Sliding table for Router (flooring, safety)
Hi All, I have the pleasure of installing a maple floor in an odd shaped room and want to miter some planks together at 12 degrees!
So that I don’t have to face nail the planks, I want to machine new T/G profile on the long narrow taper (aprox 1′-3″ long). I have a homemade sled for the table saw where I’m precutting – that’s good to go. Then I want to put it on my homemade router table and cut the profile. I don’t have a T-slot but want the guide to just ride along the edge of the 60″ long table.
My question is really about the guide that I use to form the angle with – assuming I’m not climb-cutting, should the guide lead the work through the cutter, or follow it? eg. if the piece grabs a little, which way is going to be safer?
And what if I do a final pass that IS in the climb-cut direction, again lead or follow with the guide 😉
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It would be a lot easier if you just cut grooves in the miters with a hand held router and a slotting bit , then used a spline.
Why not use a biscuit ? FF or O !! Bigger if they'll fit.
you're right Hammer.
but I've always been stupid that way - more time than sense.
Does make me wonder about the spline method. Some of my tapers will need to have tonges. So if you form that up with a slot and spline what happens when you drive a nail through it? Seems like high probability split. Predrill and hand nail then?
Use plywood for the spline and yes, pre-drill. I'd glue the spline, too.
Thanks
Usually things are easy on paper and hard to actually pull off. This time it was the other way round!
since my tapers were 15" long, it turned out to be no problem to slap em up against the router fence and go at it.
there wasn't even a need to take multiple passes, the amana t/g set made smooth cuts feeding in the non-climb direction.
enjoying a cold one now
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