Thank you for watching my 500th video and I make a mistake with the router whilst making the galley. A massive thanks to Glenn for helping out too #diy #mistake #try
When using the router against a fence use the curved side not the straight, with the straight edge you have to keep it perfectly flat. With the curved side the distance to the cutter won’t change allowing wiggle room. Also add a piece of flat off cut to the base to make it more stable when cutting the large rebates. Good luck 🤞
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Congratulations on your 500th vlog, James. You are required viewing in our household and we’ve been with you all the way, through thick and thin, crowdfunding baseplates and all the highs and lows. Your “can do” positive attitude will get you over these minor hurdles. Crack on, make your peace and it’ll work out great. Onwards and upwards for the next 500 👍
500 videos, James, and I've watched every one of them. Congratulations to us both. 😉 You've only really lost eight inches of that board, but annoying, just the same. Nils bastardi carborundum! All the best, mate.
James, Router's can be a bit unforgiving I know only to well, can you not fit a thin false ply base to the router that will span the gap you want to cut , then it should be supported either side just make sure you make it long enough most base's are made to come off so you can screw jigs etc to them there are lots of of tubers show how to make bits and pieces, on another note your determination is first rate and a credit 2 you, look forward to the next one!,
No criticism from me i love the work you do and you show us the thought process, applying a little wax would help with the router running against the batton, and you should always run the router on a frame or jig two long pieces of batton made into a frame the width of the router so it runs along the batons not the board you are cutting( kinda like a ladder), drop the blade to the required depth so you cannot route to deep, you can stick the frame or jig onto the board with double sided tape, do the main sections then finish off the small bits where the frame/jig cross pieces were, but hey you got it done and your carpentry skills are really developing this is a brave project to attempt, most people would not do the curves so really well done 👏
James, congratulations on 500 superb vlogs. You are more remarkable today than at the beginning... and that was brilliant. I hope that you appreciate how remarkable you are, as we all do. Well done, you. Leigh🎉
Congrats on your 500 mate. For your own sanity, please reconsider your cabinet design. How do you plan on putting doors/drawers in with that large piece you’re working on currently? You are going to have an enormous amount of wastage and I’d be amazed if it doesn’t split during the process. Good luck James.
Amazing, congratulations on the 500 . I have no doubt we will still be following you when you get to the 1k mark.👍. I wonder if you will be on Project 58? Cheers. Lance
James. As you start building up your confidence with the router. Please take the time to research various techniques on others vlogs. This will hopefully show you things like sledges, patterns and much more. The same goes for your other power tools.
Would it not be easier to do the framing for the worktops first, and then simply lay out the sides between the bottom and top melamine boards? That way you can know where the cutouts have to be before hand, and it will be easier to bend the board because there will be something to bend it against. Just my two cents from here across the pond. Congrats on 500 videos. Can’t wait to tune in to see what happens next!
Watching you do this reminded me of the time I had to use multiple router bits to replicate an antique trim for a dining table. It’s not easy work. But I did it and so can you! Thank you for sharing and helping me remember.
Chin up James, you're doin' a cracking job! I wish I had a fraction of the talent you have ... you get stuck in, come up against a problem, think abut it and then smash right thru it! Just keep doing what you're doin' ... keep that vision ... you are making your dream happen!
Wouldn't it have been easier to have had the top frame and a few side slats to adhere to? Especially as you'll have to make cutouts for doors and drawers? Just wondering. All the best from Missouri.
Looks like you are receiving some good advice on how to tackle this without the loss of another board. Things are moving along, and as another viewer said…wear a 😷 please! That’s a whole lot of stiff you are breathing in. Take care. Hopefully tomorrow is a smoother day for you. 😊🤗 Kathy
Hi James, don’t know if anybody else has told you this it’s possibly they have. However you remove the black plate on the router and then fit a longer piece of plywood to cover the cutting area that you were doing. It will stop it dipping down and make the job easier. Enjoying all your videos right from the beginning.👏👏👏
500 up! Congratulations. I have nothing but admiration for you. I still think you're a madman though ... New definition... "mad": optimistically determined and adaptable in the face of an unusual set of defeats that would daunt a so-called "normal" person, resulting in unexpected and wonderful successes.
James, that plywood raising in the centre of the large router cuts is a huge pain. Is there any way you can put tension on the plywood pulling the ends apart? Just enough to keep the thin plywood flat and stop it lifting as you make the router cuts, but not enough to pull the thin plywood apart? A belt sander is another idea but controlling the depth might be an issue unless you can go gradually and see each layer of plywood you remove by the direction of the grain or colour. Sadly the thing you're trying to do may require better kit than you possess. Like a big flat table with the ability to vacuum the plywood flat.
