Good afternoon, I am a newbie here and this seems to be the best place to ask questions and recieve quality answers.
So here's my question:
In the past I've made circle and odd shaped jigs to duplicate pieces but my parts have always been out of wood. Using 2sided tape on the parts wood and jig worked good. To save wear and tear on the router bit I'd cut out the majority of wood to leave me about a 1/2" or less of skeleton that the bit would have to cut out.
Now I'm wanting to cut out some 1/4" plexiglass for a workbench window area.
I've made a jig that fits into the odd cutout in the wood panel.
I've always used a flush trim bit to follow the jig but after reading I seem to understand that it's not the best bit for the task. Some have mentioned a 0 flute bit because it'll cut smoother and also feed the plexiglass from the item piece.
So the question is:
When I look at these bits they look like a cnc cutting tool, there's no bearing on what I've see so if I'm wanting to use a jig whether it's an inside or outside cut it doesn't seem like this would work for duplicating parts.
Any advice here will be greatly appreciated.
So here's my question:
In the past I've made circle and odd shaped jigs to duplicate pieces but my parts have always been out of wood. Using 2sided tape on the parts wood and jig worked good. To save wear and tear on the router bit I'd cut out the majority of wood to leave me about a 1/2" or less of skeleton that the bit would have to cut out.
Now I'm wanting to cut out some 1/4" plexiglass for a workbench window area.
I've made a jig that fits into the odd cutout in the wood panel.
I've always used a flush trim bit to follow the jig but after reading I seem to understand that it's not the best bit for the task. Some have mentioned a 0 flute bit because it'll cut smoother and also feed the plexiglass from the item piece.
So the question is:
When I look at these bits they look like a cnc cutting tool, there's no bearing on what I've see so if I'm wanting to use a jig whether it's an inside or outside cut it doesn't seem like this would work for duplicating parts.
Any advice here will be greatly appreciated.