Wood Router
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what sort of projects do you envisage doing where you need a router ?
Cheap - what sort of budget
Cheap - what sort of budget
Lidl have/had them in at the minute, I bought one quite a few years ago, it was £30 at the time but think they're £45 now!
It's totally fine for messing about doing a bit of diy. Made a few nice signs with it using some lumps of hardwood.
It's totally fine for messing about doing a bit of diy. Made a few nice signs with it using some lumps of hardwood.
in general buy small as your first router and play with it you must get used to it and most diy jobs will be a hand held say 600w type job
most will have a small trim router a mid range and progress to big bugger as in 400-700w a 900-1200w and a 1600 plus
do not get a 1600 plus as your first router as you need to learn respect for the tool iff you dont poo your self on using a router initially till you are used to it you are not respectful enough off the tool
most will have a small trim router a mid range and progress to big bugger as in 400-700w a 900-1200w and a 1600 plus
do not get a 1600 plus as your first router as you need to learn respect for the tool iff you dont poo your self on using a router initially till you are used to it you are not respectful enough off the tool
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Get the cheapest you can find , a set of routing bits and play with it.
Make shelves with round edges, profiles, cut holes, make a jig for some shapes to engrave consistently, etc.
Once you got the hang of it, go for a better one (I have had a de walt for 15 years).
What I'll suggest is to make sure it has 1/4 and 1/2 collets because a lot of nice profile bits are 1/4 and are cheaper than 1/2 inch.
Make shelves with round edges, profiles, cut holes, make a jig for some shapes to engrave consistently, etc.
Once you got the hang of it, go for a better one (I have had a de walt for 15 years).
What I'll suggest is to make sure it has 1/4 and 1/2 collets because a lot of nice profile bits are 1/4 and are cheaper than 1/2 inch.
I bought one of these and it does the job
Erbauer ER2100 2100W 1/2
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For hinge recesses you will find almost all 1/2in router big, heavy and very cumbersome to use.
Routers of any size are unsuitable for trimming door bottoms - this is a task better done using a jack plane/power planer or a circular saw, straight edge and clamps (or, more expensively, a plunge saw and guide rail). I'm not saying it can't be done, but I am saying it is a potentially dangerous procedure and that there are far better and safer ways to do that job.
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I use a palm router for hinges. As per @JobAndKnock 's post it is light enough to use with one hand. Mine is a Makita that a guy in the pub gave me. I purchased a fence which I use for hinges.
The downside of my particular model is that it doesn't plunge (or have dust extraction). It is fine for small work like hinges or small profiles on the edges of timber or MDF though.
I use a larger half inch Dewalt 625EK for other tasks.
Perhaps you need to consider two routers? I appreciate that will be above your budget, but it will make your life easier. You could purchase both second hand if need be.
The downside of my particular model is that it doesn't plunge (or have dust extraction). It is fine for small work like hinges or small profiles on the edges of timber or MDF though.
I use a larger half inch Dewalt 625EK for other tasks.
Perhaps you need to consider two routers? I appreciate that will be above your budget, but it will make your life easier. You could purchase both second hand if need be.
Routers dangerous???
How???
Unless you somehow you manage to take one of your hands off the handles and stick it underneath, how could such a tool be dangerous?
I've seen more people get injured with hand saws and chisels than routers.
How???
Unless you somehow you manage to take one of your hands off the handles and stick it underneath, how could such a tool be dangerous?
I've seen more people get injured with hand saws and chisels than routers.
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Oh, so you've never seen a kickback? Never seen anyone overload a cutter which is too narrow for the cut and have the router push back? Personally, I think that recommending a 1/2in router to a rank beginner (sorry @Sonic70) when there are safer options is just irresponsible. As @big-all said - it is easier to learn the basics on a smaller router. Then progress.
Tell me, just out of interest, how do you trim door bottoms, then?
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