How to Use a Router Freehand - Beginners #11 - woodworkweb
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- In this video we look at the aspects of using a wood router free-hand such as for edge routing.
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I've been into wood working for around 20 years and this is the best video I've seen for those that's just starting out.
Thank you, you are one of the first so called experts, instructors, information givers, (not sure of your title) who has mentioned making sure the plug is out! 10 out of 10 for you sir.
Thanks for the video. I bought all these tools to make my elderly father some picture frames and am finding I have no real clue how to use them. Just saying that so you appreciate that no detail is too small to mention. I learned a lot because you didn't skip over what "everyone should know". Thanks.
There are many different videos by different woodworkers, however, Mr. Knecht seems to me, the easiest to understand. Many videos feature a craftsman who really seem to "know their stuff" but are difficult to follow for different reasons. This guy really "knows his stuff" and can demonstrate in a manner that even I can understand!
First time I’ve come across your videos. I must say I’m very impressed and pleased. You get to the point immediately, explain everything in detail and make it easy and quick for me to learn and understand. Thank you so much, and God bless you immensely.
May I offer a small correction. When installing the bit you allowed the thickness of a coin or washer and said this was to allow for heat expansion. In fact this clearance is needed to allow the collet to grip the parallel part of the bit shaft as there is usually a very slight (concave) rounded part where the blade or bit body adjoins its shaft due to the shape of the machining process cutting bit used to manufacture these bits . Trying to tighten on the very small, non-parallel section is a common mistake made by beginners and leads them to overtighten the collet because it's not getting a good grip on this rounded section. This can irreparably deform the collet such that it will never successfully tighten again. If you study a bit carefully with a magnifying glass, you will see what I mean.
I apologise if this seems pedantic but I think it's an important point.
Otherwise, another great video. Thanks.
Excellent! I wonder why over 400 give thumbs down. That makes no sense.
One never knows. If they have some beef and don't say what it is, the thumbs down doesn't mean a thing. Anyway, I thought it was an excellent presentation.
Thanks for breaking down in a few minutes what my manual couldn't explain clearly in 40 pages, lol...
Seriously, great job
I just got myself a router and bits to make a Christmas project. Never used one before but this video really helped to show me the basics and gave me the confidence to give it a try. Who knows, if it works out, my husband and I will be giving a lot of homemade gifts this year. Thank you!
Very informative and useful, I was really struggling with a 1.25" round over bit. Now, I think I'll be able to make use of it.
I do not know how practical you are, but you are undoubtedly the best teacher in modern carpentry!
I am so thankful that people like you are active here on UA-cam. I feel you are my teacher and are determined to teach me everything about woodworking from stcratch, thanks.
You're a great teacher! So far I have only refinished furniture and I think I am ready to build. These videos gave me the confidence to make it final and invest in some quality tools. Thank you so much!
Thanks for watching Nancy!
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Starting on the end grain - best piece of advice I’ve gotten so far on any router tutorial.
अच्छी तरह से प्रदर्शन और प्रस्तुत उपयोगी जानकारी और दर्शकों के समय की कोई भी बर्बादी नहीं।सभी विडियो का प्रदर्शन बहुत ही अच्छा रहा.मैंने मशीन खरीदी लेकिन उसमे उसका प्रयोग करने वाली पुस्तिका नहीं थी ,और जब यू ट्यूब पर डेमो देखा तब अच्छी तरह समझ गया. you tube को धन्यवाद .
Thank you for such an easy to follow set of instructions delivered in a friendly manner! Much appreciated across the pond here in the UK!
Thanks for explaining why the bet needs to be a little up from bottoming out in the collet. It helps me to remember when I am told the "why' something needs to be done.
thanks a lot for tutorial video. i'm so lucky to come across such helpful video since I've just ordered a router along with those bits without having a real clue how to use them. am in love with wood working.
Very lucky that I found this video since my wife got me a router for Christmas. You got a new subscriber.
Your wife bought you a router for Christmas? She’s a keeper my friend...👍
Thanks. Now clear about the depth gauge. Wasn't aware of the tear out bit either. Very nice information...
