How To Make A Mortise With A Router
Routers - George Vondriska sh. Start at one end of the mortise and keeping the guide block pressed against the work piece slide.
Im thinking of making a Table with breadboard ends I would like to use my router with a spiral cut bit for the mortise and tenon.
How to make a mortise with a router. Ive seen a few youtube videos where someone is routing the mortise on what looks like a 2x6 but they never mention how deep it is. Jul 22 2015 Clamp to the router table a 14. Hollow chisel mortiser machines make it simple and for those with sharp tools and plenty of practice a mortising chisel and mallet will certainly get the job done.
Feb 07 2013 Gregory Paolini. The skin reduces the depth of cut for the first pass so you need not adjust the router Align the line for the left end of the mortise with the start line. Set the plunge depth on the router to cut the mortise to correct depth.
It clamps to your workbench and securing the workpieces in place only takes a second with a toggle clamp. There are plenty of ways to cut a traditional mortise. Using a scrap the same thickness make a cut to check that the cut is exactly center of the board.
Clamp the work piece in place and make the plunge cut. First the mortise depth is set. What I havent been able to find is how people get the mortise to be deep enough.
When woodworker Gregory Paolini needs to cut a mortise however he turns to his trusty router and an edge guide. Make the mortises while the leg stock is still rectangular before any shaping of the legs. Back in 2007 issue 172 of Fine Woodworking magazine featured an article by furniture maker Jeff Miller on how to execute Perfect Mortise-and-Tenon JointsMiller outlined a variety of techniques including how to cut perfect mortises using a specially-built jig that traps the edge guide of a plunge router thus keeping the machine on a.
May 27 2015 Ed Pirnik Gary Junken and Jeff Roos. Align the fence so the center of the board lines up with the center of the bit. This mortising jig is the way to go.
Plywood skin with a cutout for the bit. These settings then obviate the need to layout the other legs. Jun 03 2016 Clamp a guide block to your plunge router to align the router with the marked mortise.
The hole needs to be precisely center of the board edge. Plunge the workpiece onto the spinning router bit while also maintaining pressure against the fence. Join the WWGOA community to access a huge library of woodworking instructional videos.
First thing to do is set the depth and starting height for the mortise. Dec 24 2014 For mortising a set of legs I lay out the first mortise on one leg and set the router unplugged and jig directly from that. The block will guide the router as you make the cut.
Make sure your mortises are centered and perfectly-sized fo. Mar 12 2020 The key to precise results is guiding the plunge router accurately so the sides of the mortise end up perfectly smooth straight and parallel to the faces of the workpiece. Jun 27 2018 Andrew Zoellner shows how to make and use a clever mortising jig using the router of your choice.
