Think it's sign crafter. Bought it through rockler. They had 2 different sets. this was the more expensive of the two. Just mainly I messed up I guess. There were only 3 screws holding my old face on and so that's what I used to put the new one with and evidently, I didn't tighten them enough. Was hard to get the new face positioned properly too.
Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: john schwery To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tried the sign making kit 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] > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.10/1906 - Release Date: >1/21/2009 7:07 AM John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
