[Woodworkers] Secrets to Stenciling with a Router

[Dave Heitstuman]

We have been doing allot of template routing on the big tables by taping them down to the table.  Initially it was a struggle to keep the template in one place until I realized the router just wasn’t following along really smoothly.  So I waxed the templates which really helped but it also created a bit of a problem getting the tape to stick to the template.  We solved that by taking the tape all the way around the template (instead of on 2 sides).  Then what I noticed was the that the router was hanging up on the tape and would peel back the edges so I waxed the router base.  Seems to help but the wax does wear off fairly quickly.
We are routing 3/16” deep and I have found it is better to make 2 passes then to try and take it all at once.

2Dave

From: Woodworkers [mailto:woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org] On Behalf Of Herb Treuil
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2016 4:34 AM
To: woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org
Subject: [Woodworkers] Secrets to Stenciling with a Router

I have seen several router template kits which advise to link the letters together and tape them onto the board with blue masking tape.  When I have tried this in the past I end up pushing the template letters around.  Is there a secret to doing this correctly?  Do I need to route the letters in multiple passes?

Herb Treuil
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