Does one need a 3 1/4 Router to use raised panel bits, if you use the bits
occasionally?

For sure.....




"Carson McAloney" wrote in message
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Does one need a 3 1/4 Router to use raised panel bits, if you use the bits
occasionally?

"Carson McAloney" wrote in
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Does one need a 3 1/4 Router to use raised panel bits, if you use the
bits occasionally?



Yes. And don't even THINK ABOUT using the panle raising bits without a
table of some kind. Even a quick & dirty table, with a clamped & jointed
fence.

You can get a useable router of that capacity for less than $200. Look for
a Hitachi MV12x or a Freud FT2000e, or similar. Soft start is good.

Once you have a table and a big router, you'll find all sorts of projects
to use it with.

Patriarch

"Carson McAloney" wrote in message
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Does one need a 3 1/4 Router to use raised panel bits, if you use the bits
occasionally?

Nope. Just don't try to take more than about 1 sixteenth of an inch each
pass.

Max D.

Nope. Just don't try to take more than about 1 sixteenth of an inch each
pass.

That is just another way of say "yes". Taking off a 1/16" takes forever.

"toller" wrote in message
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Nope. Just don't try to take more than about 1 sixteenth of an inch each
pass.

That is just another way of say "yes". Taking off a 1/16" takes forever.


Correct for the guy that is making a bunch of them, but for only a few doors
I can take a lot of 1/16" passes in the time it takes me to earn $300 after
taxes for a new router.

"Carson McAloney" wrote in message
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Does one need a 3 1/4 Router to use raised panel bits, if you use the bits
occasionally?



For certain you want to spin the bit at about 1/2 speed, 10,000 rpm max.