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Here in SB, I’m an amateur woodworker/ telescope maker/ luthier. I’ve made a few projects like end table and mission style footstool or a small clock. Then I joined an astronomy club and learned how to build my own scope, including grinding my own mirror. Lastly, I just finished my first classical guitar ( a really fun project).
The router has been one of the tools that I feel is a mainstay in creating all of these projects but not the only one. There are many as I know you are aware. I’ve kind of been good with building with my hands. This may be due to my some 50+ years as a dental technician or a couple of years at sea, working with materials at hand, that gave me much opportunity to grow as a young man!
These hobbies along with sports and music I feel has rounded me into enjoying a rather pleasant, simple life.
I currently have a few routers I use. Probably the most used is my Porter Cable 690, both fixed and plunge bases. Then, I have a Makita older 3700B laminate trimmer. Next, I traded a tool for tool and obtained a 3 1/4 HP Porter Cable router and nice looking router table, even though I haven’t used it. This is because I have no workshop and no garage. In fact, all my work has been done on a single piece of 3/4” plywood suspended on two Stanley saw horses! Even so, I’m proud of what I do.
Here is one:
it’s been nice already talking with a couple of you.I’m looking right now to get a smaller trimmer with a plunge base to do that smaller work like routing channels for a carbon fiber rod or channels for “ letting in” binding on a future guitar.
Nice to greet you all!
Tim C
The router has been one of the tools that I feel is a mainstay in creating all of these projects but not the only one. There are many as I know you are aware. I’ve kind of been good with building with my hands. This may be due to my some 50+ years as a dental technician or a couple of years at sea, working with materials at hand, that gave me much opportunity to grow as a young man!
These hobbies along with sports and music I feel has rounded me into enjoying a rather pleasant, simple life.
I currently have a few routers I use. Probably the most used is my Porter Cable 690, both fixed and plunge bases. Then, I have a Makita older 3700B laminate trimmer. Next, I traded a tool for tool and obtained a 3 1/4 HP Porter Cable router and nice looking router table, even though I haven’t used it. This is because I have no workshop and no garage. In fact, all my work has been done on a single piece of 3/4” plywood suspended on two Stanley saw horses! Even so, I’m proud of what I do.
Here is one:
it’s been nice already talking with a couple of you.I’m looking right now to get a smaller trimmer with a plunge base to do that smaller work like routing channels for a carbon fiber rod or channels for “ letting in” binding on a future guitar.
Nice to greet you all!
Tim C