[Woodworkers] Secrets to Stenciling with a Router

[Brian Johnson]

So I've never done any fancy template routing, but it seems like double sided tape would well work for this. No?

-Brian




On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:30 PM +0000, "Dave Heitstuman" <DaveH at sphcontrols.com> wrote:












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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