The
New Router Handbook
by Patrick Spielman
Softcover
200 x 255mm
384pp
Published by Sterling Publishing Co. Inc., New York USA
R.R.P.$19.90
ISBN 0-8069-0518-2
Extract from back cover of book:
The definitive guide to the tool that has revolutionized woodworking has been dramatically updated, expanded, and totally revised to include the most complete, up-to-date information available on the router!
With the same professional thoroughness and eye for detail that has made Patrick Spielman internationally acclaimed as one of the best woodworking authors, this ultimate workshop bench reference details all the techniques from the basic to the most advanced, plus a huge variety of routers, bits, and commercial and make-it-yourself jigs and accessories. You'll find complete information on:
scores of available routers, with an analysis of capabilities and accessories, and how-to-use tips
safety techniques, and sharpening and maintenance procedures for bits
techniques for making and fitting exact joints with a hand-held router or with a router table
techniques for routing wood signs, for using templates or patterns to create designs in wood, and for routing non-wooden material
overarm, or pin-routing, techniques
commercial router tables and the ultimate router table you can design yourself
the newest routing machines and devices available on the market
details, tips, and techniques that only the master of the router Patrick Spielman can provide.
Over 900 photos and drawings highlight this one-volume working encyclopedia that fully shows the potential of every router and accessory and how to use routers safely and correctly to their full capacity. You'll learn special tasks and techniques that can be performed on commercially made and shop-made router tables, and you'll find great money-saving tips for making ingenious jigs and fixtures that will be invaluable for special or unusual operations.
From basic operating procedures that beginning woodworkers need to know to those specialized skills that every craftsman wants to acquire, this all-inclusive and up-to-date handbook leaves nothing out. Now, for that one essential tool in every craftsman's workshop has come the one indispensable book for his library!
Expert woodworker and innovator, brilliant teacher and best-selling author, Patrick Spielman has used his rare combination of talents to write over 40 of the most popular woodworking titles - The Router Handbook (over 1,000,000 copies sold), Scroll Saw Pattern Book, Sharpening Basics, Making Wood Decoys, Making Wood Signs and numerous other pattern, project, tool, and technique books. As a master craftsman, he has also invented hundreds of ingenious jigs, fixtures, and other woodworking aids. A pioneer who has introduced scores of craftsmen to new and exciting avenues of woodworking, a technical consultant for tool manufacturers and for the classic Encyclopedia of Furniture Making, Patrick Spielman is one of the most respected authors in the field.
Photos: Black & White
Units of Measurement: Imperial
Contents
Introduction
BASIC INFORMATION
Historical
Overview
Routing Machines
Types
of Routers
Motor Unit and Base
Motor Horsepower and Speed
Bearings,
Brushes, and Motor Housings
Cords
Switches and Handles
Handle Designs
Collets
Shaft Locks
Bases and Sub-Bases
Dust Collection
Noise Levels
Net Weight
Air-Powered Routers
Buying a Router
Fixed-Base
Routers
Depth Adjustment and Base Clamps
Overview of Fixed-Base Routers
Plunge
Routers
Plunge Posts and Springs
Plunge Lock and Release Systems
Depth-Stop Systems
Plunge Bases
Overview of Plunge Routers
Buying a Router
ROUTER BITS
Basic
Information
Cutting Edge Designs and Material Composition
Bits with
Anti-Kickback Designs
Types of Bits
Surface- or Groove-Forming Bits
Edge-Forming Bits
Selecting
and Buying Router Bits
Selection Guidelines
Selecting Carbide Bits
Maintaining
and Sharpening Bits
Selecting Bits
Selecting a Sharpening Service
Sharpening Bits Yourself
HANDHELD ROUTING TECHNIQUES
Safety Guidelines
Eye Protection
Hearing Protection
Respiratory
Protection
Chip and Dust Extraction
Safety Checklist
Safety- Related
Maintenance
Basic
Routing Procedures and Edge-Forming Techniques
Installing Bits
Depth
of Cut
Practice Cuts
Feeds and Speeds
Basic Edge- Forming Operations
Straight-Line
Routing
Types of Straight-line Routing
Trimming and Squaring
Routing
Joints
Mortises
