Dale Cruea
11-03-2012, 3:55 PM
Now I remember part of the reason I gave up power tools for woodworking.
I have a project going that needs to have the edges profiled.
I purchased hollows and rounds to do this.
After much work and reading I have not gotten them to work for me on the profile I want.
OK, I say. I will go against the grain and use a power router. yuck....
I find the router bit that is real close to what I want.
I dig out my old router.
It is a mess. I clean the collet, blow out the crud from the motor.
Hmmmm where are the wrenches... 20 minutes of looking. Aaaa there they are. Stored with the router.
Ready to insert the bit. Hmmm the hole in the base is too small. Custom base I made for some reason.
Another 20 minutes looking for the base.
Found the correct base..... different screws. Custom base base has countersunk screw heads for some reason.
Yep... another 10 minutes looking for the screws.
After almost a hour of looking and messing with this electron killer I notice the cord is frayed and should be taped up.
5 minutes there.
I am tired of messing with this thing...
I have been over an hour and I have not even turned it on yet.
Frustration level is in the red and going higher.
Now I remember part of the reason I gave up power tools.:mad:
COFFEE TIME.
After all this messing around as I was profiling my board I remembered.... I have another router.... DUH...
All of it is in a nice bag, all together and ready to use.
Still an electron killer.
Much coffee has been consumed this day.
I have a project going that needs to have the edges profiled.
I purchased hollows and rounds to do this.
After much work and reading I have not gotten them to work for me on the profile I want.
OK, I say. I will go against the grain and use a power router. yuck....
I find the router bit that is real close to what I want.
I dig out my old router.
It is a mess. I clean the collet, blow out the crud from the motor.
Hmmmm where are the wrenches... 20 minutes of looking. Aaaa there they are. Stored with the router.
Ready to insert the bit. Hmmm the hole in the base is too small. Custom base I made for some reason.
Another 20 minutes looking for the base.
Found the correct base..... different screws. Custom base base has countersunk screw heads for some reason.
Yep... another 10 minutes looking for the screws.
After almost a hour of looking and messing with this electron killer I notice the cord is frayed and should be taped up.
5 minutes there.
I am tired of messing with this thing...
I have been over an hour and I have not even turned it on yet.
Frustration level is in the red and going higher.
Now I remember part of the reason I gave up power tools.:mad:
COFFEE TIME.
After all this messing around as I was profiling my board I remembered.... I have another router.... DUH...
All of it is in a nice bag, all together and ready to use.
Still an electron killer.
Much coffee has been consumed this day.