I keep forgetting to tell you that I like the fact that your intro music is short. To many sites seem to be looking for an Oscar nomination. So thanks.

I edged a piece of plywood I epoxied to make a coffee table top. The edging is proud and I needed a way to trim the walnut edging until I saw your video. Thank you!!

Keep up the good work. I found this video recently and wish I had sooner. I'm getting ready to start a project with loads of pieces that will need edgebanding. Up to this point I've been doing this with my #5 and a card scraper. The amount of time I'll save is unimaginable.

Great tip yet again, would like to add that you where right about the Festool track saw, I wish I had invested in one years ago

Liked it! Never thought of that because I've always looked at the solution from the edge, not the shelf. Thanks for sharing.

That’s the beauty of hanging onto old tools (if they work) - setting them up for dedicated functions. I put my old Black and Decker drill (40 years old and on its 3rd set of brushes) in a B &D drill stand - bloody really useful not having to set up and take down.

Great idea. I have been using this tip for a few years now and don't use a fence and never had a problem. There's a handle on the opposite end of the jig which helps. I also found that it is not a good idea to plunge the router all the way, especially using a veneered board. I found out the hard way with some expensive oak veneered stuff. Keep up the great videos & tips Peter.

I was noodling on this today and wondered if it would work. Then I figured someone had to have tried it. Looks good. Going to have to make my own!

Clever!! These simple solutions typically are the best ones. Thanks.

I like having shorter videos to choose from; sometimes I'm expecting the boss back in 7 minutes (haha), so 5:17 is perfect. Nice tip.

Good trick to have up our sleeves. I'd probably drop a nice weight on the base plate extension / plywood you're using. keeps the routers center of weight further towards the supported part of the shelf.

Hi Petee, great vid again. I do this in the same fashion but on a router table, simply add a board the the router table surface and operation is the same and very safe and highly unlikely to damage work.

Peter I always use the cheap ABS plastic cutting boards from pound shops for router base jigs it works well and glides on the wood easily.

Nice set up hopefully will save me lot of work

I don't do repetitive work but even for a one off it is a great tip and a quick make.

A very nice tip! Thanks a lot for 10 minutes of an great idea! Sure, thumbs up! Have an nice evening! Greetings!

Peter I have that exact router, and the guide, everything it comes with. I have to say it does the business, has a soft start, good adjustment, good power and was a good price at the time. Cant fault it. Dont think they do that brand anymore (shame). Good to see in your vid though as it will (with a good bit) do just as well as something 10 times the price, and you can make all sorts of jigs to fit on the base. great stuff and thanks. Alan

Great tip and nice 'recycling' of and old router!

I use a flush cut bit, but first put a line of tape on the shelf to give me that little bit of lip which I can sand off.

Take a strip of same plywood, together with a strip of material same thickness as the shelf, fix it to the other two bolt holes, and you have full support on both sides. As i understand, even with side guide, there's still a chance of tipping

Hi Peter Saw this one a bit late (have only just started to watch your channel) but like it a lot. I would be happy to use the gear without a fence if there was a knob on the inboard side of the mounting panel. This should give adequate control over the router operation. I will make mine with one so even with a fence it will be easy to control. John

I was told that a playing card is 0.3mm. I've never checked but I do keep a pack of cards along with other shims. If you wanted to make the jig more complicated (and get over the missing fence problem) you could put an adjustable fence along the back of the plate - just trying to keep you busy ;-) Oh yes, you could make it micro-adjustable!

I am sure that a craftsman like you can make a new fence for the router? Or if you put a thinner piece of ply between the router and the ply already fitted, and make it go past the other side, you can make some kind of fancy fence also. I am looking forward to see how you will do it. All in all I think it is a great idea. Thanks for sharing!

I was thinking the Ryobi cordless palm router would be great for this since it's unbalanced, you could use that to your advantage.

Hi Peter I’m still trying to catch up with all your videos mate, found this one from 4 years ago. Must admit mate ya workshop looks a lot tidier and better organised today than it did four years ago lol 😝 👍👍👍👍

What kind of bit did you use? How would a side fence fit and be used with that?

outstanding

Haha Peter you might make a new you tube record of how many people make the same comment “couldn’t you do this with a flush trim router bit” don’t worry I have already read your response a few times 😁

Might have already been said but why not add fence to plywood base? Or add fence to other side of router base in a similar fashion to baseplate.

What triggered the vacuum for the dust collection? It seemed the vacuum turned on when you started up the router.

god, I had one (actually two) of those performance power monstrosities! Hands down the least ergonomic piece of kit I've used, especially for a left hander - it was virtually impossible to turn on and release/apply the plunge lock!

Nothing wrong with Performance Pro kit. I've abused an SDS over the years, using it as a breaker and concrete mixer - still going strong. Only cost me £50 too !

