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I inherited my fathers router when he passed away in 1988. It is a Craftsman and has a small portable table and 4 bits. I used it for a few house projects when I first got it and have not used it since. I’ve been thinking about making routed signs for some time and wanted a smaller lighter more modern router and just bought the Makita RT0701C. I know nothing about router bits. I’ve done a little research and it looks like Rockler and Freud make the best bits. (Buy once cry once). Local lumber yard carries Freud. I have not purchased any bits yet as I’m not 100% sure what I want/need. I’ve practiced some lettering with a 1/4" straight bit that I already had. Results are ok. Kinds of signs I want to make are very simple one line, maybe two line signs. One I’m thinking of for Christmas would say something like “Grandma’s Work Bench”. Simple signs like “Trail” with arrow pointing towards trail.
I wouldn’t call myself a woodworker at all. I don’t have much shop space and I have trouble measuring things. I always end up scrapping wood cause I can’t measure worth beans. I am a “measure three times, cut with chainsaw” type of guy. I’d like to get better at this.
I wouldn’t call myself a woodworker at all. I don’t have much shop space and I have trouble measuring things. I always end up scrapping wood cause I can’t measure worth beans. I am a “measure three times, cut with chainsaw” type of guy. I’d like to get better at this.