Router skills (1 day)

A one-day introduction to routers and routing for ‘absolute beginners’. Our goal is for you to leave knowing how to use your router safely and accurately in a variety of situations.

We have a good selection of trim routers and plunge routers in the workshop for you to use. You are also encouraged to bring along your own routers as long as these are less than 12 months old (for safety reasons).

We cover a lot of ground including:

• Basic router overview, router set-up, trim router and plunge router
• Router power, router speeds, collet sizes, and choosing from different types of bits
• Speed, direction of cut, guide bushes, extraction, fences, feather boards
• Depth stop and depth setting
• Chamfers, round overs, grooves (plus tongue and groove), mortice and tenon, routing jigs, rebates, circle cutting
• We also look at using a router table, although the main focus is on hand-held routing