
A surprising number of professional carpenters and woodworking hobbyists consider the router—with or without a router sled—their most useful and versatile electric tool. And with good reason! Best described as a hybrid combination of a planer, a power drill, and a collection of wood-carving gouges and chisels, routers are able to shape wood in an astonishing variety of ways. Depending on the type of router (plunge router, fixed-base, combo, variable-speed, laminate trimmer, CNC, etc.), they are capable of…
- carving grooves and rabbets
- chamfering and beveling
- incising shallow reliefs
- drilling clean holes
- creating decorative flutings
- recessing hinges
- profiling edges
- making screw threads
- hollowing out adzed bowls
- trimming wood flat
- cutting dovetail, mortise-&-tenon, and other types of joints
…and generally shaping wood in ways that would often be difficult if not nearly impossible using just hand tools.
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