Louis Brandt
06-11-2006, 3:31 PM
Hello,
I知 still wrestling with the idea of trying to put a bullnose along the edges of the mantel shelf for my fireplace mantel project. I have a router table but no router that fits it yet, but I値l buy a router for it if I can convince myself that I can successfully do this operation.
My question now has to do with the outfeed fence issue. I知 a novice, but from what I致e learned, I know that the outfeed fence has to be slightly forward of the infeed fence to make up for what the bit is removing in a full bullnose cut. My Bosch router table has two 1/16 inch shims supplied for this purpose. The outfeed fence itself cannot be moved forward, but the table is designed so that one or both of the shims may be inserted.
My question is, how will I know how much to shim the outfeed fence? Is this just a case of trial and error, or is there a rule of thumb for this?
Louis
I知 still wrestling with the idea of trying to put a bullnose along the edges of the mantel shelf for my fireplace mantel project. I have a router table but no router that fits it yet, but I値l buy a router for it if I can convince myself that I can successfully do this operation.
My question now has to do with the outfeed fence issue. I知 a novice, but from what I致e learned, I know that the outfeed fence has to be slightly forward of the infeed fence to make up for what the bit is removing in a full bullnose cut. My Bosch router table has two 1/16 inch shims supplied for this purpose. The outfeed fence itself cannot be moved forward, but the table is designed so that one or both of the shims may be inserted.
My question is, how will I know how much to shim the outfeed fence? Is this just a case of trial and error, or is there a rule of thumb for this?
Louis