How clamp down long piece of wood to allow routing along its length?

[toolsntat]

Thank you! I didn’t know those existed. Sounds like a good approach. I will buy one and experiment. Groovy!

Without any doubt in my mind, doing this handheld is your best option when only having a router, regardless of power rating.
Afraid of not having enough power for a deep wide cut can be bypassed by having a larger bearing on preliminary passes.
Chipping out can sometimes happen but a good sharp cutter helps along with running a marking gauge down the cut line, failing this, and definitely not recommended for an unexperienced user is a controlled backfeed precut....
Cheers
Andy

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Your first sentence could do with an edit.

 

[toolsntat]

Your first sentence could do with an edit.

I blame the new lapeltop.....
Ta, how's that?

 

[Sideways]

Not a specific recommendation but maybe to inspire some lateral thinking.

I bought some used 160x40mm aluminium extrusion with the aim of building an MFT type bench on steroids.
The bench won't happen for a little while but even a single length of this alloy is handy for supporting and clamping long thin stuff in a temporary workspace.
It's very pricey so secondhand is really the only way to go, or just rout a couple of lengths of T track into a timber beam for a lot less money.

Underside