20 Router Tips for Beginners
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- čas přidán 29. 09. 2021
- 20 Router Tips for New DIYers
We have had a lot of new people come into the DIY community, and we want to help them learn their new tools. Many of these tips are simple but I would have loved to know these back when I first started working with a Router.
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Amazing presentation!
No BS, no fillers ....just great insights right out of the gate!
You're the man and your work is awesome, sir!
Thank you! Thank you!
Really clear and thorough presentation. Thank you!
I recommend a scrap piece at the beginning and end of the router pass. Avoid potential tear-out at the edges.
I just wanted to say thank you. Your contact is always clear and concise. Your work is much appreciated!
For beginners: Whatever router style you buy, ensure it has variable speed. My first router was single-speed, making it very difficult to learn and control. I bought a variable speed palm router and everything became so much easier.
Very good tip, thanks Luke
I always buy cheap to play around and learn to see the bit use and get to know and handle the router and also find what uses I need or want to focus on for the router or my main desires and preferences for router use. Then I will save and buy the dearer and better bits or tools when I know I'm ready for improving projects and enhance or advance my learning techniques.
Another clear, comprehensive video. Thank you.
I finally got a router, so excited! I bought a dewalt DW618B3. It was on a big sale on Amazon. So many fun things I can think to do now!
good points....as for the point on blade rotation....if the router is moving it moves left to right....on the flip side when the router is upside down the project/wood/plank moves left to right....ALWAYS Left >> Right
Thanks for your vids!
I like the spinning-tool docking bay. I will add an outer fence on all four sides just in case the thing vibrates itself out of place and the bit hits the side.
Another one for beginners: many tools have a curved arrow molded into the frame to show which way it spins. Sometimes it’s hard to find, at first. I always hit mine with a sharpie or paint to highlight it to remind me just in case I’m upside-down, or inside-out or whatever.
Great tip! Thank you
Absolutely Excellent Video !! Many Thanks.
Great Advice!!! Wish I Would Have Seen One Of These Before I Royally Screwed Up ☹!!!! I Didn't Think It Would Be That Hard!!!! Everyone Made It Look Easy. I Killed My Insert For My Circular Saw To My First 4 n 1. Which I Still Have Yet To Completely Finish!!! I Still Need To Make The Bottom Cabinet!!! I Have A Trim Router & A Craftsman Router That I Have Not Taken A Good Look At Yet ( Was My G-Pa's). Thank You!!!! 👍😎😃
Thank you! I really love to watch your tips... always helpful to me.
Thanks Linda
Tip #7 is very important... always need to have the right size shaft. (Sorry - couldn't help. ;-) )
Rout the end grain first so tearout is removed by the pass with the grain. Also, you can edge rout boards with imperfections on the side using a fence on the router table. Plus, you can easily build dust collection into a fence.
Those are some great tips, thank you
The right hand rule is awesome
One tip I use is when routing all 4 sides of a board I do the sides first, then the front & back. This way when you get tear out on the sides, routing the front & back will take care of that.
Very good tip, thank you very much
Appreciate the advice. Missed talking about edge guides. Have a Ryobi palm router and not sure where to get a edge guide and how to attach/use it.
Thank you for bringing that up, I completely forgot to mention that.
Product Suggestion: I’m new to Woodworking and got the Dewalt 618PKB and it came with a 1/4 and 1/2 inch collet. It also has changeable Fixed and Plunge base. I think it has a lot versatility. I haven’t tried it in a router table yet. Maybe one day. Lol 😂
That sounds like a really nice router. It should definitely meet your needs.
@@SpecificLove7 thank you so much for Tips for Beginners Series. I’ve learned a lot of great Tips. I’m in the middle of designing my shop in a 2 car garage. The Plan is a miter saw station with my table saw with outfeed table on a rolling cart to fit underneath the miter station. on the other side an rolling cart assembly- Router Table on the other side. Plywood prices are still a little to high. But I’m hoping here soon to gone back down
Oh thank you I've always wanted to use a router, this really helped.