Colin tried to use a small hand held router today with the wrong bit to do what I wanted and didn’t work to well. Really appreciate your videos, very instructive and interesting, thank you
Thanks for putting this up, just bought a router and half blind dovetail jig...made a box and will soon need to edge route it.......This helps
Thank you for this tutorial! I've just purchased a route + router table combo and can't wait to try it out
Brilliant. Thanks. Now clear about the depth gauge. Wasn't aware of the tear out bit either. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for the freehand demo. Here is my trial with success. A trim router of 1.25 amp with round over bit takes several trims to get the desired shape. Multiple trims a guide, set distance from center of bit to the edge of router base, is a must for straight line. Hope this help small router application.
I think you did great. I learned a lot, although my ears cannot hear, thanks.
Oh, this is a great explanation! I have this router and haven't had the nerve to use it yet. I do now, though. Thanks!
Wow great tut, finally got a router and shes a we beast, im familiar but this really helps cement things. The direction and where to start was very helpful thanks
Question : How do you start the corner? Or, do you start a bit away from the corner and then get the untrimmed corner as you come around the last corner? Wow!! Hope that made sense. Thanks for the help. This was awesome.
That is my question, too!
Fantastic video, you made it so easy to understand and gave me confidence to use the router free hand. Thank you so very much.
Video worth a 1000 words....can save us beginners a lot of aggravation just following your advice. I have a router on a router table and a trim router i have yet to use. Would be helpful if u could do a video of best uses of a trim router and/or how best to use one safely.
Thanks so much for breaking this down. Super easy to understand with great visual storytelling 👍
Hope it helps! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this great series of videos covering the basics of woodworking Colin. They are extremely helpful to a huge mass of new woodworkers.
Derek
Hi Derek, yes ... getting good comments from new woodworkers and thanks to you and a few experienced woodworkers for helping me out with the comment responses ... some days are a bit overwhelming so nice to have some of you guys helping me out with good, detailed info ... can't tell you how grateful I am :)
Been wanting a router for a while. It is pretty much the only tool I do not have. It seems odd considering that I read its one of the first tools woodworking get but so many options and the fact that what I do as a DIY/ hobbyist is so verified.
Great clips and very detail. I'm learning how to use a router just from watching your tutorials. Thank you! Very helpful.
I am heading out now to rout a timber door for a double glazing unit. I have never used this tool before so thanks for the video. It is very helpful.
You're Welcome Tom! Let me know how your door turns out.
It turned out really well, thanks. The window unit will be ready any day and I will fit that and we are sorted. Cheers.
Thanks for making this. I am in the market for my first router, and this is all very new to me.
That intro was from Halo..... subbed Thanks for the informative video!
Very informative! Thanks so much for sharing these and other tips in your videos. I haven't had my router long, and attempted to cut decorative edges on a piece of 3/4" plywood just for practice...turned out horrible. Will need more practice before I make cuts into better quality wood project pieces. Thanks again!
Thanks for the short but excellent video with important safety tips and useful router usage tips.Great for beginners like me.
Thank You!
Great and informative videos Sir. Greetings from Papua New Guinea.
Thank you Colin for another great video I love all your videos they are very helpful to me as a begining woodworker, keep up the good work.
This helped me a lot. Thanks for putting in the time to educate everyone.
I didn't realize you were going to do this with the biggest router ever made till I actually clicked the video.
Yeah, most people doing this freehand wont have tables, so they are likely new and have a very small router.
Short and Simple. Excellent quality video. Probably the most helpful video I have watched. Thank you sir.
nicely demonstrated and presented. Full of useful info and no waste of viewers time.
john Daily
You are a Great carpenter teacher!
As always, love your videos Colin.
Happy Holidays bud!
Thanks for the simple explanations on how to. Im new to this and just went out and bought my 1st router to just clean up a work desk i made and had no idea how to use it or what all the attachments were that came with it for. I know how everything works but i wanted a more safe way to use my new router and all what it could do other than just round off a few corners of a work table and after watching a few of you videos im now I have better knowledge of how to use and build things. Thanks. I was fighting the router with trying to set the plunge depth and what attachment to use if any and what bit was used and when to use them. I just bought and built my 1st CNC machine and learning it and wanted a nice work table for it and not just a hammered together plywood box. Again thanks for the time you put into your videos for people like me.
You're welcome. I'm glad the videos helped you , thanks for watching and enjoy your router!
