Well I finally made my first cut with a router.
My router has not arrived yet but my brother loaned me a Makita and I bought a pattern cutter at Carbatec.
I wanted to try my hand at cutting a hinge pocket so that I could hang a replacement door for our walk in wardrobe.
I made a jig that I found on this site. It looked a but agricultural and I saw my wife looking at it and thinking "..and he is going to play with fast moving sharp objects???"
I clamped it to a piece of scrap timber to act as a dummy door edge, set the stops and made allowance for the hinge thickness and away I went.
That pocket turned out perfect. The hinge was a snug fit, perfectly flush and I now feel confident to replicate the cut on the door itself. My wife looked at it and was suitably impressed- not sure if it was the finished product or that fact there was no blood evident and I still had all my appendages.:2tsup:
OK I know its no big deal for most guys here but I have never done any woodwork, other than building fences, in the last 60 years and to me it was all the encouragement I need to take things further for a hobby in my retirement.
I have several pieces of MDF and thick ply that I have collected over time and I'll probably start by making a few more jigs in my spare time as I don't retire for 6 more months.
Just had to share.:D
My router has not arrived yet but my brother loaned me a Makita and I bought a pattern cutter at Carbatec.
I wanted to try my hand at cutting a hinge pocket so that I could hang a replacement door for our walk in wardrobe.
I made a jig that I found on this site. It looked a but agricultural and I saw my wife looking at it and thinking "..and he is going to play with fast moving sharp objects???"
I clamped it to a piece of scrap timber to act as a dummy door edge, set the stops and made allowance for the hinge thickness and away I went.
That pocket turned out perfect. The hinge was a snug fit, perfectly flush and I now feel confident to replicate the cut on the door itself. My wife looked at it and was suitably impressed- not sure if it was the finished product or that fact there was no blood evident and I still had all my appendages.:2tsup:
OK I know its no big deal for most guys here but I have never done any woodwork, other than building fences, in the last 60 years and to me it was all the encouragement I need to take things further for a hobby in my retirement.
I have several pieces of MDF and thick ply that I have collected over time and I'll probably start by making a few more jigs in my spare time as I don't retire for 6 more months.
Just had to share.:D
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