Need advice

[Chris In Milwaukee]

1/2" will be a little bit tougher. Otherwise nothing wrong with the 1/4". Just go slower so it doesn't break.

[MNBenny]

Think of how many ribs I could do with a 1/2" router bit😏


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[MNBenny]

I just hope I don't have to remake these


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[MNBenny]

Dad was just saying that very same thing. He's thinking of away to secure it all. I'm only going to do one at first to see how it works before stepping up to 3. Let me see..........to get a 1/2" router bit or not to get a 1/2" router bit.....that's the question


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[Chris In Milwaukee]

I have a quarter inch laminate bit already. I was just showing what came with it

Ok, cool

[Chris In Milwaukee]

Ok new problem...looks like we can't mount that one upside down

You can route from the top, but it'll take some thinking to make sure everything stays put and doesn't move around while routing.

[MNBenny]

I have a quarter inch laminate bit already. I was just showing what came with it. Is anyone else using this exact router? Were you able to mount it upside down?


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[Chris In Milwaukee]

Your going to want a laminate bit, not that one. Laminate bits have a bearing on the end that will follow your pattern. You'll chew your pattern up with that bit.

[MNBenny]

Ok new problem...looks like we can't mount that one upside down....


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[MNBenny]

That's the new router I bought. $48 at harbor freight...not bad.

I will look for generic brake lines tomorrow provided the hardware store is open...1/4" outside diameter 3/16" inside diameter

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[Chris In Milwaukee]

Bushings...I inserted bushing into my form blocks and made them from a $5 piece of generic steel brake line. I think I used 3/16" jig pins to hold the form blocks and the rib blanks together. I cut my 2.5" long 3/16" DIA jig pins from a long piece of steel rod I got at the hardware store. The Brake line fit the jig pin nicely. I think the brake line was 1/4" Ouside Diameter. I would insert the bushing again into my form blocks, but I would want the bushings in place before I drilled the jig pin holes into my aluminum rib blanks.

Thinking outside the box. Good stuff

I'm thinking about the jig pins in question. Did you have your forms pinned together before routing? Seems like you'd want to squish them together to hold them firmly together. I used 3/16" screws with washers and wing nuts.

[Bcone1381]

Bushings...I inserted bushing into my form blocks and made them from a $5 piece of generic steel brake line. I think I used 3/16" jig pins to hold the form blocks and the rib blanks together. I cut my 2.5" long 3/16" DIA jig pins from a long piece of steel rod I got at the hardware store. The Brake line fit the jig pin nicely. I think the brake line was 1/4" Ouside Diameter. I would insert the bushing again into my form blocks, but I would want the bushings in place before I drilled the jig pin holes into my aluminum rib blanks.

[MNBenny]

Went out and bought a new 2hp router from harbor freight. It can hold bit sizes up 1/4" - 1/2"


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[Chris In Milwaukee]

I went through one myself.

[MNBenny]

Not cutting them by hand. So I guess it's on hold now.





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