How To Set Up A Router Table As A Jointer

Now ready for routing.

How to set up a router table as a jointer. 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. Start routing the first piece of wood. Just re-screw the height adjustment screw in small increments and tap the knife with a chunk of beech or ash.

The rigid router fence will keep the laminate from flexing. Set the fence so the out feed half is even with the cutting edge of the bit. For example plywood can beat up high-speed steel jointer knives but wont affect a carbide router bit so thats when Ill set up my router table for the job.

Can the router table serve as a joiner. The Rockler Router Table ProMax Fence also features built-in jointer bars that can be rotated to bump out the left side of the fence by 132 creating the same effect as a jointer or useful if you need to shave an ultra-clean edge without mill marks. Using a router table as a jointer.

I screwed the fences through the base and counter sunk the screws. Examine the large hole in the middle of the router table. Start routing the second piece of wood.

Find more projects and instruction from Char Miller-King at. - we recommend a bit with a wide diameter for the smoothest cut. Rockler offers a set of Router Table Jointing Shims that make setting up to use your router as a joiner quick and painless.

With the router unplugged use a square and a 12. Set the height of the router bit and tighten it in the table. If there is an insert in the hole remove it.