Peter. Thank you for your informative videos in my quest to learn woodworking. Do you or can you please make a video for beginners on routers. Just got the Bosch with a box of bits and I’d like a few good tips. ? Regards Tony.

Also the metric sway square is now available too.

How do you attach the solid wood edging to MDF? What works best so the edging does not come off?

Peter, could you not route this vertically against a fence with a flush cutting bit ? I guess there is a setup, but if you had several...

I can't find you've done anything on routers - except for making a table - yet I'm discovering (slowly) it has such huge potential. Am I missing something?

This is typically the kind of job where i pick up a handplane. It goes faster, i'd probably be finished in less time that it would take just to set up the plonge depth of the router. More control and no risque of ruining everything if i slightly tip over. No noise, do dust, almost no risque of sever injury. The finish surface is perfect right out of the plane, actually better than a finely sanded surface , so yet again no dust, and overall even faster. The tool can be as cheap as 15€ (I recently tryed those small japanese plane on amazon, they work like charm for this kind of application). Bonus it does chamfer and round over as well with the same tool. I really don't see why would someone want to use router for that ? Just try it out, get yourself a decent handplane with a nice blade and try out. Just my 2cts...

Edge timer router jig

How come you edge shelves? Is it for extra strength or just for a better paint finish?

Great idea. Peter please tell me the brand and type of pants you are wearing in this video.

Would a counter weight on the back of the jig be useful? Or do you think it would make it to cumbersome?

Hi there! Is there any reason not to use a flush trim bit? I’m just starting out really so might be a silly question. I guess you can use this in the centre of a piece of wood instead of an over hanging piece.

Hi Peter, Is there any way to use half inch router bits with a router that can only take quarter inch bits? Thanks.

Wouldn't a flush trim cutter with ball bearing guide not do same in s trim router.

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Why not use a flush trim but Peter?

Peter ,why not just screw another piece of wood a little thicker then your 1/2inch plywood (on the other side of your router ) giving you the depth to clean it up in two passes ",woodnt " have that problem with imperial lumber ...lol ,just use that table saw to cut them a little closer ,and clean up that shop will ya starting to look as bad as mine :)

I’m a pretty novice woodworker, and I’m not trying to be a dick, but do they not have flush trim router bits in England? Or do you find this easier?

Looks like a chipout at 4:14. What do you do if it occurs?

Even five years ago wouldn't a flush cut bit have been easier 🤔

Hmmmn, not sure about that one

Instead of this jig you could use just a flush trimmer.

Thought you were going to say a piece of an old Hasselblad Back, lol...rr

How about hot melt glue a small block on face of router to limit the width of cut.... it would act as a micro fence? Thanks too for the videos.... Have figured out the woodworking algorithm for increasing subscribers on KZfaq!!!! Make videos of: 1. Workshop equipment (planer stand, router table, workbench etc) like everyone with less than 150k subscribers who are trying to eke out a living. 2. Get bored off the relentless tedium of producing content like many. 3. Small projects (spice rack, shoe caddy, toilet roll holder) 4. Get bigger workshop like Matthias and Jimmy Diresta and...there were a few lucky English chaps like Matt Eastlea. 5. Get really bored with bigger workshop and develop wan musings about “good old workshop” like Matthias Wendell. 6. Bigger projects like credenzas, complete hand-planed commercial kitchens, wooden house only using Japanese or Korean joinery like Chickadee. 7. Quit doing weekly videos like Steve Ramsay and start online woodworking courses or change “how” you produce content so as to maintain subscriber volume like Jimmy Diresta (called keeping the money and run differently!) So it seems like the magical subscription number is in the 190k - 450k range. Any bigger and it’s too hard to manage for a single person. Jimmy Diresta has always had a separate camera person and in addition I think his daughter handles all the backroom stuff. And there have been a few spectacular failures in trying to transition to bigger numbers and having staff/family handle backroom work like the Italian super-gifted maker/cinematographer/pilot/entrepreneur Giaco Whatever.... Apart from the smart-aleck remarks I wish you well in finding the balance between possible and the probable whilst not increasing your work effort to make LESS money....! Your format is excellent, presentation is great and honesty very useful. Thanks again and greetings from the south western corner of Australia!

Direct all the edge trim comments to: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zqlxg9R6mM68n2g.html - keep them off the streets.

great little tip there! i dont know if this will be of interest to you,but this from fastcap is a great little tool............. www.fastcap.com/estore/pc/viewprd.asp?idproduct=56204 the little lipper! here is a video link.........kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7-qZMyVr97Xo6s.html i am sure there is a way to knock up a diy version? anyway hope this is of some interest,and keep up the great work! many thanks mr jon seswick