Fantastic video... But the "face wants to be pushed on to the wood" part had me going 😂
Just recently came across your channel. Really like the instructional videos. Thank you.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Very informative video. Wish I had seen it when I bought my first router a few years back would have saved some frustration
+D. Glover I'm glad it helped. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the videos. You make it easy and enjoyable to learn. Always wanted to learn to use a router
Very informative, clear and to the point excellent job.
Thanks. Very helpful.
Thanks for the more indepth directional explanation instead of just the clockwise /counter clock info
Thank You!
Thank you Colin for your always usefull advices
Thanks Robert :)
That was really useful and I now feel confident enough to give my unused router a go! thank you!
Very good teaching. It makes since.
Just what I needed Colin,,👍👍👏🏻👏🏻
Brilliant, and thank you!
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Excellent Video. Thank you so much. You are a fine teacher.
Nice video, watching from the Philippines.
Thank you for taking the time to upload this video, it helps me a lot
Fantastic tutorial Colin, thanks for sharing.
Thanks Carl & Eric
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@@knecht105 you didn't explain, do you go left to right or right to left?
Excellent. Very helpful Much appreciate the safety precautions.
10nx! Very helpfull and educative for an absolute beginer with the router!
Use a climb cut, (right to left- you will feel it pulling you) you'll get a much better cut when making freehand cuts. You can even use them while using the router table with smaller bits like 1/8" or 1/4 round overs or onion skinning parts with small trim bits. I work in a furniture shop an when using a router I mainly climb cut and avoid conventional cutting whenever possible to avoid tearout. But if you are using a large bit, say 3/4" + definitely use a conventional cut (left to right) especially when using the router table.
Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!
Hi and thanks for the tutorial. I would appreciate if you advise me/ us on how to use it in a middle, not only around the edges. How to know the line is straight please? Thanks a lot.
thank you. you are an excellent teacher.
Great video with lots of helpful tips
Thank you for very entertaining and informative video
I'm about to get into my first router project. Thanks for the confidence builder! I understand that you want to start on the end-grain so you prevent tear out. Do you also finish a project like this in the middle of the board, or can you finish on a corner? I hope that makes sense. :)
Thank you very much for sharing your experience, it is helpful for us newbies.
Hey ... thanks Francisco ..
A way to stop that tear out is to clamp a scrap piece of wood flush to the side of the board. That way the router would continue on cutting the scrap as if it was all 1 board. I do this all the time with my scrap wood. It takes extra time but you never get tear out.
Good idea.
Brilliant thank you
Excellent quick video. Thanks!!
You're Welcome!
..that looked easy enough!
Very clear instruction. Thank you sir.
You're welcome
+WoodWorkWeb I'm guessing you're a Halo fan? The opening music was their
intro. I love that game series, so inspirational and beautiful. Thanks
for the vid!
I found this very useful, thank you.
good morning buddy
love this chanel.
Good tutorial! Thanks for sharing this information.
Thanks for the video. Very helpful.
What is the best way to secure and route the edge of a 160mm, 3/4” thick circle ?
Now I know how to do freehand routing, thanks!
PLEASE tell me you named your router Sigmund. 😊
👍👍. Keeping that perfectly straight is a challenge some days. What is the best method you use?
Great stuff Colin....Wish you lived next door!
Thanks SO much! You must have a Master's degree in early childhood education because you make everything SO CLEAR! (I see also that I'm not the only person who thinks so!) Please keep up the good work! Thank you!
Nice one. Thanks
You're Welcome!
Thank you. That was a handy intro.
I have 1/4" cabinet doors in the kitchen.What size router bit should I use for the outside edges?
Awesome video. Thanks a lot.
Great tutorial 👍
do these have a guide to cut in a straight line? maybe i just missed that part... and what are routers generally used for? thanks
Thank you for the videos. Very helpful!
+Phillip Truong Thanks for commenting
+WoodWorkWeb Have you heard of conventional milling versus climb milling?
Your demo is conventional milling... you'd get less tear-off with climb milling techniques.
Todd Oliver I always start about 1/4" from the left edge and climb mill back. It's also safer cause it keeps your bit from catching the edge.
Very helpful, very useful, thanks.
i love ur channel from morroco
+Ali Alii Thanks for commenting
Very educational thank u. btw are u from dutch origin ???
Great video! Thank you for showing me how to use my router. On other tutorials though they mention making multiple passes with a 1/2 groundcover bit but it looks like you did it in one. When do you recommend, if you do, that I make multiple passes lowering the bit as I go? Thank you again!