09:44 Sep 19, 2013
You can raise panels on the router table using a panel-raising bit or use a panel raiser on the shaper. (For more on raised panels, see The Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood, by Lonnie Bird, The Taunton Press.) Making a fulldepth cut in one pass will overload the cutter and the machine, plus it can be dangerous. Instead, make the cut in two or three passes. A subfence temporarily clamped to the shaper fence lets you make a shallow cut on the first pass (B). To make the final, full-depth cut, remove the subfence (C). |