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Routing - learned the hard way

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DrewKaree:
You can go to your local Home Depot and pick up some angle iron CHEAP that can be spray painted black or gold (although it prolly won't match your brass t-molding.  Alternately, you can pick up a corner protector in the drywall section that will do the same thing.  You'll have enough that you can use this on your next cab, and it'll be $10 less than Happs prices, PLUS however much the insane shipping charges tack on to the $12.

DaemonCollector:
Thats what I did, ran to home depot, picked up some angle and made a marquee retainer for 4 bucks :)

Nannuu:
Even cheaper if you get the angle from a drop ceiling (the piece that is to be against the wall).  They sell them at 12 foot lengths at HD for less than $2.  It is easy to cut and paint.  I think it looks better than really thick angle iron.  And you can cut off the base of the gold tmold and glue it to your new marquee retainer to make it match since it is also 3/4"x3/4".

RTSDaddy2:
WOW! Thanks guys!

RTSDaddy2:
Getting back to the topic of this original thread that I started...

If you are new to doing this and have never used a router, and you've got to recess joysticks, practice first.  I know that just makes common sense, but I'm not a terribly patient person.  If I had made my first cuts with this thing on my painted control top I would have been one miserable human being. 

My first attempt at cutting inside a scrap piece of wood looked like someone took a rectangle, threw it out in the street and let a couple of semis hauling hogs run it over a few times! It was awful.  Still flat, but it certainly didn't resemble a rectangle!!   :P

Last night's attempt, in my actual "practice" CP was much different.  The thing actually was square!  I only slightly jagged one side, but as it's on the underside and not visible it's not something I would care to try and fix necessarily.  By the time I get to my actual CP I expect to be much better at it!

For the record, I love this routing thing.  That tool scared the life out of me the first few times I messed with it, but it has easily become my favorite to "mess with."

Sorry for such a long post, but hey...felt I had to get this off me chest!

RTSDaddy2

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