That's what it will do for ya. ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] What can you tell me about my router given this info
Yes, I was hoping that the kit was for cutting the letters into the wood, or carving/burning. Not cutting letters out. I wouldn't want that. I'll know a lot more when I see the kit and how it works. Right now I am guessing at air. hahah, Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] What can you tell me about my router given this info That is a fixed base router. The part about Tennessee is where they are located. When you twist the body and it looks like it is coming apart, that is how you adjust the bit height. There is a large ring around the body that locks it in place when you have set the bit height. That model has a bracket or guard around the on off toggle switch. Have to love the 6 inch cord too... Now the good news. It is a fairly light weight router and will do fine for most small jobs. Making a sign would be a lot easier with a plunge router because you don't have to do any tipping, just start it and push down. I've never tried following a template with a fixed base but I know it would be tricky at the least. You do understand that the sign making kits you are looking at requires the letters to be cut into the wood and you aren't cutting out letters to glue to another board. Right? You put the template over the board you want to route and you are cutting letters into the board usually with a core box bit. Some people think they are cutting out letters and that isn't the case. ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:43 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] What can you tell me about my router given this info think I have only used this current router all of once or twice. The base or plate or whatever is adjustable, just not spring loaded. You can adjust it, by turning the router to unscrew it from this base, then clamp it down. I got my 6 year old to read on it before she left to school. She said, it's a porter cable, motor 1001-t2 Jackson tenessee, 38305 USA Made in mexico. I don't know what all that means. hahahah I mean, probably city, state and zip, andso on, but the other I'm not sure of yet. I had my wife look at it just now and she said this. model 1001-72, on the base plate or whatever the term is for it, the part which comes off,/unscrews and which can be clampped to a router table, she thinks the number on it is 995829 beside that it has 2007 then beside that it has 14-49 Tell me if you know what any of that means Matt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
