How to Choose and Use a Router | Ask This Old House
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- General contractor Tom Silva shares his insights on the shop's most versatile portable power tool. (See steps below.)
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Steps for How to Choose and Use a Router:
1. Depending on the router bit used, routers can cut a wide variety of decorative edges, profiles, and woodworking joints.
2. Straight-cutting router bits can cut dadoes, grooves, and rabbets for joining together two boards.
3. A plunge router can cut precise holes like a drill press for shelf pegs or wooden dowels.
4. Rout tongue-and-groove joints into the ends and edges of boards to create tongue-and-groove flooring.
5. Light-duty trim routers are ideal for flush-trimming plastic laminate, veneer, and other thin materials.
6. Don't use large bits in a trim router; you could burn out the motor.
7. Medium-duty fixed-based routers offer a good combination of power and speed.
8. Some routers have variable-speed motors. Use slower speeds when cutting with large-diameter bits.
9. A plunge router has a spring-loaded base that allows you to plunge the bit down into the board, and then release it to pop up out of the cut.
10. Plunge routers are useful for routing inlays, stopped grooves, and holes.
11. Router bits come in dozens of sizes and profiles.
12. Bits come with either a 1/4-inch-diameter shaft or a 1/2-inch-diameter shaft. Match the bit-shank diameter to the collet on the router.
13. Some routers come with both a 1/4-inch and a 1/2-inch collet.
14. The ball-bearing pilot found on some bits rolls along the edge of the board to control the depth of cut.
15. A piloted flush-cutting bit has a ball bearing that rides along a template for making very precise, custom cuts.
16. With the router unplugged, push the router bit all the way into the collet, then pull it out a little bit to provide an expansion space.
17. Tighten the collet with a wrench to securely lock the bit in place.
18. Adjust the depth of cut, then plug in the router.
19. Firmly clamp the board to a workbench.
20. Put on hearing protection and safety goggles.
21. Before switching on the router, be sure the router bit isn't touching the board.
22. Turn on the router, then slowly rout from left to right in a counterclockwise direction.
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I was in 8th grade the first time I used a router for a project I made a sign for my big sister's kitchen in her first house and to this day 24 years later she's still has it hanging in her kitchen.
Can't.....stop....watching......TOH Vids. Good heavens this is like electronic crack
This video is fantastic! Been watching TOH since I was a kid during the Bob Villa days in the 80's. I just love listening to them talk very casually and informatively about everything.
Used a router today for the FIRST TIME..why? I was PROUD OF the fact I didn't have one UNTIL....a lady came by to look at my adirondack style chairs I make...and she was FUSSY...she wanted QUALITY....uh oh!! I bought a box store one with a table..it was not assembled, (came with a table)..then found an older one on a cool extended table and bought that...took it over to a real woodworkers shop and he showed me HOW. Now it has opened the door to some other ideas I want to make..the router is a magical tool...so happy to have one. This was the best introduction I have seen. Thank you.
Tommy is a skilled wood worker
I love this channel. It’s done professionally and really helps the end user to understand their concepts.
"Hawhs-paheh" - took a couple rewinds for my feeble Midwestern brain to understand he was saying "horsepower".
I thought he said "chutzpah"...😂
lol...I was like a confused dog when he said that!
Hoss power... :)
MojoPup haha I thought the same...wouldn’t have spelled it the way you did
Raymond Gramke I heard an R in there. Hahrse-power. LOL
Just added a router to my shop, and it's quickly become one of my favorite and most useful tools.
Don't forget to use your hearing protection. Your HEARING protection! I said "DON"T FORGET YOUR TO USE HEARING PROTECTION!"
I'm sorry did you say something?
Ha, what 🤔. 😄 Joke aside very true.
I didn't know the tip about burning the wood with the wrong speed. That makes a lot of sense.
Oh my gosh! This was so helpful! Perfect video length and really cut straight to the point. Thanks, guys! Best intro router video on CZcams.
That was a Christmas present of a video! Thank you!
Great tool, I like to put a round over on even the simple projects to give it a nice feel.
Damn, solid burn from Kevin right out of the gate
Keep up the great work guys... Been watching this program since the beginning... As a young man your show helped shape my future in the trades then into an engineer...
Thank you for programming as yours...
Great Video! Slow explanation of how to do. Camera work is excellent too! Thank you so much!
Elke keer als ik dit kijk wordt ik overdreven vrolijk!!!
Good advice guys. Thanks for the tips.
This is one of the best videos about routers. Thanks for the demo.
Very informative, thank you!
Nice job fellas easy explanation for us beginers
Thank you for this video. I am an up and coming Woodworker, and I need to purchase my first Router.
awesome video... this help a lot! thank you
It is always useful ,and understandble
Great video, thank you.
