The versatility of the wood router is increasingly becoming essential in every wood shop, not only do modern work better, they are increasing adding new capabilities. Working with the router and learning the ways to use it will increase the range of projects you can complete, and increase the quality of your output.

How to Use a Wood Router

If you are considering woodworking as a hobby or even a money making venture then you will definitely need to add the router to your list of 'must have' tools. This tool is made specifically to shape a piece of  wood, cut areas that need cutting or filing down, make precise cuts, and most importantly add decorative touches such as a grooved edging.

Knowing How To Use A Woodworking Router Is Necessary In Workshops

Knowing how to use a router is probably one of the most necessary skills a woodworker needs. If you know how to use a router properly, you will be able to do all sorts of work such as joinery, grooves, rabbets, raised panels and put edge designs on the wood. Routers can be dangerous if not handled properly, so you do have to practice when leaning how to use a router.

How to Properly Use a Woodwork Router: Make Your Woodworking and Crafting Easier

If you're looking for an all-purpose tool that can perform a variety of tasks in your workshop, a router will fit the bill. Basically, a router is nothing more than an electric drill. But one difference between working with a router and a drill is that the latter uses a bit to bore into materials.

How to Work with a Wood Router

Working with a router can be a bit intimidating if your not familiar with its proper use,  but once you learn how to use it you will be able to do amazing things with it. The number one rule in using a router is to go slowly and take shallow passes.  A router, on the other hand, uses a sharp cutting bit to do its job. The cutting bit is located on the bottom of the machine. Knowing which bit to use for each application is just part of knowing how to properly use a router.

Don't Fear the Router

To the first time user, a wood router seems like a fairly simple machine - a motor with perhaps a profile bit, a switch and some handles. No big deal. When the motor is switched on, though, your opinion may start to change. You feel the centrifugal force as the motor spins up. And it is loud! To make the experience complete, the router makes contact with the board (which, if you are lucky, is clamped to a work table) and man, what a surprise.

Making Shelves And Larger Projects For Woodworking

I get the question a lot lately about cutting dado’s and grooves for larger projects such as shelves. If you are a beginner woodworker, you spend a lot of time just trying to figure out which tool you need to build the project you are interested.