How To Set Up A Router Table As A Jointer

Learn how to set up a jointer for accurate milling in the workshop.

How to set up a router table as a jointer. To set up your router table for jointing first make sure the bit and your router table are perpendicular to each other. Raise or lower the bit until the long index mark on the jig aligns with the centerline you marked on the workpiece. In this short video furniture maker and Fine Woodworking contributing author Gregory Paolini demonstrates his technique for jointing wood on the router table.

I dont have a jointer and sometimes the table saw leaves a less than perfect edge for jointing with glue. In this short video Fine Woodworking special projects editor Asa. Cleaning up an edge forming a rounded top or cutting any curved part will be a breeze.

You can make a fence for your router table by double sided taping a piece of plywood or other thin material to the outfeed side of your fence photo 3 - left. Chuck your bit into the router and raise it just above the table surface photo 2. First eyeball the fence and clamp one end.

Can the router table serve as a joiner. With a router table youll be able to trim the workpiece edges not only to flat and smooth surfaces but also to follow contoured patterns and templates. About 6 years ago I was preparing a technical manual on a router table and the manufacturer insisted that it could work.

Examine the large hole in the middle of the router table. Unplug the router and chuck-up a straight bit. Now ready for routing.

Step 1 - Position fence and sliding mitre gauge. Prepare the router table. Ive seen some people secure right.