Welcome to the forum,Hi, any ideas on why the sawdust from a cut using a router table is saying packed into the groove. It’s packed in really tight and takes ages to scrape it out with a screw driver. I’m using a 3mm straight bit.
It's common with straight bits if your plowing through the cut too fast, too deep of a cut in a pass (if so, do multi passes sneaking up to the depth you want) or not possibly using a dust collection attachment at the router base. When I use the router table, I'll have dust collection turned on at the fence & the router base.Hi, any ideas on why the sawdust from a cut using a router table is saying packed into the groove. It’s packed in really tight and takes ages to scrape it out with a screw driver. I’m using a 3mm straight bit.
I would make sure the dust collector is running, then do a series of light cuts. If it still clogs up, do a second pass, that will clear it. Up-cut bits are excellent at clearing the dust from the cut trench.Hi, any ideas on why the sawdust from a cut using a router table is saying packed into the groove. It’s packed in really tight and takes ages to scrape it out with a screw driver. I’m using a 3mm straight bit.
Can you get the same bit in an upward spiral? That is a very small bit and the "sawdust" may be too fine to fly out of the groove, the way that larger bits do.Hi, any ideas on why the sawdust from a cut using a router table is saying packed into the groove. It’s packed in really tight and takes ages to scrape it out with a screw driver. I’m using a 3mm straight bit.
With a 3mm straight bit, I think myself i would not use router table. If possible, use a router w/ a parallell guide. That way you have much more control over your routing - I think with a table youre in danger of forcing the bit to break, because you dont really know how much force your putting on it. I also have a 3mm of good quality, and I never attempted to put in a router table. The sawdust packs because you dont have any suction from underneath to remove sawdust. As said in an other answer, use shallow pass, clean up then new deeper pass repeat til you get desired depth. If there is a possibility, get a 3mm spiral straight bit, that will probebly solve your problem, but I doubt you get that small.Hi, any ideas on why the sawdust from a cut using a router table is saying packed into the groove. It’s packed in really tight and takes ages to scrape it out with a screw driver. I’m using a 3mm straight bit.
Tell us the finished depth of cut, wood specie, through groove or stopped groove, and what was your maximum depth of cut. We can then report our results and see if we have the same problem.Hi, any ideas on why the sawdust from a cut using a router table is saying packed into the groove. It’s packed in really tight and takes ages to scrape it out with a screw driver. I’m using a 3mm straight bit.