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I am new at this so I don't know what to expect and I need some advice.
I know that this is woodworking and not precision stuff where you want 0.001 inch tolerance but I am getting some really bad results. I am trying to drill some shelf pin holes using a PC plunge router with a 1/4 inch carbide spiral bit, a 1/2 inch to 1/4 inch collet reducer, and a shelf pin gulde. I clamp the guide to the work to make sure that it doesn't move while plungeing the router, and I have cleaned the collet holder and collet. Here are some measurements I made: the router bit diameter is right on the money at -0.0005 inches. I used a dial indicator to measure the wobble of a piece of drill rod to be 0.002 inches at a point 1.75 inches from the collet base, which corresponds to the tip of the router bit when it is installed. This should give a hole about 0.004 oversize, right? The holes actually measure about 0.005 to 0.007 oversize. No big deal, after all this is wood. The shelf pins measure about 0.003 to 0.004 under size. So here is the problem; holes too big and pins too small make for around 0.010 slop in the fit of the pins. Is a loose fit like this normal or can I do something to get the pins to fit better. I know that the pins will not fall out when the shelfs are placed on them, but the very loose fit of the pins bothers me. Should I worry about this or not? I can actually drill a better fitting hole using a hand held drill and a 1/4 inch forstner bit, but then I lose the placement accuracy of the guide. Any suggestions? What is a normal value for router bit wobble? is 0.002 too large or is it about normal? Thanks for any advice. |
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