{"id":2319,"date":"2008-12-15T14:14:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T19:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hogonice.com\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2008-12-15T14:14:44","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T19:14:44","slug":"plane-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2319","title":{"rendered":"Plane Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Possible Solution to Router Fence Problem<\/em><\/p>\n

I failed utterly in Saturday’s quest to put together a router fence. My father needed help with his anchor, so I ended up working on that instead.<\/p>\n

Here’s the big problem with the fence. I need something very straight and fair, with sides that are absolutely perpendicular. I managed to use my table saw as a jointer, putting nice short sides on a two-by-six, but I couldn’t get it to work as a planer. <\/p>\n

Today I read that it’s possible to plane wood with a router. Seriously. You support the router on two straight pieces of wood and put the workpiece between them. The end of the bit reaches down to the workpiece. You move the router around until it has ground all the irregularities off the work.<\/p>\n

The obvious obstacle is that you can’t make the guides–the pieces that support the router–until you have two straight, fair pieces of wood! But I don’t think that’s fatal. You can make them on a table saw.<\/p>\n

Now, is this possible, when your router is in a table, with no fence? I think so. You put the board between the guides and clamp the whole thing together. You turn it over and run it over the router bit, with a flush bearing on it. Then you flip it again and do it over. You make sure the planed sides are parallel by resting the first planed side on something you know to be level and flat before you apply the clamps.<\/p>\n

Does this actually work? I do not know. But I may try it, just for the fun. The bit I used to put the router in the lift has a flush bearing, and it cuts from the bottom as well as the side, so it should be capable of planing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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