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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Woodworkers [mailto:woodworkers-bounces@lists.sawdusters.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Herb Treuil<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 02, 2016 4:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Woodworkers] Secrets to Stenciling with a Router<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#000066'>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?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:red'>Herb Treuil</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>