I found two nice and flat 3/4" pieces of plywood the other day - and decided it's time to built a router extension on my BT3000.
It looks like the top of my BT is 1.5" --- and I'll need a 1/4" ledge to run into the saw's extended rail.
My big task is to cut a perfectly round 7" circle --- rabetted down by 1/4" for the router.
Help me think this out ---
Supplies needed:
a) Either circle cutting bit for drill press OR a circle cutting tool for a jigsaw
(I'm thinking the drill press approach is more precise)
b) Rabetting bit - to cut out the ledge for the rail --- as well as the ledge for the router base.
Measuring my router - it looks like I want a 6 1/2" circle --- followed by 1/4 ledge - making the final hole 7" in diameter (the router base diameter). Is 1/4" enough? (I might want 6" circle, with 1/2" ledge - which is as small as I can go with my router).
Am I under/over-thinking this?
It looks like the top of my BT is 1.5" --- and I'll need a 1/4" ledge to run into the saw's extended rail.
My big task is to cut a perfectly round 7" circle --- rabetted down by 1/4" for the router.
Help me think this out ---
Supplies needed:
a) Either circle cutting bit for drill press OR a circle cutting tool for a jigsaw
(I'm thinking the drill press approach is more precise)
b) Rabetting bit - to cut out the ledge for the rail --- as well as the ledge for the router base.
Measuring my router - it looks like I want a 6 1/2" circle --- followed by 1/4 ledge - making the final hole 7" in diameter (the router base diameter). Is 1/4" enough? (I might want 6" circle, with 1/2" ledge - which is as small as I can go with my router).
Am I under/over-thinking this?
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