Hello I'm a underemployed sailor who has recently brought a under-used Leigh D4.
I found the Routerforums whilst looking for information on the D4 and routers in general.
I decided my Hitachi TR12 was just too clunky for cutting dovetails, so I have been looking for alternatives. Fixed base routers are few and far between in Australia but I found a little used Dewalt 610.
The rack and pinion height adjustment is not ideal but patience and a Wixey height gauge will over come that limitation.
Im also thinking of using a foot switch to overcome the combined problems of no soft start and a on/off switch too far from the handles.
I have seen little in the way of projects for dovetail jigs on the internet, every woodturner worth his salt posts his projects but I can't find much that gives me inspiration to build with the Leigh, saying that I have not had a good look around the Routerforums yet.
If you can suggest galleries of web sites to me that help educate me a little more I would like to know about them.
I am pleased to be a member of this forum, I hope I can make worthwhile contribution in the future.
Mark
I found the Routerforums whilst looking for information on the D4 and routers in general.
I decided my Hitachi TR12 was just too clunky for cutting dovetails, so I have been looking for alternatives. Fixed base routers are few and far between in Australia but I found a little used Dewalt 610.
The rack and pinion height adjustment is not ideal but patience and a Wixey height gauge will over come that limitation.
Im also thinking of using a foot switch to overcome the combined problems of no soft start and a on/off switch too far from the handles.
I have seen little in the way of projects for dovetail jigs on the internet, every woodturner worth his salt posts his projects but I can't find much that gives me inspiration to build with the Leigh, saying that I have not had a good look around the Routerforums yet.
If you can suggest galleries of web sites to me that help educate me a little more I would like to know about them.
I am pleased to be a member of this forum, I hope I can make worthwhile contribution in the future.
Mark