Right, pilot and bearing are about the same thing. Some don't use a bearing but a round post, generally very cheap and usually causes burning.
----- Original Message ----- From: John Schwery To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:35 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question on holding stock while using a router Dale, is a pilot bit the same thing as a bearing? earlier, Dale Leavens, wrote: >Hello, > >The usual way to do this without a router table is to lay the narrow >board along with another on a work bench or table to widen the >surface. They should be the same thickness. You then stick them down >with double sided tape or if the parallel board is wide enough you >can also clamp it down. Then using a round over bit or what ever >profile you wish, preferably with a pilot bit you run the router >along the edge to be routed. > >A two inch board is pretty narrow to guide a router along without >more support for the base. It will tend to rock and spoil your cut. > >I also have a fairly large piece of particle board with a round hole >which includes a shoulder to hold a router and clamp an temporary >fence to it and clamp it to the edge of my work table. This has >formed a large temporary router table. While I don't use it any more >I can't bring myself to throw it away. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Scott Howell >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:21 AM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] question on holding stock while using a router > >Hey folks, I was thinking about this little project and ran into a >small problem. I have a piece of one by two that I want to take a >router and make a rounded edge. So, I got to thinking that I don't >have a table so just cant run the piece through, but of course in >order to do it free-hand I'd have to hold the piece still. So, not >having used a router enough to really know how this would work, I was >wondering what would be the best way to hold the piece still? I >thought of putting it in a vice and leaving enough room for the bit to >do its job and that might be the best option, but I thought I'd ask >and see if others had any better ideas. I didn't want to screw it down >to any thing if I could avoid it. The plan in the end is to round off >the edge, make some plugs to hide the screws, stain it, and mount it >to the front edge of my wife's desk. I think it'll look nice once I've >got it finished. > >tnx > >Scott Howell ><mailto:s.howell%40verizon.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >---------------------------------------------------------- > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.2/1562 - Release Date: >7/19/2008 2:01 PM > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.4/1566 - Release Date: >7/22/2008 6:00 AM John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.4/1566 - Release Date: 7/22/2008 6:00 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
