Master furniture maker JEFFREY DALE demonstrates router technique
This video i am routing the profile of a chair leg using a 1/2” diameter x 1 3/4” long direct reference router bit. The router is 3hp with variable speed and is set on a medium speed. The leg blank is roughed out no more than 1/16” larger than the pattern. Step 1: secure the pattern using small diameter nails with heads (sunken) that go through the pattern and into the blank (about 3/16" deep) near each end of the leg. Step 2: Attach the pattern to the ‘bed’ or table using 1/8” diameter bolts that secure into threaded inserts in the pattern. Bolts and inserts allow the pattern to be repeatedly reused without wear. The router cutting must be done in small consecutive passes for the routing process to be done safely. All parts must be attached securely so that no vibration occurs when routing. Step 3: Check to see if parts feel firmly secured to each other before routing. Detecting unsafe vibration while routing is easiest by feel and sound rather than visually. The amount being removed during the consecutive routing cuts must gauged by feel rather than visually. The routing process that is safest (for the person routing and the furniture part) is slow, patient and with a light touch while routing small amounts at a time and repeatedly circumnavigating until there is no more wood being removed. Step 4: The pattern can be removed from the routed piece by prying at each end with a rigid putty knife. please visit jeffreydale.com
This video i am routing the profile of a chair leg using a 1/2” diameter x 1 3/4” long direct reference router bit. The router is 3hp with variable speed and is set on a medium speed. The leg blank is roughed out no more than 1/16” larger than the pattern. Step 1: secure the pattern using small diameter nails with heads (sunken) that go through the pattern and into the blank (about 3/16" deep) near each end of the leg. Step 2: Attach the pattern to the ‘bed’ or table using 1/8” diameter bolts that secure into threaded inserts in the pattern. Bolts and inserts allow the pattern to be repeatedly reused without wear. The router cutting must be done in small consecutive passes for the routing process to be done safely. All parts must be attached securely so that no vibration occurs when routing. Step 3: Check to see if parts feel firmly secured to each other before routing. Detecting unsafe vibration while routing is easiest by feel and sound rather than visually. The amount being removed during the consecutive routing cuts must gauged by feel rather than visually. The routing process that is safest (for the person routing and the furniture part) is slow, patient and with a light touch while routing small amounts at a time and repeatedly circumnavigating until there is no more wood being removed. Step 4: The pattern can be removed from the routed piece by prying at each end with a rigid putty knife. please visit jeffreydale.com