Seth Clayton
01-15-2019, 7:30 PM
Hi y'all!
First post here...beginner woodworker hoping to be able to call myself intermediate soon!!
I VERY carefully setup my router table to cut rabbets in some MDF panels. While making a pass, the collet on my router came loose and the bit jumped up for about 2" of the cut and then dropped down. Any suggestions as to how I should go about fixing this? I'd prefer to try to salvage the piece, because I don't have any leftover MDF and buying an entire sheet just to remake that panel isn't really what I'd like to do...I'm very short on space, and I'd have to move the leftover panel often to work until I found a use for the remainder. The options I've come up with are:
Don't worry, glue the piece up and carry on with life.
Fill the affected area of the rabbet with wood filler or other material and recut.
Glue the piece up and fill the gap with wood filler at that time.
This panel is either the top or bottom of my new router table cabinet. There could be some lack of structural integrity if I leave a gap. Any suggestions would be great. Also would like to make sure it doesn't happen again...I've read that a lot of people overtighten their router collets, which probably lead me to under-tighten mine this time. I'll just go a little snugger from now on!
First post here...beginner woodworker hoping to be able to call myself intermediate soon!!
I VERY carefully setup my router table to cut rabbets in some MDF panels. While making a pass, the collet on my router came loose and the bit jumped up for about 2" of the cut and then dropped down. Any suggestions as to how I should go about fixing this? I'd prefer to try to salvage the piece, because I don't have any leftover MDF and buying an entire sheet just to remake that panel isn't really what I'd like to do...I'm very short on space, and I'd have to move the leftover panel often to work until I found a use for the remainder. The options I've come up with are:
Don't worry, glue the piece up and carry on with life.
Fill the affected area of the rabbet with wood filler or other material and recut.
Glue the piece up and fill the gap with wood filler at that time.
This panel is either the top or bottom of my new router table cabinet. There could be some lack of structural integrity if I leave a gap. Any suggestions would be great. Also would like to make sure it doesn't happen again...I've read that a lot of people overtighten their router collets, which probably lead me to under-tighten mine this time. I'll just go a little snugger from now on!