Routers and Router Tables (Tool Smarts): How to Choose and Use the Most Versatile Power Tool in the Workshop - Softcover

Editor Randy Johnson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565235088 ISBN 13: 9781565235083

Publisher: Fox Chapel, 2012

Synopsis

Everything you wanted to know about choosing a router, making a router table, using a router to shape wood and making joints using a router. The modern router allows woodworkers to shape edges, cut joints and manufacture cabinet parts. Mounted in a table with a fence, the shop router becomes as versatile as a shaper and it's a whole lot cheaper. Along with shop test buying advice, this book includes complete plans for four complete router tables and routing work stations, plus dozens of proven, photo illustrated shop tips and router table add ons. It also includes a special section on amazing sliding dovetail joints, which can only be made on the router table.

About this title

About the Author

Since 1985, American Woodworker magazine is the premier magazine for woodworking, having featured every top woodworker in the country. Both technical and accessible, the magazine has a circulation of 275,000, with more than 150 issues in their backlist.

From the Back Cover

Get Tool Smart with the Experts at American Woodworker Routers can do an amazing varriety of woodworking and carpentry tasks, from shaping molding to cutting joinery, but which type of router is the best investment- a trim router, plunger router, or multi-base router? And how much should you invest in a router table? As part of the Tool Smarts Series from American Woodworker, Routers and Router Tables will show you how to choose and use the most versatile power tool in the workshop. Along with buying advice for identifying the router that best suits your needs, you will also find complete plans for four router tables and routing workstations, a router lift, plus several more auxillary fences for special operations, such as raising panels and jointing edges. Dozens of shop-tested tips and router table add-ons are included, along with a special section on amazing sliding dovetail joints, which can only be made of the router table. Regardless of skill level, Routers and Router Tables is a must-have book for all woodworkers; it will get the right tool in your hands at the right price, while showing you everything you need to know to maximize its power and versatility. This helpful guide includes expert information on: *Why you definitely need a router in your workshop *The best router table for your space and skills *How to build the essential jigs and templates *Using a router to build joints that last a lifetime

Edition details

• Publisher: Fox Chapel
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565235088
• ISBN 13: 9781565235083
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240