I was wondering if he was using a plunge router at all. Once the guide bushing is in a template it would stay there while lowering the bit even if the base plate shifted the bushing would stay put.
----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Klarich To: [email protected] ; john schwery Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tried the sign making kit Matt: If those parts would have been made out of metal, I bet you would have had a huge mess. No telling what would have happened to your bit. I suspect you would have had little pieces of metal moving at a high rate of speed in your personal space. (not good) DId you set the depth stop? I suspect you plunged down too far. Also, never, never, and even never raise the router from your work until it stops. Most accidents happen after the cut. Centering could have also been the problem as you suspect; but, if you set the depth properly, beforehand, you would have noticed if the bit could turn freely in the guide bushing. Terry On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:25:07 -0500you write: >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > >Matt, is this the kit made by Miles Craft? I have a circle jig of >theirs and it works good. > >earlier, Matt, wrote: > >>It's a cheap piece of strike that word! >>hahahahahahah, >>I know, it's a poor craftsman who blames his tool, right? >>Well, I just spent I don't know how long learning all about clamping >>everything down and I had the letters n and o secured. >>Had made a few practice run throughs without turning the router on. >>Figured out that my clamps would be in the way, got sticks of wood >>butted against either letter had it all clamped down. >>Was gonna work. >>Clicked the router on and off a few times to make sure I could >>handle all that end of things and everything. >>So, finally, I clicked it on and made a line up in my n, and a line >>down, and it started spitting and sputtering, making a whizzing noise. >>Clicked it off and took a look. >>This thing has a face plate which screws to your router. >>Ya take the old one off. >>And you put this one on. >>Then you have a big hole in the middle, and the guide bushings fit >>in that hole and turn to lock in place. >>Then you're left with that round piece, which has a plastic tube or >>bushing protruding out, and your bit pokes a bit out of that. >>So that you can follow the letters with the plastic tube going along >>the letter and the bit will bite into the wood and the face of the >>router ends up resting on the rails of the letter holding frame. >>Evidently, I hadn't centered my plate right, or else, I hadn't >>tightened the screws tight enough. >>In fact, one of those was sitting down in the work. >>And the face had slipped and the bit had struck the nipple or tube >>and knocked most of it off. >>Grrrrrr! >>Have to look into replacement parts and try again. >>Actually there is another bushing included and I think it is meant >>for the other bit, so I am not sunk, but still, for a first time, >>what a let down! >>I did get the two legs of the n carved, and I didn't slip and cut >>any body parts, so I guess that's some-what successful. >>These parts should be made of metal though. >>I'll tell you that much. >>The letters and the faceplate and bushings... all plastic! >>I wish I had started with a letter I had 2 of. >>That was another mistake, because I didn't wait for the router to >>stop spinning before I pulled it out and think I nicked my letter n as well. >>Try, try again! >>Matt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
