[Knothead47]

I have a Kreg bench-top router table. I'm making a little surprise for you-know-who. My wood is a plain piece of 1X4 pine. The piece is about 28 inches long which routed OK with a 1/4" roundover bit with bearing. The long sides routed perfectly. One end routed perfectly, too. Here's the problem. The other end started OK but the cut seemed to indicate that it pulled away from the fence, making a shallow to "no" cut. I have a miter that I made and just checked it for square- perfect. The only thing I can figure is that the end might not be square and moving the wood away from the bit. I might put it on a sanding disk and run it through again. Your experience and advice are appreciated.
The miter is built on a "runner" and is made of wood. I left the back hole a bit oversize to allow for a "fudge" factor. Again, it shows square to the fence.
I can't understand it- I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express! For a week!:laugh2:
That should read "end."

 

[Knothead47]

Charley, doing all those things but the miter is a simple one and has no clamps. A sled with clamps sounds like a good project for the "To Do" list. What I can't understand is the one end routed perfectly. The the other end is the problem. I thought of moving the fence and using the miter without it with just the miter. Will experiment and see what happens. Thanks.
CC, will look at the recommended videos. Thanks.

 

[Knothead47]

Charley, will look at the end.
BTW, use to live in central NC. Miss the fresh seafood.
Edit- Just looked at the bad end. It looks rippled as opposed to the smooth cut on the other end. It seems the bit is going against the grain. Now what do I do?

 

[Knothead47]

TenGees, no insult taken. I just recently learned to walk upright. Thanks for the sketch. I'm going to play around with the project as I have plenty of wood to work with and can make another if needed. I did the length as I thought it would be the easiest. I am new to routing as I have had this setup for a while but decided to learn how to use it. To all, many thanks for your suggestions!:thank_you2:

 

[Knothead47]

I checked the miter and the fence as being square. But the first cross-grain cut was perfect, using the same technique- miter and back up block. I understand what you guys are saying but I'm only batting .500 here. Murphy's Law? Bad karma?

 

[Knothead47]

Problem solved, finally. I went back and started from scratch, taking into consideration everything has been posted. I found that the one end of the board was not square so I set up my lathe mounted disk sander and squared the end. Went back and ran the board through the router. Much better but not what I am looking for. Played with the fence, outfeed and infeed. Adjusted that. Ran it through again. A whole lot better with just a shallow place where the bit didn't bit enough. I might adjust the bit a smidgen higher to get the definition I would like. I think the board might not be of equal thickness- from Lowe's lumber pile so I was optimistic that it was even. Now to get out the planer. I think I mentioned, board is 1X4 pine.