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Preventing router tear-out on cedar
Any wisdom on preventing tear-out with cedar when making boxes using a jig? I tried painter's tape with limited success.
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Preventing router tear-out on cedar
On 9/21/2015 4:48 PM, Michael wrote:
Any wisdom on preventing tear-out with cedar when making boxes using a jig? I tried painter's tape with limited success. Thanks! Be more careful. Seriously, you nee to provide way more details to get any reasonable answer. |
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Preventing router tear-out on cedar
On 9/21/2015 5:48 PM, Michael wrote:
Any wisdom on preventing tear-out with cedar when making boxes using a jig? I tried painter's tape with limited success. Thanks! Are you talking finger-jointed or something else cut by jig? I've always found that using a fresh backer board works with any sort of wood with through cuts. Depending on the look you are going for, knife-scoring at the deepest point of the through-cut will minimize tearout (at the cost of a scored line showing up, of course) |
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Preventing router tear-out on cedar
On 9/21/2015 5:48 PM, Michael wrote:
Any wisdom on preventing tear-out with cedar when making boxes using a jig? I tried painter's tape with limited success. Thanks! Backup the area that you are coming out of with the cutting edge with a piece of wood clamped the to edge. If routing a groove, use a down cut spiral. While forming an edge, I had a large section blow out in the middle. I glued it back in, then raised the bit for the remaining cuts, then lowered the bit for a final cut, that way I would not ruin any other parts. I used sawdust as filler on the piece glued in. I also moved a little slower, but not too slow to burn the wood. Tape does help. -- Jeff |
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