I used a router on an oak once - I wasn't able to cut it down at all, one
heck of a big oak. I coverid it in gasoline just to soften the wood up and
then started the router back up and damn if it didn't burn it. I stay away
from oaks with my router now. I only use it on small poplars and an
occasional sycamore.


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I was making some dog dish stands with oak tops. I had no problems. Use
standard
practices and keep the router moving

Frank

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

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I want to buy the premade oak stair treads (steps) and use a half inch
router to smooth the edges, will this work? The front part of the
tread is already rounded but my customer wants the sides rounded too.
People told me the router will burn the wood because oak is hard, is
there a trick to rounding without burning?

I have an oak desk and the router sits on top of it. So far, it has not
burned it at all. Where the router connects to the computer there is
plenty
of space for ventilation. If you mount the router on the stairs, be
sure
the is out of the way so no one trips on it.