router bits and chipping

[Herman]

Works for me. FWIW

[Hans Mattes]

The suggestion of "the larger the bit, the slower the speed" is to keep the velocity of the cutting edge, where it impacts the wood, within a reasonable range. And the diameter of bits used with trim routers can vary pretty widely -- say ¼" diameter to 2" diameter. With bits no more than ½" in diameter, I generally use the maximum router speed. While too fast a speed can cause burning, that's only likely with dull bits, where the actually cutting edge migrates to a few thousandths in from the circumference. Too slow a speed will mean that the bit takes fewer bites per second, and unless the feed rate is similarly slowed, that means bigger bites -- which can contribute to chipping. Just sayin'.

[Dave Bagwill]

My blade is dull. I'm looking for a short instructional vid that shows the correct way to sharpen it.
Thanks Hans.

[Carl Dickinson]

Try this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFe0gugVzzo. And here's an article about using a dremel to do it. https://woodgears.ca/router_lift/sharpen.html.

[Dave Bagwill]

I'll check those out, thanks.

I may have it professionally done this time, because I'm pretty sure that my fumbling and bumbling have got the poor thing way outta whack.

[Dave Bagwill]

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R.M. Mottolo shows a method of bending all 4 bindings at once, in his manual.
I'll be laminating 2 x .040" strips so I need 8 of them.
Still, it is doable in one pass.
I saw the idea for the overnight drying form somewhere on the net.

Leaving overnight, touch-up in the am if needed.

[peter havriluk]

Sometimes a few bucks for another (new!) router bit is the cheapest solution. Mailorder, wait a few days, takes fifteen minutes.