Kid's Chair

[JR]

I have a router guide and plunge base. Just wonder what's usually the trick to stabilize the whole thing so the cut won't wobble? I would assume you push (or pull) hard against the fence, but wonder anyone has a better way.

You'll want to clamp the workpiece to your bench, or perhaps a little platform, in such a way that the top of the workpiece is flush with the top of the bench. Now the router base will ride on the both the workpiece and the benchtop.

You'll still need to guard against wobble, but it will be a lot easier. Set aside a piece of scrap to practice on before going at the real stuff.

JR

[jx67]

Thanks, again, JR. I will give it a try.

Joe.

[cabinetman]

If you practice on some scraps first to get the feel for the procedure, you'll be starting the project with "some experience". No matter what method you use to join the pieces, I suggest you make yourself a sketch of the chair and all the parts. It doesn't have to win art awards. As you lay out the parts to correspond with your sketch, mark the parts and the joints right on the parts and the sketch. That way you keep track of what is what and gets what, and where everything is supposed to go.
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