Thanks a lot y'all
good vid. thank you.
Thanks for the video. Very helpful!
Thanks
Very good thank you.
Very helpful!!
I was a little intimidated by routers after, in jr high shop, I saw a kid snap a bit off and it went flying through the air and broke a window! Now it is one of the most used tools in my shop. Don’t know what I’d do without it!
I had a similar experience but in my garage. Essentially I purchased a router which was on sale, tested it out, and it nearly flew out of hands. It has sat in the box ever since. I think I was going in the wrong direction which caused it to kickback in a sense. I will try to use it this weekend and see if I can face my fears lol. I will also probably watch a few more videos on the safe use of routers to make sure I don’t get hurt 😀
Shots fired- “people think of high-end wood workers using it, but you use it too.” 😂
Most useful tool for american settlers? A FILE!!! JENN-U-WINE GREAT VIDEOS TOMMY AND KEVIN!!! THANKS
I need one now
Thanks for sharing that, well explained
Thanks for the tips, always frat advice. My fist router was the the Ridgid laminate trimmer, great for getting started using routers
Amazing👍 which size of wood router for beginner ? And if I use small trimmer can I use with 6-12 mm cutting bit
I've yet to find out if I can use a 1/2 inch round over bit on an existing Formica countertop edge. Will the Formica shred, or crack, or will I get a smooth cut? Thoughts?
what i want to know is how do you determine your height of the routing
depth? lets say if i have a 3/4 board and i want a round over do i set
the depth at 3/4 exactly or a little before 3/4 or not even 3/4 and at
1/2 with the bearing on the router table and hand routing.
i salute you
Should you always router counterclockwise?
Doesn't have a lot of Haas power!!! That's just great. I want him to go park my car.... funny lol.
👆 Dude, same haha! I turned on the captions, & brought it back 20 seconds 2 hear it again. I was like “what the hell is a hospira?”, & came right 2 the comments 😂😂😂 @Scott Moore @Christian Rosa
Can some router bits cut Masonite
You should have more subscribers
8 router bits make a router byte
What kind of router bit would you use for those nails? Hard to look at those things.
😂
I was looking for a different type of router how did I get here
1:51 - "it doesn't have a lot of husspwaaaaa."
Hoos power?
Need mentioned about wear a mask while working in a woodshop. A dentist mention to me that his cousin died of sinus cancer 15 years ago. He had a full time job. After work he spent many hours building furniture with no mask.
Also sign making
Just before 2:00 what is "husspower" I've never heard of it?
It's a Boston accent.
Okay I ordered it! Hope it'll help me get wifi signal throughout my home.
Can someone explain why reduce the speed for bigger bits? Don’t we need the inertia that a higher rotation speed provides?
I am a rookie and am only answering because your haven't gotten a response yet. In another video for router novices they said you need lower speed for larger bits in order to keep the speed of the outside of the bit down.
@@ThatguyFirst - I see… I should have thought of that - given the force is sufficient, too. Good parameter to consider anyhow. Many thanks!
You have to make sure you get the right bit for your router depending on the collet size.
That's right, although most routers come with both size collets.
I need 600-700 feet of white oak base board cap. I can’t find any businesses on the internet or locally that sell it. How hard would it be to make them with a router?
If it's a profile that can be done with one bit then it will be lot easier than a profile that takes 2 or 3 passes with different bits. No matter what that's still quite a bit of footage and you probably don't want to try making it all at once. In general I would say it's very doable but obviously will take some time.
hosspower?
Housepower.
Horsepower.
RoadHouse
Haaspaaer
Boston Area English Index:
Horsepower = Hurss•powwerr
lol
So, there's four different routers on the table, and after Tom picks one of the plunge routers up and shows how it might be used...
Then Kevin concludes that "So this router, with this horsepower and the plunge feature is probably the first router a homeowner should get," and Tom agrees
But the DONT TELL US THE HORSEPOWER ! Grrrr. Thanks for the advice .. I will just guess it is a 1.5 or 2 HP .. I guess, maybe?
Tommy says it’s two and a quarter horsepower
Wish they included tips like holding onto the router solidly for good reason and don't worry about burning the hell out of everything when you start out.
And practice a lot on scrap lumber. Even practice on scraps of the same kind of wood you're going to be routing.
Brandon Dreher: You could set fire to it, then it might make some sort of a hole :))
Silva means: woodland 😁
Make sure to get more Huss-par
I didn't knew this tool existed!!! I'm a "begginer on this and can't affford all kind of tools, Is it posible to make this kind of cuts with anotther cotting tool?
more expensive and accurate a mill would be
You're a beginner at a few things it seems.