I hardly use my router. This vid inspired me. Must dig it out and play with it now. Love ur vids!
That is awesome!
How about some information about properly setting router heights/depths to get the profile you want. I am new to routers and I thought there was a bit, you cut the wood and moved on. This is the furthest thing from the truth, I have found out. Also, how does material thickness affect router height (again, on a table)? Thanks for taking the time to educate us!
All great ideas! Thanks!
Thanks Loren
That's a good one..thanx
Great advice man!
Hey Tom, I have not seen you on CZcams in a while. I hope all is going well for you.
All your videos makes.good tip. Ps good job.👍👍🍻🍺🇨🇦
Thank you Dan
Great channel bud...
Perfect timing! I own a new DeWalt router but haven’t used it (or any) yet. Thank you!
That's Awesome.
OMG... Story time! My first experience with a router was years ago when I was making drawers, first time I ever used a router in a table and I was using a 1/4" straight bit to make a slot for the drawer bottoms. I was making a cut that was too deep (didn't know it at the time) and when I pushed the board into the router bit it disappeared then I heard a loud noise (like a gun shot) about 20 feet away from me... I was puzzled for about 20 seconds what had happened... then I found the board and thought maybe I wasn't holding on to it, so I repeated the cut and it did the same thing... so I stopped and I asked someone; they told me what I was doing wrong... I learned the hard way that I'll never forget that you cannot take a deep cut. Also I think I was feeding the stock in the wrong direction... as I said it was a long time ago so I don't recall. Today I have several routers and a good router table... Take-away: Be respectful and very careful with routers they are spinning frightfully fast! But, don't fear the tool... and If you follow these guidelines you will be rewarded with wonderful results!
That is a great story Ray, thank you for sharing it.
If there is a knothole in your guide surface, fill it with a little CA glue.
@11:00 behind you, what nailer is that and how do you like it? On the Ridgid trim router I have the model before and I like it and at the time it was the only cordless one but now I wish I got one that had more accessories such as plunge base. Do you have a work around if you need plunge function? Haven't found aftermarket one either
The Brad nailer is a Ryobi brand. I don't have any extra accessories for it, I just use it in it's stock configuration for standard nailing.
@@SpecificLove7 Sorry that was 2 diff questions. The accessories was about the Ridgid trim router. I wish it had a plunge base available. Didn't know if you knew of a work around when needing to plunge with a trim router or do you just use your other bigger one then. As far as the nail gun, I have an 18ga and was wondering if that was a bigger gauge and when you use that one. Sorry to be confusing and possibly off topic. ;-)
Thank you so much for all this info. I appear to have bought a router that is a normal electric one that does the plunge too. Or is that possible? Do you get a Router that does both?? I am still trying to work out how it works. It came with instructions but no diagrams ??? I am the lazy type that likes pictures!! Probably due to my autism, but if there is no pictures, I am lost!! That is why I am watching your video 🤪
Kind of (maybe) dumb question: if you are gonna a buy a set of cheap bits to experiment with, and your router can take either size collet, which size bit would you buy? Does it really matter? Is there a benefit of using one size over the other?
That is a very good question and I'm not completely sure, but I would assume that the larger versions are for heavier duty routers and projects.
hei, how is that "grey measuring pad with squares" on your table called ?
Self-healing cutting mat, Self Healing Sewing Mat or Rotary Cutting Mat
Safety first. Having the battery attached while describing the palm router functions, gave me anxieties. I have started a few tools by accidentally hitting the switch on something.
I have a better handy easier helper guide on direction.
Place your right hand next to your work piece (say you were routing a frame) with your fingers flat and together, place your thumb against the wood and your fingers are pointing in the direction to go Anticlockwise, do the exact same thing inside the frame with your thumb on the wood and your fingers together, and your fingers are pointing in the direction to go Clockwise.
Stay Safe,
Barry (ENG)
That is a terrific way to think about it. Thank you for the tip.
Bits need to cut into the wood and not kick the wood out of its path
I lost my soul in a freak router accident.
Mate?
@@joshscott8678 Brother!
Show some examples not just talking.