supaed
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Registered: 04/30/09
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Loc: Hartford CT
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I was thinking of starting to make some Crown molding on my router table. But i remember reading in a few places that you should have a 3hp router for the molding to come out right . I currently have a 2 1/4 router with adjustable speed.
Can it be done with my router or should I not even attempt it ?
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jkjen89
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Loc: MN. north metro
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Depending on the size of bit you are using you should be fine. Take light passes and match your speed to the bit you are using.
John
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supaed
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I'm looking at something like this.
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Richard-TX
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I would not even bother with a router.
Been there, done that. The router now sits in a drawer, barely used...
Want to buy a 3+ hp router that have about 40 minutes of run time on it??
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Texan
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Richard-TX said:
I would not even bother with a router.
Been there, done that. The router now sits in a drawer, barely used...
Would you care to elaborate?
Edited by Texan (06/29/09 12:35 AM)
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Richard-TX
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Texan said:
Richard-TX said:
I would not even bother with a router.
Been there, done that. The router now sits in a drawer, barely used...
Would you care to elaborate?
I quit trying to turn a router into a shaper and got a shaper. A router doesn't have the power to make cuts like that properly. Sure you can take shallow passes, but that gets old quick.
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fredhargis
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Well, I think it would work out with the light cut suggestion.But here's an idea, try it with your existing router, and if you don't like the results then move on a larger model. You might get by without spending the money
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kurt18947
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Richard-TX said:
Texan said:
Richard-TX said:
I would not even bother with a router.
Been there, done that. The router now sits in a drawer, barely used...
Would you care to elaborate?
I quit trying to turn a router into a shaper and got a shaper. A router doesn't have the power to make cuts like that properly. Sure you can take shallow passes, but that gets old quick.
It seems like it might depend on how much molding you need to make. Multiple passes on 5 feet seems like it wouldn't be too bad, 500 feet would certainly get old quick. It seems to me like you'd have to do some serious jigging in order to keep the repeated passes aligned to create a clean profile.
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Howardly
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I cut 3/4" tall molding out of oak or cherry with one pass using a 3 hp router, no problem. 500' of 2" crown is something I should try 'cause then I'd be saving enough money doing it myself to buy what I'd really need, a power feeder. Most of the problems cutting molding comes from feed rate changes, stops and starts bc we're feeding it by hand but a power feeder fixes all that. 
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mound
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kurt18947 said:
500 feet would certainly get old quick. It seems to me like you'd have to do some serious jigging in order to keep the repeated passes aligned to create a clean profile.
500 feet would certainly get old quick! But what do you mean by serious jigging in order to keep the repeated passes aligned? You wouldn't bring one to full profile, and then reset and work the next batch.. Set a depth, cut everything to it, bring it closer, run everything again etc. until you've reached full depth. No jigging is required other than good featherboards and hold-downs.
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