Hi James if you take the black base plastic off you can put a piece of ply which is wider and screw that to the base of the router ,use the black plastic base you took off for a template for the holes the extra width will stop your router from dipping use this method making guitars .
I've told him numerous times, but he doesn't listen... I don't want to nag, and they're his lungs. Besides, I'm a smoker. Hypocrisy isn't a good look. 🤨
Congratulations on the 500 James. I’ve enjoyed many a moment with you. Thank you for having me along. A quick edit. Just looked in your channel description, it says 570 videos there. What were the other 70?
Congratulations on the 500 James. I'm sure that before the next 500 you (and the children) will l be well settled into your new abode after having sold Sloe Patrol for loads 'a' money. 😀💰💰
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Hi James The cutter direction of rotation should be pulling cutter into the wood , if you move it in the wrong direction, as you know, the router becomes uncontrollable! You need to move the router left to right wherever possible, hope this helps, good luck 👍
Hi James what about cutting a piece of board 300 mm square and fixing it to the router base so it bridges over the gap
When using the router against a fence use the curved side not the straight, with the straight edge you have to keep it perfectly flat. With the curved side the distance to the cutter won’t change allowing wiggle room. Also add a piece of flat off cut to the base to make it more stable when cutting the large rebates. Good luck 🤞
Congratulations on your 500th vlog, James. You are required viewing in our household and we’ve been with you all the way, through thick and thin, crowdfunding baseplates and all the highs and lows.
Your “can do” positive attitude will get you over these minor hurdles.
Crack on, make your peace and it’ll work out great.
Onwards and upwards for the next 500 👍
You MUST use your router left to right !! And use the curved part of the base against the fence .
Keep going 😄👍
Yeah I’ll try to remember for the next board
Thanks
500 videos, James, and I've watched every one of them. Congratulations to us both. 😉
You've only really lost eight inches of that board, but annoying, just the same. Nils bastardi carborundum!
All the best, mate.
Hi James, Check the soleplate of your router to see if you can attach something to it to make the soleplate wider.
James, Router's can be a bit unforgiving I know only to well, can you not fit a thin false ply base to the router that will span the gap you want to cut , then it should be supported either side just make sure you make it long enough most base's are made to come off so you can screw jigs etc to them there are lots of of tubers show how to make bits and pieces, on another note your determination is first rate and a credit 2 you, look forward to the next one!,
James this comment is the way
Video 500! Well done James, looking forward to 500 more!
No criticism from me i love the work you do and you show us the thought process, applying a little wax would help with the router running against the batton, and you should always run the router on a frame or jig two long pieces of batton made into a frame the width of the router so it runs along the batons not the board you are cutting( kinda like a ladder), drop the blade to the required depth so you cannot route to deep, you can stick the frame or jig onto the board with double sided tape, do the main sections then finish off the small bits where the frame/jig cross pieces were, but hey you got it done and your carpentry skills are really developing this is a brave project to attempt, most people would not do the curves so really well done 👏
James, congratulations on 500 superb vlogs. You are more remarkable today than at the beginning... and that was brilliant. I hope that you appreciate how remarkable you are, as we all do. Well done, you. Leigh🎉
Great video if nothing else you keep trying to perfect well done. Have great week 😊
It could be worse James, from the thumbnail I thought you'd broken 500 boards! 😮
Congrats on your 500 mate. For your own sanity, please reconsider your cabinet design. How do you plan on putting doors/drawers in with that large piece you’re working on currently? You are going to have an enormous amount of wastage and I’d be amazed if it doesn’t split during the process. Good luck James.
Amazing, congratulations on the 500 . I have no doubt we will still be following you when you get to the 1k mark.👍. I wonder if you will be on Project 58? Cheers. Lance
Well done for keeping your calm mate but you did the right thing just walk away and reassess.
I repeat, stop using the jigsaw to do straight cuts! Use the round saw! We know you have it!
James. As you start building up your confidence with the router. Please take the time to research various techniques on others vlogs.
This will hopefully show you things like sledges, patterns and much more.
The same goes for your other power tools.
Would it not be easier to do the framing for the worktops first, and then simply lay out the sides between the bottom and top melamine boards? That way you can know where the cutouts have to be before hand, and it will be easier to bend the board because there will be something to bend it against. Just my two cents from here across the pond. Congrats on 500 videos. Can’t wait to tune in to see what happens next!
