Guys, I am either dense or just really overthinking this.
I put my router plate on a piece of 1/4" hardboard. I wrapped it with other strips of hardboard attached to the first piece with carpet tape. Then removed the plate itself, drilled holes in the corners, cut out the inside with a jigsaw. Last, used a flush trim bit to clean it up.
So now I have the template. Came out great really. But what next ?? I found a dado bit at Home Depot but it cuts too deep to use for this purpose -- I only want to cut a dado 3/8" deep on the melamine piece that will be my router table top. I have a pattern bit also but again, it would cut almost 1 inch deep in order to get the bearing to ride on the template.
What I did next was re-wrap the router plate with the hardboard strips spaced 1/16th of an inch away on each side -- with the idea of using a bushing. Now I have the problem of the guide bushing protruding too far to be useful for this 1/4" hardboard template.
Do I just make my template double or triple thick with hardboard layers ? What am I missing ?
Sorry for the long email. Appreciate someone knocking some sense into my head.
Steve
I put my router plate on a piece of 1/4" hardboard. I wrapped it with other strips of hardboard attached to the first piece with carpet tape. Then removed the plate itself, drilled holes in the corners, cut out the inside with a jigsaw. Last, used a flush trim bit to clean it up.
So now I have the template. Came out great really. But what next ?? I found a dado bit at Home Depot but it cuts too deep to use for this purpose -- I only want to cut a dado 3/8" deep on the melamine piece that will be my router table top. I have a pattern bit also but again, it would cut almost 1 inch deep in order to get the bearing to ride on the template.
What I did next was re-wrap the router plate with the hardboard strips spaced 1/16th of an inch away on each side -- with the idea of using a bushing. Now I have the problem of the guide bushing protruding too far to be useful for this 1/4" hardboard template.
Do I just make my template double or triple thick with hardboard layers ? What am I missing ?
Sorry for the long email. Appreciate someone knocking some sense into my head.
Steve
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