hello.
Though by profession i was a decorator i am taking up carpentry as a hobby. I was bought a plunge router for xmas with a good selection of bits and two collets (1/4" and 8mm). The 1/4" collet is installed. Now i put in the dovetail bit and the instructions say to drop the bit in as far as it will go. If i do this the bit doesn't reach the wood even if I adjust the depth to minimum, so I pull out the bit to the point where the bare metal shaft of the bit is just visible and it shaves only mm of the wood. This is no good for dovetail and if i pull the bit any further out, I'm worried that the accuracy of the depth gauge will be compromised and that the bit's shaft may snap. Can anyone give me some advice on what to do?
Thank you.
Though by profession i was a decorator i am taking up carpentry as a hobby. I was bought a plunge router for xmas with a good selection of bits and two collets (1/4" and 8mm). The 1/4" collet is installed. Now i put in the dovetail bit and the instructions say to drop the bit in as far as it will go. If i do this the bit doesn't reach the wood even if I adjust the depth to minimum, so I pull out the bit to the point where the bare metal shaft of the bit is just visible and it shaves only mm of the wood. This is no good for dovetail and if i pull the bit any further out, I'm worried that the accuracy of the depth gauge will be compromised and that the bit's shaft may snap. Can anyone give me some advice on what to do?
Thank you.