turn at the tablesaw can cut down on the amount of work your router bit has to do when making a raised panel. You can shape much more accurately and safely because you'll have less wood to rout. We'll show you how.
This free woodworking video teaches you to rout perfect-fit dados with ease.
Try this clever technique with your router's keyhole bit to create sturdy book ends for a book shelf.
To keep fingers safely away from your bit when routing, use a pushblock.
With wood scraps, round-over bits, and a table-mounted router, you can make your own. Here's how.
A router table starter pin puts you in control of your work for smoother results.
Raised-panel router bits help you create raised panels for cabinet and passage doors. But the size of these bits-up to 3 1/2" in diameter-makes them dangerous in a hand-held router. For safety, you should put raised-panel bits in a variable-speed router mounted to a router table.
Our sliding tabletop lets you guide your stock straight over a router bit.
They look a little like the striped pole in front of a high-tech barber shop, but spiral bits do more than take a little off the top. Use them wherever you'd use a straight bit and get cleaner cuts.
With a starter pin, a bit shield, and a little practice, you can safely rout freehand on your router table.
A straight router bit can cut out just about any shape you want. All if needs is a little guidance from you.
This reader-submitted cord caddy keeps your cords close at hand, eliminating fumbling for that cord after you're finished changing bits.
Guide bushings may be the most misunderstood of all router accessories.
This simple jig gets you any radius on your router. Learn how in this free video.
See more in-depth routing technique and feature articles from the editors of WOOD magazine.
