The timber router is essential among woodworking tools since it adds decorative detail which enhances and defines the last look of your woodworking project. Used properly, this tool is to the woodworker exactly what a fine paintbrush is to an artist. It is all in the details. The router is a versatile woodworking tool that may be used for a variety of tasks such as rabbeting and see this website making dado grooves.

There are four, fundamental types of wood routers in the marketplace these days:

laminate trimmers, lightweight or low-powered routers in the 7/8 into 1 1/2 HP variety, medium-powered routers in the one and three-quarters to two and one-quarter HP variety and high-definition routers in the 3-4 HP range. Each has its own use and I have owned them all in precisely the same moment. The laminate trimmers do what their title suggests and other lightweight tasks such as making hinge mortises. They are only suitable for small router bits but they may be maneuverable and match nicely right on your palm.

Should you want more horsepower but still like the simplicity of a lightweight router, then the 7/8 to 1/12 HP routers will probably do a nice job of turning router bits up to some half-inch radius round-over bits. Every shop should have one of these handy for bench-top work.

Two and one-quarter HP woodworking routers have enough capability to spin large router pieces through wood and yet they're still mild enough to be manageable as bench-top wood routers. While any timber router over 2 HP may be utilised in a router table, I prefer the high powered ones for that application because there's absolutely no need to be concerned about how thick they are and you may as well have as much power handy as you may need. Most, but not all, of those larger routers are dip routers. The high horsepower is necessary to plunge large bits deep into timber to create mortises and so on.

If I could afford 1 wood router, it are both and one-quarter HP variety because it is light enough for many bench-top operate and visit this page can also be used in a router table. If I could afford two routers, then I would most likely have a 7/8 to 11/2 HP device for bench-top work and a 31/2 HP wood router beneath my router table. I don't like mounting and dismounting routers beneath my router so using a lighter wood router on hand close to the seat at all times actually speeds things up.