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Default Leigh D4 dovetail jig driving me nuts

Leon wrote:


"Upscale" wrote in message
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"Leon" wrote in message
the bit could be bending while spinning and cause too much material to
be
removed. This could be exaggerated at higher bit speeds. Leigh

recommends
8mm and 1/2" bits to help fight chatter.


Hmmm. You could be right, but that's an awful lot of bit chatter for the
amount of dead space shown in the pictures he presented. I'd freak out if
any router I had caused that much wobble.


Chatter along with a smaller based and light weight router could do that.


Chatter may be a contributor, but I've seen the same kind of gapping when
using the heavier plunge router as well. I'm starting to really lean to
the idea that neither of my router bases is flat enough and that there is
enough rocking that I'm getting excessive cutting.

I need to look into the 8mm bits but then will need a collet adapter to
work in my router


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