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PekkaNF:
Did I mention that I like router copy bits, specially bearing type. And closely followed by one that you can use to drill hole and then copy.

vtsteam:
You do great work with a router, Pekka.  :bow: Routers and I just don't do well together.  :zap:

PekkaNF:
Thank you Steve. Means a lot coming from you. I always admired the patterns you make for sand casting and somehow they look always more demanding than my doodlings.

Routers and mixing .... I remember when I was learning to use router (pre internet -hard way), probably made all the mistakes on the book and pretty sure I invented some of my own. I learned not to route free hand - after the router run amok, me hanging on it. I learned not to hog - after the router caught a piece of wood and splinters flying every direction and learned to follw the grain and importance of the routing direction, when I got spintters more than moulding....but now I can make jig fast and use that to make joints or symmetrical parts fairly consistently.

Put on those parts some epoxy/filler putty and will sand them on the evening. Where I were with the filler? Have to have a call to local paint shop on the evening.

Pekka

vtsteam:
About 40 years ago as an apprentice boatbuilder I had built a 16' long skiff, Painted topsides and interior, with only the sheer clamp (rails) unvarnished. It was 3/4" x 1-1/2" Doug Fir batten run down the outside of the sheer plank. I had my shiny new Sears router, and I thought I'd just radius the upper corner a bit with it.

Well, I confidently got half way down the first side from the bow when the router found a slight change in grain, and zip, it plunged diagonally in following the grain, right through the plank and out the other side, The rail broke in half under the pressure of the bend and side suddenly had a big kink in it.

That all happened in the blink of an eye. I just stood there, unbelieving, and went huh?

Sounds like you know what I'm talking about, though, too Pekka -- and obviously have worked your way past the initial little kinks in the road!

PekkaNF:
I feel your pain. Happy didn't bite you.

I put on my brown pants when I mount over 2" bit on 2kW hand router, even if part router is mounted. You have to have a healthy respect to these things.

Pekka

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