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Tricks of the Trade continued from page 25 Flattening a Board on a Router Table I had a beautiful piece of crotch oak that I wanted to use as a door panel, but it was badly warped. It was too wide to run across my j ointer without ripping it in half first, and I didn't want to do that. Normally, I might hand plane a board under these circumstances, but the crotch figure on this board would have presented a real challenge After thinking about it a bit, I realized that I could do it on my router table. After ripping the edges of the panel straight and clean, I made up a couple of straight-grained sticks out of poplar (although any species would work as well) that were Large diameter straight bit about V2" wider than the thickness of my panel. I centered them on the panel edges, attached them with double-sided tape and temporarily applied clamp pressure to ensure a good bond. The sticks could now serve as runners to hold the panel slightly above the surface of the router table's top while I routed the piece flat. I installed a large-diameter straight bit in my router table, and I adjusted it to cut just Vs" or so into the panel by sliding the panel on its runners back and forth across the bit. Incrementally deeper cuts on subsequent passes created a flat surface on one face of the board, after which I flipped the whole assembly over to rout the opposite face, adjusting the bit height until I arrived at my desired thickness. After that, all it took was a bit of scraping and sanding to finish up. James Hogarth Wichita, Kansas continued on page 28 Warped board Runner End view Router table FREE CATALOG (Promotion #479) NEW for 2006! Thousands of cabinet hardware items in stock • 392 pages • Product specifi cations with pricing • All products available on our website 24/7 woodworkershardware.com We carry everything you need to build your entertainment center Media storage Lighting Locks woodworkershardware.com 1-800-383-0130 CIRCLE NO. 170 ON FREE INFORMATION CARD. CIRCLE NO. 144 ON FREE INFORMATION CARD. TopCell™ Premium quality batteries at discount prices. 12 Month Warranty 18.0 Volt, 2.2 ah TopCell™ Battery designed to fit... • DeWalt®* • Makita®* • Milwaukee®* For a Dealer Near You Call 248.684.9406 ONLY $49 95 each Other makes and models available *Referenc«s to specific manufacturers are for identification purposes only anc TopCell™ is not implying that its products are original equipment parts. All manufacturers names are registered trademarks of their respective companies. CIRCLE NO. 139 ON FREE INFORMATION CARD. |
