To cut smooth, accurate circles, make a sliding wooden strip to fit in the miter-gauge slot of your router table. The strip should protrude just slightly above the surface of the table so a clamp will hold it in place. Put a screw through the center of the workpiece into the wood strip. The screw should be just loose enough so the work will rotate. The screw can be driven up through the strip and into the bottom of the work if you don’t want a visible hole. Turn the piece counterclockwise to make the cut. Slide the strip right or left to adjust the radius. The size of the disc can range from 8 in. or so to about 24 in., depending on the router table.

Tom Rausenberg, Dayton, Ohio

Fine Woodworking Magazine, August 1996 No. 119

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