Mitre Joints

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February 27, 2005 at 11:44 pm #5811

PeteL

Hi, I have bought a Trend jig, Freud bit and a router

‘made’ by a company famous for earth moving tractors.
I have done a practise joint, male and female sides using cuts of approx 4mm on a speed seting of 2 (12 settings available but 2 is reccomended in instructions for chipboard and

manmade materials)
When the cutter comes to a tough bit of material, it digs into the good edge of the laminate. I tried very slow passes cutting 3mm but still suffered the same problem.
When it happens I can see the spindle of the router kicking over and if (when disconnected!) the cutter is moved sideways by pushing it sideways, it moves across by a noticeable

amount.
I am thinking that I have wasted my money on this router and am about to hire one on Monday morning. Any tips……have got Monday and Tuesday off to do this and the wife is 7 1/2

months pregnant so it needs finishing but only as a nice job!!!
Thanks
February 28, 2005 at 8:05 pm #5813

stevenw80

Pete,

Are you using a 1/2″ router bit or 1/4″ and is the router a 1/2 or 1/4″ drive. If you can move the bit around in the router it sounds as though you are using a 1/4″ bit in a 1/2

” drive without the collett.
March 5, 2005 at 8:06 am #5822

PeteL

Hi
I doubt if you could get a 1/2″ collet to grip a 1/4″ bit … not that I would try it!
I hired a Makita router and usd my own Freud bit in it and the joints came out very neatly.
I think the moto here is don’t buy a JCB router to do this job…..hiring a proffessional router is better and cheaper (shame you have to give it back!)
March 7, 2005 at 6:31 pm #5823

stevenw80

Hi,

I was not suggesting for one minute that you would be trying to tighten a 1/4″ bit in a 1/2″ collet. The point was that on most routers, of whatever size drive, you can almost but

not fully tighten it up.
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