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IN EVERY ISSUE CONTENTS READER'S WORKSHOP WORKBENCH SHOP TIPS TOOL CLOSE-UP MicroFence This uersatile routerfence allowsfor precise adjustments and simplfies complex routing operations. SKILL BUILDER Joinery Workshop karn how to make three dffirent joints that will defend your outdoor projects against Mother Nature's worst. f@Online Video: Three Weotherproof Joints L REVIEU/ 6" Rondom- Orbit Sonders Think a sander is just a sander? We gaue seuen new models a spin and came up with some surprising results. 1 \i-/ , Questions & Answers llEW! Finishing Fundomenhls Tips & Techniques <strong>Tools</strong> & Products Croftsmonship Close-Up
acluestions iis ffiljiitflilf,, I would like to make mortise and tenon joints in my shop, but I don't oum a drill pres. k there any way I could make mortises with afxed-base router? Joel Breidenbach Wa email A lt's eosy to cut mortises on o tobl+mounted router. The key is to set stop blocks to estoblish the ends of the mortise ond use o guide roil to keep the workpiece from kicking out. A storter hole /nsef/ creotes o pocket thot fits down over the router bit. You can make mortises with a fixed-base router mounted in a router table. To make a mortise this way, you have to lower a workpiece onto a spinning bit. It takes a little bit of setup to do this safely and correctly. You'll need three things for the technique: r'wo stop blocks clamped to the router table fence, and a guide rail to keep the workpiece from kicking out from the fence. Stop Blocks - The location of the stop blocks is important, so take some time to position them correctly. The idea is to clamp them in place so that when the workpiece is butted againsthem, the bit is aligned with one end of the mortise or the other (see lllustration). Guide Rail - As for the guide rail, it's just a scrap 2x4 glued or screwed to a plywood clamp pad (Main Photo).Posrtion the clamp pad so that the workpiece can slide smoothly between the rail and router table fence, and clamp it firmly in place. Rout Mortise - Before routing, drill a starter hole at the front of the mortise (Inset Photo).This creates a pocket that fits down over the router bit.Then, curting the mortise is as simple as butting the workpiece againsr the back stop block, lowering it onto the spinning bit, and pushing it forward until it hits the front stop block. Rout the mortise in a series of progressively deeper passes until reaching the desired depth. Rouler Toble THIRD: Butt workpiece ogoinst bock stop block ond lower onto spinning bit NOIE: Rout mortise in o series of progressively deeper posses I I I HOW TO SEND YOUR OUESTIONS: Email: editor@workbenchmas.com Forums: forum.woodnelnet MaiI Workbench Q&4" 2200 GrandAve., Des Moines, IA 50312 Indude full nome, oddress, ond doylime phone number. You'll rereive one of oul hondsome Workhench cops il we publhh your lefier. III I t I I J I woRKBENcH D JUNE 2004
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