Edge Jointing
Jointing the edge of a board involves using a straight cutting router bit to remove wood from the face of the board. The result is a perfectly flat and square edge.
Always feed the workpiece against the rout- er bit rotation direction, as illustrated below. Otherwise, the workpiece could be aggres- sively pulled from your hands, drawing them into the spinning cutter.
Bit | Workpiece |
Rotation
Feed Direction
To joint the edge of a workpiece:
1.DISCONNECT ROUTER FROM POWER!
2.Secure a straight cutting bit into your rout- er according to the router manufacturer's instructions.
3.Install the smallest table insert into the router table that still allows the router bit to freely rotate.
4.Raise the bit to a height slightly more than that of the workpiece, then rotate it by hand until the cutting flute is perpendicular to the fence boards.
5.Insert and secure shims between the outfeed fence board and the fence bracket that equal in thickness the amount of material you want to remove from the workpiece face (see the illustration in Figure 21).
Top View | Infeed | |
| Fence Board | |
Shim |
| |
| Straight | |
Outfeed | Router Bit | |
Straightedge | ||
Fence Board |
Figure 21. Fence setup for edge jointing (guard
removed for clarity).
6.Place a straightedge against the outfeed fence board, then adjust the fence assembly so that the straightedge is also against the bit flute, as illustrated in Figure 21.
7.Lock the fence assembly in place, tighten all knobs, connect the router to power, then per- form the cut (see Figure 22).
Top View |
Shim |
Workpiece |
Cutting Direction |
Figure 22. Edge jointing (guard removed for
clarity).
Model T10222 (Mfg. Since 12/09) |