{"id":2291,"date":"2008-12-11T09:49:56","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T14:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hogonice.com\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2008-12-11T09:49:56","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11T14:49:56","slug":"cornucopia-of-routing-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2291","title":{"rendered":"Cornucopia of Routing Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Scrap Bin Runneth Over<\/em><\/p>\n

Lots of comments on the router table. Let’s see.<\/p>\n

“This: LINK<\/a> is the Bible when it comes to dust control.”<\/p>\n

Oh good. I hope it’s expensive.<\/p>\n

“Next thing you know you\u2019re gonna want one of these, a palm router: ”<\/p>\n

Okay, just shut up. I am not listening. <\/p>\n

I wonder who makes a good one…<\/p>\n

“There is nothing you can\u2019t do with a router.”<\/p>\n

Succinct.<\/p>\n

“Don\u2019t forget about a \u201cD\u201d handle router, too.”<\/p>\n

[fingers in ears] STILL NOT LISTENING.<\/p>\n

“Something that both sucks and blows is called an eductor. If you blow high-pressure air into a venturi, it entrains air into the nozzle and out the back end.”<\/p>\n

I actually thought about venturis in this context. My dad’s boat has toilets that work this way, except instead of air, they blow water. But I don’t want to reinvent the wheel. Again.<\/p>\n

“Does being 30% done on building an airplane count as worthy?”<\/p>\n

I don’t know. Cutting a hole in a desk is pretty freaking impressive.<\/p>\n

“From the picture it looks like the base is recessed below the surface of the table. Is that an optical illusion, or is that what you meant by adjusting the height?”<\/p>\n

It’s both. Later on, I took a small block of wood and ran it back and forth over the joints, adjusting the set screws whenever it met resistance. It seems pretty level now. Or pretty fair, or whatever the word is.<\/p>\n

I am still finding dust everywhere. I need to conquer it. Problem is, I will make dust when I create a fence, and I can’t make a dust collection system until the fence exists.<\/p>\n

I originally wanted to buy an aluminum fence from Rockler, but I am developing an aversion to buying stuff a real man would make (having somehow confused myself with a real man), so I am thinking I should just grind one out of a two-by-four or two-by-six. I may be able to get a straight bottom and top edge using the table saw. A straight side may be more of a challenge. I could cheat and put a sacrificial strip of MDF on it.<\/p>\n

I keep calling the table MDF, and I have seen other people call the same material MDF, but I believe it’s really particle board, with smaller than usual particles. Whatever it is, it routs pretty well. I think once I get it totally flat, I may spray the underside with something to seal it up and keep water from making it swell and bend. I don’t trust paint to do it. I happen to have some truck bed paint. That ought to do it, big-time.<\/p>\n

Let’s see. Two-by-six for the fence. Flatten the top and bottom with table saw. Fair up front side with hand plane. Attach sacrificial MDF strip with dust rabbet along bottom. I could attach something to the fence at a 90-degree angle, on the back, to rest on the table and support it.<\/p>\n

Guess I’ll look at my books and see what the story is.<\/p>\n

People are telling me I need certain types of filters to minimize the health risk. To tell the truth, I wasn’t thinking about that. I figured I would always have to wear a mask. I was thinking mainly about the mess.<\/p>\n

I hate masks. After a while, I find myself breathing heavily because of the air resistance. Dang it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, progress is happening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My Scrap Bin Runneth Over Lots of comments on the router table. Let’s see. “This: LINK is the Bible when it comes to dust control.” Oh good. I hope it’s expensive. “Next thing you know you\u2019re gonna want one of these, a palm router: ” Okay, just shut up. I am not listening. I wonder […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}