harry strasil
10-19-2009, 4:25 PM
Only people who have been at my demoes have seen my Tenon Router at work. I keep talking about it and I decided to make a video of it in action.
A real nice piece of material would not show its capabilities well, so I picked a piece that would challenge it, and one no one in their right mind would even consider using for a Tenon except maybe me.
The prepared Tenon, a piece of salvaged Oak pallet. A real choice specimen.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/wood/tenonrouterdemo001.jpg
I tried to place the digital camera where it would show the cutting action. I preset the cutter to a depth of the thickness of a piece of copy paper. The video is a bit out of focus in an attempt to get a better view of the action, and I have no idea how to enhance videos or slow them down.
Notice that the blade is set askew to enhance the cutting action. I normally set the blades of my shop made routers askew so that they are slicing across the grain of the wood at an angle for a smoother finish. This knot was exceptionally hard. LOL But there is no chip out and the tenon cheeks are absoulutely parellel with the main part of the surface. A SHARP cutter is essential.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/wood/th_tenonrouterdemo002.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/wood/?action=view¤t=tenonrouterdemo002.flv)
A real nice piece of material would not show its capabilities well, so I picked a piece that would challenge it, and one no one in their right mind would even consider using for a Tenon except maybe me.
The prepared Tenon, a piece of salvaged Oak pallet. A real choice specimen.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/wood/tenonrouterdemo001.jpg
I tried to place the digital camera where it would show the cutting action. I preset the cutter to a depth of the thickness of a piece of copy paper. The video is a bit out of focus in an attempt to get a better view of the action, and I have no idea how to enhance videos or slow them down.
Notice that the blade is set askew to enhance the cutting action. I normally set the blades of my shop made routers askew so that they are slicing across the grain of the wood at an angle for a smoother finish. This knot was exceptionally hard. LOL But there is no chip out and the tenon cheeks are absoulutely parellel with the main part of the surface. A SHARP cutter is essential.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/wood/th_tenonrouterdemo002.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/wood/?action=view¤t=tenonrouterdemo002.flv)