Watching you do this reminded me of the time I had to use multiple router bits to replicate an antique trim for a dining table. It’s not easy work. But I did it and so can you! Thank you for sharing and helping me remember.
Chin up James, you're doin' a cracking job! I wish I had a fraction of the talent you have ... you get stuck in, come up against a problem, think abut it and then smash right thru it! Just keep doing what you're doin' ... keep that vision ... you are making your dream happen!
Wouldn't it have been easier to have had the top frame and a few side slats to adhere to? Especially as you'll have to make cutouts for doors and drawers? Just wondering. All the best from Missouri.
Looks like you are receiving some good advice on how to tackle this without the loss of another board. Things are moving along, and as another viewer said…wear a 😷 please! That’s a whole lot of stiff you are breathing in. Take care. Hopefully tomorrow is a smoother day for you. 😊🤗 Kathy
Hi James, don’t know if anybody else has told you this it’s possibly they have. However you remove the black plate on the router and then fit a longer piece of plywood to cover the cutting area that you were doing. It will stop it dipping down and make the job easier. Enjoying all your videos right from the beginning.👏👏👏
Yeah Marlon had to come earlier and show me how to do that
Now I know it’ll help massively
Thanks
500 up! Congratulations. I have nothing but admiration for you. I still think you're a madman though ... New definition... "mad": optimistically determined and adaptable in the face of an unusual set of defeats that would daunt a so-called "normal" person, resulting in unexpected and wonderful successes.
Build the corners out of posts an veneer. Much easier!
Have you considered Kerf cuts. Much quicker and stronger 😊
James, that plywood raising in the centre of the large router cuts is a huge pain. Is there any way you can put tension on the plywood pulling the ends apart? Just enough to keep the thin plywood flat and stop it lifting as you make the router cuts, but not enough to pull the thin plywood apart? A belt sander is another idea but controlling the depth might be an issue unless you can go gradually and see each layer of plywood you remove by the direction of the grain or colour. Sadly the thing you're trying to do may require better kit than you possess. Like a big flat table with the ability to vacuum the plywood flat.
Hi James if you take the black base plastic off you can put a piece of ply which is wider and screw that to the base of the router ,use the black plastic base you took off for a template for the holes the extra width will stop your router from dipping use this method making guitars .
Hi James looking forward to the diesel stove install. Will you be offering a discount through lockgate?
Board will be difficult to move about and you may only get one chance, I would suggest building a wooden frame for your unit first.
Hi mate. You are making things hard yourself. You can buy bendy plywood.
Face mask young James you'll thank me later 👍
I've told him numerous times, but he doesn't listen... I don't want to nag, and they're his lungs.
Besides, I'm a smoker. Hypocrisy isn't a good look. 🤨
Happy 500th Young James. A small "Account Tickler" has been sent. Its been a long journey from NK. Hopefully many more. Love Ya Man 🙂
North Korea? 🤔
(I know you mean Kilworth.)
Left to right pal only
Congratulations on the 500 James. I’ve enjoyed many a moment with you. Thank you for having me along.
A quick edit. Just looked in your channel description, it says 570 videos there. What were the other 70?
Congratulations on the 500 James. I'm sure that before the next 500 you (and the children) will l be well settled into your new abode after having sold Sloe Patrol for loads 'a' money. 😀💰💰
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I’ve no words. 😢😢 chin up !!
Why not build a wooden frame first so it gives the board some strength when it's being fitted
Congratulations James on 500 vblogs
That thin section of ply, couldnt u have coated it on pva, to strengthen it??
Bridge the gap and use 2 sided tape to keep that last veneer layer from being sucked up into the router bit
Happy 500th!
Thanks bud
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Thanks for making the vids
Have you heard of osomo for staining your wood grain it's amazing protects for years
So if it all goes as planned what happens if you or someone knocks these bends that are now wafer thin I guess there is always wood filler
Would 4mm ply suffice?
You need to watch some UA-cam videos on routing
Seems like you've been thrown a bit of a curved ball james! Hope you can sort it!!! 🤔
Your a⭐️ Fella…been a blast watching your videos over the years 🤔long may it last 😎👌👍
You are moving the router in the wrong diection !!!
What direction should it be then
I’m getting well confused
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Hi James
The cutter direction of rotation should be pulling cutter into the wood , if you move it in the wrong direction, as you know, the router becomes uncontrollable! You need to move the router left to right wherever possible, hope this helps, good luck 👍
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