Router Bit Table

[morpheus83uk]

Hello,

I am looking at making some small glass holders for presents (in the new year) and was looking for a table which shows all the different types of router profiles which can be made from various cutters. This is for my own reference but also so that I can choose a profile I like for the various people the presents are for.

My thinking is that if I have a reference guide I can tailor the profiles to the people which sounds odd but it makes sense well to me at least. Currently I am only going off what I have in my trend 35 piece router starter set. If I need to buy cutters that's fine but I need to know what I am purchasing before hand.

Any help is welcome.

Thanks

James

 

[skelph]

Hi morpheus - try last item under data sheets on https://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/download_information.html for profiles of Wealden cutters. It's a 9 page .pdf file so should give you some ideas to work with.

skelph

 

[morpheus83uk]

Hi Skelph,

Thanks would this cover other profiles as well such as Trend, CMT etc?

Thanks

James

 

[sunnybob]

Trend have an online catalogue, or you can request a paper version.
http://www.trend-uk.com/en/CZ/contact.php

 

[Myfordman]

You will have a whole lot more variations if you adapt your router table so that you can move it back and forth from the vertical axis.

Get all the profiles into a cad package you can then move them about on screen and see the profiles obtained from all the combinations.

 

[morpheus83uk]

Happy New Year

Brilliant so it looks like its just looking through catalogues opposed to just a general one? I presume certain suppliers specialise in certain areas?

Sorry @myfordman I am not sure what you mean by:

You will have a whole lot more variations if you adapt your router table so that you can move it back and forth from the vertical axis.

Do you mean having the router bit moving up and down?

Thanks

James

 

[Eric The Viking]

Most manufacturers who sell individual cutters have good diagrams explaining what shapes they cut. I have never seen anything that attempts to include cutters from everybody. Most companies have several unique cutters, too.

You can also get multi-profile cutters (I have one by CMT), which will do several decorative patterns. depending on where the stock touches the cutter (you adjust the projection through the router table to suit).

Even simple things like rebate cutters will let you make repetitive steps in an edge, so you can build up different shapes. You can also use grooving cutters (the rounded ones) in a variety of ways. You can get a good range of effects with a small number of cutters if you think it through carefully, and plan the order in which you make the various cuts.

By the way, if you're wanting to make strips of moulding to apply, don't forget that it is a lot easier and safer to run the shape on the router table before you cut the strip off the edge of the board. Trying to mould small strips (after cutting them to width) is fiddly and quite dangerous.

 

[morpheus83uk]

Thanks for that. Initially for the projects I have on at the moment it will be fairly small pieces of wood however I do take your point about safety and more efficient to use a mitre saw to chop it into the lengths required with the moulding already done on the router table. This is what I will be doing for future work where I need smaller pieces off a longer board.

Are there any other manufacturers to look for other than the ones previously mentioned?

Also I forgot to ask about CAD, I don't have this is it free? If so where would I get it from and how hard would it be to import / look at all the combinations on screen?

Thanks

James

 

[Myfordman]

Happy New Year

Brilliant so it looks like its just looking through catalogues opposed to just a general one? I presume certain suppliers specialise in certain areas?

Sorry @myfordman I am not sure what you mean by:

You will have a whole lot more variations if you adapt your router table so that you can move it back and forth from the vertical axis.

Do you mean having the router bit moving up and down?

Thanks

James

No you need to be able to move the router axis off vertical by up to + - 45 degrees to get a wide range of effects.

You might find that cutter manufacturers can provide dxf files for their cutter profiles. You can import them into your preferred cad package.

 

[morpheus83uk]

Thank you for that I will have a look around and see what I can find / speak to the manufacturers about.

Oh right I didn't know that could even be done on a router table! Do you need a special table to be able to do that I have the Trend CRT MK3 but I don't think its capable of that. Are there any links etc that demonstrate this or examples of router tables which can do this? I presume you would need special bits which would allow the cutting at angles too?

Thanks

James