First time I used one the bearing exploded and ate into the drawer front on my first school shop project.
Comrade Trotsky, I thought Stalin killed you
What is the typical life for a cutter bit?, also is there a tool made that can resharpen router bits?
Yes. It’s called a file.
You can hone a carbide router bit with a diamond plate.
Tommy what is the name of the router that was perfect for 1st time homeowners? Fest...?
festool its a German company very expensive tools
Yes great for Wifi
What's 'hass power'?
Btw, my first router is going to be a Skil 1831. Is it good enough?
Man... I hate when I'm working on a projust and run out of huspahr.
Yonico 17702 70 Bits Professional Quality Router Bit Set Carbide 1/2-Inch Shank
what's harder pare
Of coarse you would use the Festool for the demo to get a smooth cut.
Right? What is that--a $1000 tool?!
Both of them look fresh out of the tanning salon lol
Routers scare me,but i need to learn how to use them
Porter cable is the best professional tool..all the rest are harry home owner tools... ask DuPont (corian). ;)
LOL!Feed one's sight on
i love my routers... even after one almost took my thumb off...
I'm about to use a router for the first time! What could possibly go wrong?!?
You drop it and it bores through your leg?
hoss power.
hawspohwah. love the accent, tom. heh.
I did a double take as well
HOS power
I saw a reply 21hours ago, so here is hoping this 1.5 year old thread has not died :)
Anyway, I am trying to match a routed edge on a 100yo table. I have refinished an entire dining room set, and am adding leaves (x2), to the black walnut table.
I have a picture of the existing routed edge, but can't see how to attach it here.
The table top is 7/8" thick, and the ogee edge goes 3/4" deep. The edge is a bullnose looking corner, but has a small 1/16" 90dgree lip at the top of the route. Anyone have suggestions for matching this edge? I am thinking I could probably use a 3/4" x 3/4" ogee, and hand sand the small 1/8" left over.
I really wish I knew how to embed the pic.
Chris
Hi Chris if you take a normal round over bit and set it "too" deep you will achieve this effect (if i am reading you correctly), good luck!
Husspower!
So I called Comcast they said Home Depot has no business selling routers...
You insert the bit at 5:30 way too shallow. There is a K line on the shank that points out the depth the bit should be inserted in the collet. You don't want that thing loosening while working !
i didnt know that, thank you !
So exactly how does one establish an Internet Connection? And does this support wireless????? ;-)
+sdushdiu duh! it's router so of course it supports wireless
i dont know if it has wireless, but I bet it can blend!
Makita has a wireless version of their trim router. :-)
LOL!!!! I thought they were talking about a router for internet
You made my day.
Jeremy Fontaine I make arcade joysticks out of salvageable good wood.
A router is needed to gut a square area where the joystick is placed.
The less space between the joystick and the players hand...the more responsive the joystick is to the players hand movements.
Well, I went to Amazon to buy a wood router and all it showed me was internet routers. Maybe they should spell them differently. lol
Kirby7601 your comment underlies the need for more exposure to the trades.
One is a wood 'rowter' and the other is an internet 'rooter'.
“Haws pahah” is to this guy what “diabeetis” is to that guy
Router? Where do i insert the RJ45 cables? *SCNR*
Very slowly, up the bottom. It's a loose fit. :-)
Well, a Festool router is probably not something most beginners will get. 1200 bucks is a bit too steep for my taste
Not to mention they have a lifespan of about 13 months. Waste of money.
Toffsen100 well there are other brands lol
Festool is sort of like having a tool made out of money. It takes a lot of money, and now it's also made of money so it's total shit.
@@lysergicheadcase The BMW of power tools?
More gluing surface than with a straight dado..? Uhhnnnope.. it is actually the same surface...It makes no difference in terms of surface. The only diference is that the wood itself can angle better into the dado and has more coners to distribute all kinds of force.
More surface than with a straight butt joint, is what they said... you're right about the dado though
And they are router tables.
Table routers too!
It's "Levi-oh-sah" not "Hoss-parr"...
Lol as soon as I heard him say that I had to look through the comments. Sir, you did not disappoint
It's funny that the natives can't understand when he says "horsepower". I could understand him perfectly and I'm not a native.
Well, aren't you special...
@@MojoPup If you say so.
how lame there's not a close up of the rounded edge at the end of the video.
What the Hell is Hoss Par?
Haha thought the same
Thing. Fuckin yankee
Horsepower.
PaHaHa - excellent Jesse Wright - made my day!
Bahaha
Reminds me of Ed and Joe "Harse Haaar"
Just pick one with wifi 6
Doesn’t have a lot of “Huhs Purr”