Nice Frank. I am new to woodworking and have a project coming up where I will need to use my router and table saw the same way. This was very helpful!

@frankvucolo6249

Жыл бұрын

Hi John. Glad you found this useful. Good luck with your project!

Nice job Frank. Keep it up.

@frankvucolo6249

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jim. I’m definitely looking to keep more content coming.

Great video Frank. I generally think that routers have a tendency to pull to the left. Wouldn’t it have been easier to keep the fence tight against the stock by either (1) putting the fence on the other side or (2) routing in the opposite direction? Or maybe things just got reversed in the video.

@frankvucolo6249

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim. I found it hard to get a comfortable and controlled position on this router, moving left to right with the edge guide on. Could just be me. However I found the mass, rigidity and control from the edge guide to be good. So cutting right to left for this application was my preference. Took a little getting used to. On a plunge cut like this the tendency to pull left was there, but could be controlled with the left hand on the edge guide. I suspect that may be why Festool placed a considerable hand grip on the edge guide? Just a hunch though. On an open edge cut, you can rotate that horizontal handle about 70 degrees to the right, have your left hand on the knob, over the stock, and make a comfortable, controlled left to right pass. To be clear about what I am referring to, moving right to left with a router, on an edge cut, creates a climb cut; it’s like a tire on the road pulling you along. Moving left to right is a push cut. The “tire” is pushing back at you as you advance the tool, so you have a controlled engagement. In a plunge cut, like this mortise, one side of the cutter is climb cutting and one side is push cutting at the same time. The resulting force will pull the edge guide to the stock in the L to R direction or push the edge guide away in the R to L direction.

Hey!

Is there a cat in the background? my dog is freaking out?!

@frankvucolo6249

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Sadly, dear Tabby has left us. She had a good long life. I close the shop door to film and she was on the other side looking for attention.