"robo hippy" wrote in message
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.. I have the Soren Berger tool, and even
after seeing him a couple of times demonstrate the tool, can't seem to
get it to work.

robo hippy


The soren berger tool works well used as follows

1. you must be making a square sided box - it doesn't do curves, and you
must be cutting end grain.
2. drill a hole to desired depth large enough for the tool to fit in
3. insert tool so the cutter part is mostly inside the hole
4. rotate so blade starts to cut and pull HARD against the wood coming down
on the blade
If you do this right, it peels a layer of shavings that look like they came
from a pencil sharpener - it is very fast.
5. repeat four moving down one "blade length" at a time until you get to the
bottom. The design of the tool will allow you to cut a smooth bottom in one
pass, then pull the tool up the side of the box to smooth it out.

6. you are done.

what you may be having trouble with is either getting it to cut (just rotate
it while pulling hard away from the center), or you are trying to do
something other than what it does.

When you get the hang of it, you will agree, for what it does, it is
amazing.