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. Wears afetyg lassesa, d ustm ask, . Avoida wkwardh andp ositions . Whenr outingfr eehandc,l amp
andh earingp rotectiofno ra ll shaper whenf eedings tock;a lwaysk eep stockt o a works urface.
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andr outeor perations. yourh andsc learo f thec utters
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r Keepr outebr itsa nds hapecru t- . Beforein stallincgu tterosr making is warpedo r thatc ontainslo ose
tersc leana nds harpd; iscarda ny adjustmentasl,w aysu nplugth e knotso r foreigno blectss ucha s
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thata rec hippedo r damaged. shapeor r router. screws0 r nalls.
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. Keepa pushs trcko r pushb lock . Alwayfse edw orka gatnstth er ota- . Periodicalclyh eckf or runouti n
nearbvto completecu ts. tiono f thec utters. shapear ndr outecr ollets.
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SH()P-MADFEE ATHERBOARDS SHOP-MADPEU SHS TICKS
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Pueh otick
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Notch
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Pueh stick
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Featherboardo are ueetl Lo keep eLock
preeeed aqainet I,he fence or Lable of a I
t.ool ltke a ehaper or a router Lable. They
aleo serve as anLi-kickbackd eviceg,a ince t
Lhey allow Lhe workptecet o move in only
one direction. A baetc feaLherboard deeiqn
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te ehown above: t,he lenqLh can be varted
t.o euiL the taek af hand. Lonq feather-
boarde are clamped Lo Lhe Lable Lo hold I
narrow workpteceea qatneL Lhe fence; small' Therea re a number of commercial pueh eticke and pueh blocke
er models, Lyptcally3 / by 7 tnchea,c an on the markeL for feedinq atock tnto rouLer Lable b'/r,'tten ochr ehaper
be clamped Lo the fence above the biL Lo cuttere, buL you can eaetly make your own ueinq eLock. I
hold wtdere Lock aqatnet the Lable.T o ehape l'lo one ehape ie tdeal;a qood pueh ettck deetgn ehould be com-
wtde workpieceeo n the ehaper, a epectal fortable Lo uee and auiLablef or Lhe machtne and l;aek aL hand. I
featherboard/cutter 4uard ie worLh con- A 45o an4le betweent he handle and baee (tog) te beeL for feed-
, t eLrucLinq( eee paqe 138). To make a eLan' tnq narrow eLock betweena feaLherboard and the fence of a I
, i daat rodn fee eanthde orbf oaa 'r/d,-,i nccuht -aL h3t0c"k b tooa 4rd5." M matrl;ker aro luotneqr eLra nbolle;c ohr ( mehidadpleer), p wehrmileiLa e ry eocuL aLna4 auplpalry p duoewhn owfatcrkd pwrteLeh'
a parallel line about 5 tncheef rom Lhe aure on wider aLock.F or ehaptnq wtde workpteceau etn4 a larEe I
miLerede nd. Thenc ut / -tnch-widee lot'e btt, a pueh block( .boLot m) enableey ou Lo apply preeeure a1aineL
Lo Lhe marked ltne,c reaLtnqa row of eLur- the fence and l;he table. Whatever Lhe ehape, make Lhe noLch I
dy but pliable ftn7ere. Finally,c ul; a noLch in Lhe baee lar4e enouEhL o hold l;he eLock,a nd yeL ehallow
for a aupporL board Lhat can be clamped enou4ht o avotd Louchtn4t he Lable.K ound f'he handleeL o pre-
at a 90" anqle Lo Lhe featherboard. venLe pltnLeree hould kickbacko ccur. I
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THEARTO FW OODWORKING
ROUTING
AND SHAPTNG
THE ART OF WOODVV'ORKING
ROUTING
AI.{DS HAPING
TIME-LIFEB OOKS
ALEXANDRIVAI,R GINIA
ST.R EMYP RESS
MONTREALN. EWY ORK
THEART OF WOODWORKINGw asp roducedby THECONSUUTAN'TS
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Colonial SawC o., a machinery salesa nd service
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He alsor estoresa ntiouef urniture in his home
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making at Montreal technicals choolsf or more
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than ten years.A nativeo fNew Zealand,h e has
Art Directors Normand Boudreault,L uc Germain,
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Mechanixmagazine.A former Shop and Tools
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Editor of Popular Mechanics,h e has worked as
Writers Andrew Iones,R ob Lutes
a cabinetmakerh, ome improvementc ontractor
Contributinglllustrators GillesBeauchemin,RollandBergera,
and carpenter.
