Plunge Router

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Basic Introduction To Woodworking Router Groove

Although basic router techniques remain essentially unchanged no matter what the operation, cutting grooves involves special skills, whether the cuts are intended to be ornamental or functional.

This article demonstrates the tools and techniques used to rout a wide assortment of grooves, from the simple dadoes used to assemble carcases and cabinets to recesses for inlays and the graceful patterns that can form the decorative focus of a piece of furniture.

Many techniques will be used frequently, as the cuts are essential to most projects; others, although perhaps less commonly used, will allow you to extend the scope of your work and improve the level of your craftsmanship.

The best router to use depends on the task at hand. Although a standard router will perform virtually every job adequately, a plunge router is preferred for interior cuts, such as routing stopped grooves or cutting recesses for inlay, since it allows you to align the bit over the cut and plunge it into the stock.

For safety and precision, it is often best to mount your router in a table. A router table affords a high degree of control that makes it a relatively simple task to rout stopped grooves and rabbets.

Whether your router has plunging capabilities or not, and whether or not it is mounted in a table, you will be using a wide variety of accessories-jigs, bits, cutters, guides, and templates----that ease the completion of certain tasks and make others possible. You will find illustrated instructions for building your own accessories. With these-and a little knowledge and imagination-you can make your router one of your most valuable tools.Visit Woodworking Plans Website for more skill details....

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What type of router (Tool) do I need for guitars?

I work with guitars a lot and sometimes I need to cut wood slots, but a dremle is too slow and messy or my hands can't control it. Anyway I don't want a cheap power tool, I want something I can use for years.

I saw some routers, but they say stuff like 3/4, 3 3/4 and sizes like that. What does that mean?

I also ran a search through yahoo answers and people spoke about plunge or bushings and other stuff. I need a detailed answer, because I don't know much on power tools except for power drills.

Thanks.

Dremel is probably the right product. You want to look at the larger ones. I would recommend the 4000 High Performance model. There are many atachments for it, including a router head, cut off head, drill press and tons more.... even a saw-zall attachment.

For the delicate work on a guitar, I would think this would be the ticket. If you need something bigger, Roto Zip has a similar tool, but bigger. But I think it would be too heavy for the type of work you are talking about. To keep it under control as opposed to hand control, look at the router attachment with bench (these sit on top of desk top about 10" wide X 10" deep X 8" tall (estimated)) Also, you can do a lot with the drill press, which also sits on a desktop.

http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Tools/Pages/ToolDetail.aspx?pid=4000

http://www.dremel.com/en-us/AttachmentsAndAccessories/Pages/CategoryProducts.aspx?catid=19&catname=Attachments

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