I know nothing about routing, joinery or woodworking, though I have looked
around the net and got a couple of books, see following.
I want to make house doors with and without glass in them I also want to make some hardwood casement window frames, to replace my current frames which are very dilapidated and rotting. I'll get the double glazings to go in them made up by the glazing people. It seemed an idea to also have a go at making myself some new kitchen cabinets and cabinet sometime in the future As I say this will be sometime down the road, at the moment I just want to concentrate on the doors and windows.
I very recently got a copy of John Birchards Door making Patterns & Ideas. Also due in the post in the next few days is his Make Your Own Handcrafted Doors And Windows.
I'm a bit overwhelmed by what seems to me the huge range of different routing bits for different things.And terms like profiling, rebating, stick & cope. Also the huge range of routing jigs, accessories, which the manufacturers and store owners would just love people to spend their hard earned money on.
Been finding out a little about stile and rail router bit sets and some router bits are best for hardwoods and others best for softwoods.
When I first looked at the Routing Forum several people thought the Porter Cable 892 plunge router was a very good one to get and not extortionately expensive. I did quite a through search, it does not appear to be available in the UK. Though other Porter Cable ones are available on Ebay UK. Has anyone any ideas what other Router brand, model I should go for. I expect I will need a router table, several are available on Ebay UK at what seems a reasonable price to me. I assume I will also need a fixed base router to fit in the router table, table and router must be able to fit together, if not is some type of adaptor available? Perhaps like the Porter Cable other brands have interchangeable bases. Looking at the inside-woodworking dot coms The Router Buyers Guide which seems unbiased, impartial I need to be looking at a 2HP router, fixed and plunge, perhaps also a lighter one 1HP for edging. Do I just need a plunge router and change it into a fixed base in the router table, by fixing the motor on the plunge bars?
As I mentioned I just want to have a go at doing some doors and my replacement house windows at the moments, probably other projects in the future.
What tools am I going to need at this point in time? Types of router bits to make various door mouldings etc?
Thanx loads.
Peter.
around the net and got a couple of books, see following.
I want to make house doors with and without glass in them I also want to make some hardwood casement window frames, to replace my current frames which are very dilapidated and rotting. I'll get the double glazings to go in them made up by the glazing people. It seemed an idea to also have a go at making myself some new kitchen cabinets and cabinet sometime in the future As I say this will be sometime down the road, at the moment I just want to concentrate on the doors and windows.
I very recently got a copy of John Birchards Door making Patterns & Ideas. Also due in the post in the next few days is his Make Your Own Handcrafted Doors And Windows.
I'm a bit overwhelmed by what seems to me the huge range of different routing bits for different things.And terms like profiling, rebating, stick & cope. Also the huge range of routing jigs, accessories, which the manufacturers and store owners would just love people to spend their hard earned money on.
Been finding out a little about stile and rail router bit sets and some router bits are best for hardwoods and others best for softwoods.
When I first looked at the Routing Forum several people thought the Porter Cable 892 plunge router was a very good one to get and not extortionately expensive. I did quite a through search, it does not appear to be available in the UK. Though other Porter Cable ones are available on Ebay UK. Has anyone any ideas what other Router brand, model I should go for. I expect I will need a router table, several are available on Ebay UK at what seems a reasonable price to me. I assume I will also need a fixed base router to fit in the router table, table and router must be able to fit together, if not is some type of adaptor available? Perhaps like the Porter Cable other brands have interchangeable bases. Looking at the inside-woodworking dot coms The Router Buyers Guide which seems unbiased, impartial I need to be looking at a 2HP router, fixed and plunge, perhaps also a lighter one 1HP for edging. Do I just need a plunge router and change it into a fixed base in the router table, by fixing the motor on the plunge bars?
As I mentioned I just want to have a go at doing some doors and my replacement house windows at the moments, probably other projects in the future.
What tools am I going to need at this point in time? Types of router bits to make various door mouldings etc?
Thanx loads.
Peter.