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Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next | (show all) splinter84 Member Registered: 06/09/09 Posts: 144 Loc: Mankato, MN What's your router guide for doing dados?       #4501245 - 09/21/09 02:40 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Hi everyone, I've been using this forum quite often to find answers to some of my questions. I really don't know any WW's that I can go to for tips etc. So here's another question. Thanks for your time. Just curious what everyone uses for a router guide for doing dados for cabinets, book shelves, entertainment centers etc. I always used a clamp guide similiar to this linky , but I wasn't sure if anyone had better methods when cutting dados with a router. I don't have a clamp guide now. I am just looking for any tips/tricks and suggetions. It looks like these clamp guides do alright though. I have always used a router when doing dados. Personally, I feel I have more control, and it is easier to whip the router out quick for a couple runs then to pull the blade off the TS and slap dado blades in. -------------------- "If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either." Post Extras:       K. L, McReynolds Stairway Custodian Registered: 01/31/01 Posts: 41012 Loc: Kansas City, Kansas, USA Re: What's your router guide for doing dados? [Re: splinter84]       #4501252 - 09/21/09 02:45 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Before I bought a Clampin guide, I use a straight piece of plywood(factory edge), and two clamps. -------------------- Mac Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have. I'm an optimist, that is the reason I think people are only half full of it. Post Extras:       splinter84 Member Registered: 06/09/09 Posts: 144 Loc: Mankato, MN Re: What's your router guide for doing dados? [Re: K. L, McReynolds]       #4501264 - 09/21/09 02:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Do you prefer your Clampin guide over a regular straight edge and clamps. It is pretty much the same technique, but does it justify the cost to go that route? -------------------- "If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either." Post Extras:       K. L, McReynolds Stairway Custodian Registered: 01/31/01 Posts: 41012 Loc: Kansas City, Kansas, USA Re: What's your router guide for doing dados? [Re: splinter84]       #4501291 - 09/21/09 03:03 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Clampin guide is a bit easier to set up, IMHO. And you never have to worry about putting the clamps on incorrectly---so they are in the way of the router/your hands. The Clampin guide also is MUCH better as a guide for a circular saw. -------------------- Mac Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have. I'm an optimist, that is the reason I think people are only half full of it. Post Extras:       splinter84 Member Registered: 06/09/09 Posts: 144 Loc: Mankato, MN Re: What's your router guide for doing dados? [Re: K. L, McReynolds]       #4501302 - 09/21/09 03:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   I can see where it would be handy for a circular saw. I was setting my eyes on the double wide guide for more rigidity and clamping surface. I just wasn't sure how well the clamps perform. If the clamps aren't all that great, then it pretty much becomes a glorified straight edge. -------------------- "If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either." Post Extras:       meackerman Moving Up Joe's List Registered: 02/06/02 Posts: 15634 Loc: Northern CA Re: What's your router guide for doing dados? [Re: splinter84]       #4501325 - 09/21/09 03:16 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   I use this: linky -------------------- www.meackerman.com Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. - Philip K. Dick Mark Post Extras:       splinter84 Member Registered: 06/09/09 Posts: 144 Loc: Mankato, MN Re: What's your router guide for doing dados? [Re: meackerman]       #4501339 - 09/21/09 03:20 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Now there is a handyman's guide! I like it -------------------- "If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either." Post Extras:       Uncle Ben Member Registered: 06/14/07 Posts: 1672 Loc: Southern California Re: What's your router guide for doing dados? [Re: splinter84]       #4501347 - 09/21/09 03:25 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Here's a photo and link to my personal favorite. Can't get easier or more accurate in my opinion. Took a little longer to make than some others, but worth it to me. http://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking-plans/routing/exact-width-dado-jig/ Post Extras:       splinter84 Member Registered: 06/09/09 Posts: 144 Loc: Mankato, MN Re: What's your router guide for doing dados? [Re: Uncle Ben]       #4501356 - 09/21/09 03:29 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   That edge guide on the router is separate of the collet and bit right? If....so where does a guy get something like that? Trying to figure out your guide system there. I like the solution though. -------------------- "If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either." Post Extras:       meackerman Moving Up Joe's List Registered: 02/06/02 Posts: 15634 Loc: Northern CA Re: What's your router guide for doing dados? [Re: splinter84]       #4501364 - 09/21/09 03:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   I've got a couple, in different lengths. Just need a 1/2" or 5/8" pattern bit like the whiteside 3001. -------------------- www.meackerman.com Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. - Philip K. Dick Mark Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next | (show all)

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