On 1/13/2018 10:56 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 11:41:57 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote:
On Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 10:11:09 PM UTC-6, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 6:07:52 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote:
On Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 3:10:56 PM UTC-6, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I'm trying to joint some 1 x 8 poplar on my router table so I can glue up
a panel. Each piece is 36" long. I have the out-feed fence 1/16" proud of
the in-feed fence.

I understand that you are supposed to keep pressure on the out-feed fence
but I can't seem to keep even pressure as I move the board along. At 36"
long I have to move my hands and when I do, I get a bump in the jointed
edge. I tried to clamp 2 feather boards to the table on the out-feed side,
but I'm still getting 2-3 bumps on the jointed edge because of hand
movement.

Neither fence nor the table is long enough to use push paddles for the
entire 36". Is that part of the problem?

Is there any way to get rid of the bumps so I can do a gap free glue-up?

I have had good results clamping an aluminum straight edge to the top of the board and running a router along the side with a longish bit. I don't think I'd want to try using the router table for this purpose.

Best of luck.

Here's an option that uses aluminum a slightly different manner.

http://www.finewoodworking.com/2005/...ith-the-router

I've used this method also but I couldn't get it to work as well. I can't remember exactly why but I had to make several passes to get it perfect. User operator error of some kind, I'm sure.

Join the club! I'm sure I'm doing something wrong too.


I can guarantee you that aluminum angle is not straight enough to form a
glue line surface.