Short description
Focuses on the router, a popular woodworking machine tool. This work includes techniques, advice, and projects to get the most from your router. It combines technical advice, projects, and practical techniques for the router. The basic techniques and operations are here, along with tricks and solutions.
Long description
From the experts at Wood magazine come technical advice, wonderful projects, and practical tips, for that most versatile and popular woodworking tool, the router. Plentiful photos and good, solid information show how to use it to straight-edge and surface boards; cut dadoes, rabbets, and grooves; work circles and curved surfaces; and make decorative joints. All the basic techniques and operations are here, along with coverage of special bits that allow a router to do things beyond your wildest dreams: for example, the window-sash set makes building custom windows and French doors easy. Find out about tricks for mounting the router, and try simple shop-tested solutions to common problems. As you expand your technical skills, you'll learn how to rout a scooped chair seat, put a finished edge on panels, and craft a benchtop router table.