|ean-PierreB ourgeoisM, ichel Blais,
Nicole Chartier, Ronald Durepos,
Philippe Gauweau,G €rard Mariscalchi,
facquesP errault, Robert Paquet,
Routing and Shaping
JamesT hdrien
p. cm.-(The Art of Woodworking)
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CONTENTS
6 INTRODUCTION 88 ROTITERIOTNERY
90 Router-madejo ints
t2 ROUTERB ASICS 9L Routerj oinery jigs
I4 Anatomy of a router 92 Mortise-and-tenoino ints
T6 Bits 98 Cope-and-stickjoints
20 Accessories 100 Dovetaili oints
22 Settingu p L07 Gluej oints
25 Basicc uts 108 Boxj oints
29 Routert ables 110 Miter-and-splinjeo ints
34 The router ass urfacer ILz Butterfly keyj oints
LI4 Tongue-and-groovjoei nts
36 EDGEF ORMING 115 Rulej oints
38 Basice dges haping
47 Raisingp anels 116 SHAPER
52 Making moldings 11 8 Anatomyo f a shaper
58 Pin routing L20 Cuttersa nd accessories
L23 Setupa nd safety
64 GROOVING 128 Basicc uts
66 A galleryo f grooves I34 Frame-and-panedlo ors
and accessories
68 Dado cuts I4O GLOSSARY
75 Groovingo n a router table
77 Rabbets I42 INDEX
79 Circularg rooves
81 Patterng rooving I44 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
84 Groovingw ith a pin router
86 Inlaying
INTRODUCTION
PatrickS pielmano n
MAKING
ROUTERIIGS
esigninagn di nventingro uterji gsa ndf ixturesis s omewhaotf a passioonf mine.
Overt hey earsI' vem aden umerousd evices-manyv eryc rude-to simplify,
speedu p,o r facilitates eemingliym possiblreo utingt asksT. hesejig sh avem adem y
cabinetnakingre, liefc arvings, ignw ork,a ndj usta boute veryo thera reao f woodc ut-
ting muche asiear ndm oree conomicaIlf. yout ooka waym y routera ndm y special
jigsa ndf ixturesI, wouldb e almosht elplesisn thew orlshop.
fig-makingc anb ee asyo r complexs,i mpleo r refinedT. hen eedd ictatews haty ou
build andh owy oub uild it. A fewy earsa goI madea simpleb ut verye ffectivreo uter
able andf encew ith a coupleo f dollarsw' ortho f materialJ. usrt ecentlyI ,i nveste$d3 3
constructinag newr outert ablec apabloef duplicatingth ec uttinga ctiona ndo per-
ationso fferedo nlyb y a $1500p roductionro utingm achine.
Manyf eatureosf newr outerss,u cha ss peedch oiceasn de asyd epth-of-cucto ntrols,
canb ee xploitedfo r bettera nds afejri g-makingP. lungingc apabilitiys greafto r some
jigs,b ut for manyI stillp referto uset hem otoru nit withoutt heb aseB. otht ypesc an
beb uilt into routert ablesI.'v ea lsom ountedro uterm otorsh orizontallyo n movable
sledws ith a templatfeo llowetro maked uplicatteu rningsY. ouc ana lsom ounta router
atv ariousa ngletso thew orkt ableT. hisq rstema llowsy out o createav arietyo f profiles
fromj usto neb it. Fore xamplea, r oundn osec anb eu sedt o raisep anelsa ndc ut
European-styflien gerp ull stockf or doorsa ndd rawers.
Desrgninjigg sg etse asietrh em oreo fteny oud o it. An ideat hati nspireos nej ig will
invariablyre surfacien somefo rm to helps olvea differenpt roblemB. eforeb uilding
aj ig, I visualizeth eb it makingt hed esiredc ut.T henI figureo ut howt o attachth e
routert o thej ig andm oveo neo r theo thert o maketh ec ut.W ith morec omplexjig s,
I needt o put togetheor neo r morem ock-upsb eforec onstructingth ef irst working
modelI. makeg oodu seo f largeh osec lampas ndb andsawcnr adleso,r V clamping
blockst,o holdr outers.
I'vem ades coreosf jigst o simplifyta irlyr outinew oodworkinjgo bsl ikes pacing
dadoesc,u ttingm ortisesa ndt enonsm, akingv ariousm itersa, nds carfingjo intq I've
evenu sedth ep lunger outert o cut dowehl olesS. till,t herea rea lot of ideasI haven't
yett esteda,n da l ot of jobst hatc anb em adeb ettera nde asiewr ithj ustt her ightj ig.
PatrickS pielmana, consultanat nd authoro f moret han
40 woodwo*ingbool<hs,a st aughtp rofessionalfloyr 27
years.H elives in FishC reek,W sconsin.
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