You shouldn't have to boost anything. If you are applying some kind of laminate or veneer, it should already be glued in place before you start. Begin at the edge, for almost all routers that would be the right edge as you look at your router. Set the depth so the bearing is clear of the material. If this is the vertical edge, set the base of the router on the vertical surface with the bit clear of everything. start the router and slowly lower the router until the bit makes a path for the bearing to touch the countertop. Now just keep moving the router to the left until it clears its way out the end.
----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Howell To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 7:24 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Using a laminate router bit Ah, okay, so what I gather is I'd have to boost the material up some so the baring is cleared and the cutting edge will touch the material and that makes sense. tnx, On Aug 25, 2009, at 6:16 AM, john schwery wrote: > Scott, I don't know about speed, but you place the bit so the bearing > is below where you want to cut, I would say, about a quarter inch > below.I have used this bit a lot on wood and it works great. > earlier, Scott Howell, wrote: > > > > > >Folks, I have a question. > > > >I got a laminate router bit to trim some thin laminate material, > which > >will go on the unfinished end of a counter top. Now I tried using a > >utility knife and all that, but this is a case where the router might > >work a little better. Since the bit was pretty inexpensive, I'm more > >interested in just trying this out since I could with a lot of > >patience work at cutting and smoothing. In any case, there is a > >baring at the bottom of the bit and then the cutting edge. How does > >one effectively use this bit and at what speed would I want to trim > >the material? > > > >tnx, > > > > John > > [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]
