On 1/14/18 4:07 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 14 Jan 2018 12:48:33 -0600, -MIKE-
wrote:

On 1/14/18 11:22 AM, Leon wrote:
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.

It's only straight if it's attached to something straight. :-)
I think in the article in the link, it's attached to a straight board
and hopefully triple checked. I believe the aluminum is there to give
the router bit bearing a hard, smooth surface to reference.

But why does the bearing need a surface harder than a board. It's not
very sharp. ;-)


I think it's to protect it from betting bumped or nicked up.
I used hard maple on my dado jig because the surfaces are always
protected by the opposing sides.


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