Lap and Tenon Joints
Making Wall Panelling and
Wood Floors
Cabinetmaking Applications
Surface-Routing
Techniques
Preparing Stock to a Parallel Thickness
Routing Flat,
Tapered Surfaces
Decorative Grooving, Beading, or Fluting
Right-Angle
and Oblique Cuts
Radial Jig
Serpentine Routing
Routing Wheat Patterns
Angle Routing
Template-
(or Pattern-) Routing
Template Guides
Attaching Patterns and Templates
to Workpieces
Shop- Made Template Guides
Plunge-Router Boring with Templates
Inlaying and Setting In Hardware
Making an Inlay Template
Routing
Out the Recess
Making the Inlay
Marquetry Veneer Inlays
Setting
In Hardware
Door Butt-Hinge Templates
Mortising for SOSS Hinges
Mortising for Knockdown Fittings
Routing
Circles, Arcs, and Ovals
Circle-Routing Jigs
A Jig That Routs
Circles, Ovals, and Arcs
Oval-Cutting Jigs
Routing
Plastic Laminates
Basic Process
Specialized Situations
Routing
in the Round
Making Dowels
Router Lathe and Turning Duplicator
Lathe-Fluting with the Router
Balancing Large Cylinders or Glue-Ups
Freehand-Carving
Router-Cut Wood Threads
Panel-Routing
Aids and Pantographs
Porta-Nails Router-Panel Template
Bosch Cabinet-Door
Template System
Exac-T-Guide
The Trimtramp
Pantographs
Sears
Two-Dimensional Pantograph
Sears Three-Dimensional Pantograph
Hartlauer
Pantographs
Freehand
Routing and Sign Carving
Practising Freehand-Routing
Practising
Engraving and Relief Work
Practising Single-Stroke Work
Old-English Letters
Routing Freehand in a Small Work Area
ROUTER-TABLE WORK
Commercial
Router Tables
Types of Router Tables
Sears Router Tables
The
Rebel Router Table
Porter-Cable Router Table
Elu and DeWalt Router-Table
Systems
Freud Router Table
Hartville Tool & Supply Router Table
NuCraft Tools Industrial Router Table
Woodhaven
Router Tabletops
RBI Router Table
Shopsmith
Table-Routing System
Woodworkers Supply Drill-Press Pin-Router Table
Rousseau Router Table
Porta-Nails Router System
NuCraft Tools Cast-Iron
Router Table
Table- Saw-Extension Router Tables
Shop-Made
Router Tables
Basic Router Table
Router-Table Components
Heavy-Duty
Router Table
Router-Table
Safety Techniques
Feed Direction
Edge-Forming Curved Profiles
Straight-line Routing
Starting Pins and Fulcrums
Cutting Small Pieces
Shop Aids
Router-Table
Operations
Basic Techniques
Fence Work
Cutting Grooves and Slots
Stopped Cuts
Cutting Mortises
Tenoning
Edge-Jointing
Squaring
and End- Trimming
Pattern- and Template- Routing
Cutting Round Tenons
and Shaping Dowels
Special Cabinet Joinery
Lock Mitre Joints and Drawer
Lock Joints
Coped
Rail-and-Stile Joints
Raised Panels
Router
Tables for Special Operations
Woodsmith Mortising Table
Horizontally
Tilting Router Table
Vertically Tilting Router Table
Up- Plunge Router
Table
JOINT-MAKING
TECHNIQUES WITH A HANDHELD ROUTER OR A ROUTER TABLE
Biscuit
Joinery
Sears Bis-Kit System
Using a Router Table
Dovetails
Bits for Dovetailing
Dovetailed Dadoes and Grooves
Sliding Dovetails
Dovetailed-Keyed Mitre Joint
Commercial Dovetail Jigs and Fixtures
Dovetail Spline Jig
Fixtures for
Half- Blind Dovetails
Leigh Multi-Functional Jigs
Porter-Cable Omnijig
Keller Dovetail Templates
Cutting Dovetails Without Commercial Jigs
or Fixtures
Box
Joints
Keller 16" Dovetail Template
Using a Router Table
Hegner
Comb-Jointing Machinery
SHOP
AIDS AND ACCESSORIES, SPECIALIZED ROUTING DEVICES, AND ROUTING MACHINES
Precision Fences
Vacuum
Air System
Vacuum
Air-System Components
Vacuum Pumps
Making Vacuum- Routing Templates
and Clamping Fixtures
Vacuum Tape
Double-Sided Vacuum Clamp
Vacuum
Jigs and Fixtures
Overarm
Routers
Shop-Made Arm Attachments
Basic Overarm and Pin-Routing Applications
Radial-Arm Routing Machine
Special-Purpose
Routing Devices
Sears Mill-Works Accessory
Hoffman Dovetail Joining
Machines
Pinske Drainboard
Machine Router
Fox Chair Seat Disher
Joint-Making
and Multipurpose Routing Machines
Shopsmith Joint-Matic
RBI Router
Shop
Trend Routerack
Multi- Router
The Matchmaker
The WoodRat
Stanfield Joiner/Shaper
Inverted Pin Routers
Hartlauer Duz Awl Machines
Onsrud and Delta Inverted Pin Routers
Router
Turning Machines
Sears Router Crafter
Woodchuck Indexable Milling
System
Router
Carving Machines
Kimball Carving Machines
Trend Sign Router
Lobo
Copy Carving Machine
Marlin Carving Machines
Dupli- Carver Machines
PROJECTS
Projects
Wooden Chain
Miscellaneous Projects
Metric
Equivalents
Current
Books By Patrick Spielman
Photo Credits
Index