Hello all,
I found this forum after searching for places to post and ask questions. Hoping I can find the information I'm looking for.
I'm a newbie to routers and woodworking in general. I've watched many videos, read up on the craft, and know the basics, but I am lacking in first-hand experience. This is doubly true when it comes to routers as I have never used one before. They seem like such incredible tools though, so I took the plunge (pun intended) and bought myself a compact cordless router to start with (Dewalt DCW600B).
We are planning to remodel our kitchen soon and chose a butcher block countertop. This seemed like a great project to use the router on, but being so inexperienced, I have already hit a roadblock. The butcher block we ordered ships with rounded edges (for shipping safety purposes). In order to join pieces, I'll need to make them square. There are two pieces in total and both are 120" (10 feet) in length, 25" in width, and 1.5" thick, so a fairly large size. I'll basically need to shave off about 1/8" from the edge to square them off, and I was planning to do that with a straight trim bit while using the other countertops as a straight edge guide.
As mentioned earlier, the thickness of the butcher block is 1.5", but the problem I'm running into is that I can't find router bits that are long enough. The collet in the router I have can only accept a max size of 1/4" shanks and the longest cut length I can find at that size is 1.25". So I'm short 1/4". I was thinking, could I take off about 1/8" from the edge, with a total cut length of 1.25", and then use a flush-trim bit to finish off the remaining 1/4"?
I thought about just adjusting the depth of the straight trim bit after the first pass, but I'm not sure if the collet will get in the way since I'm only trying to take off about 1/8" from the edge. I've attached a little sketch to provide better visualization. Hopefully, it helps make my question a little clearer.
I will also need to eventually cut out the opening for the sink, so whatever method I use here will likely be repeated for that to punch out that area.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
I found this forum after searching for places to post and ask questions. Hoping I can find the information I'm looking for.
I'm a newbie to routers and woodworking in general. I've watched many videos, read up on the craft, and know the basics, but I am lacking in first-hand experience. This is doubly true when it comes to routers as I have never used one before. They seem like such incredible tools though, so I took the plunge (pun intended) and bought myself a compact cordless router to start with (Dewalt DCW600B).
We are planning to remodel our kitchen soon and chose a butcher block countertop. This seemed like a great project to use the router on, but being so inexperienced, I have already hit a roadblock. The butcher block we ordered ships with rounded edges (for shipping safety purposes). In order to join pieces, I'll need to make them square. There are two pieces in total and both are 120" (10 feet) in length, 25" in width, and 1.5" thick, so a fairly large size. I'll basically need to shave off about 1/8" from the edge to square them off, and I was planning to do that with a straight trim bit while using the other countertops as a straight edge guide.
As mentioned earlier, the thickness of the butcher block is 1.5", but the problem I'm running into is that I can't find router bits that are long enough. The collet in the router I have can only accept a max size of 1/4" shanks and the longest cut length I can find at that size is 1.25". So I'm short 1/4". I was thinking, could I take off about 1/8" from the edge, with a total cut length of 1.25", and then use a flush-trim bit to finish off the remaining 1/4"?
I thought about just adjusting the depth of the straight trim bit after the first pass, but I'm not sure if the collet will get in the way since I'm only trying to take off about 1/8" from the edge. I've attached a little sketch to provide better visualization. Hopefully, it helps make my question a little clearer.
I will also need to eventually cut out the opening for the sink, so whatever method I use here will likely be repeated for that to punch out that area.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.