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Flush trim router bit and 3/4" oak plywood, Will it work well?

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rackoon:
Awsome this sounds doable. Im going to give it a shot. Ill order a flush trim with bb from mlcswoodworking.com tonight.

Ill post my results with some pics.

mccoy178:

--- Quote from: prOk on August 04, 2006, 09:42:39 pm ---The real trick here is to trim your wood to within 1/4 inch of the line the router is to follow.. so you take of no more than 1/4 inch of wood with the router.. (less is better), take your time and move the router in the right direction and you'll be fine even with a low HP router.

/b


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That is the real trick.  If you can cut with the jig saw as close as possible, the router should tear right through the plywood.  I use 1/2" shank bits and they don't bat an eye at that stuff.  Now, if the width that you are cutting is more then half the width of the router bit, things could get hairy.  That's when you'll see the bits do awful things like kickback, break, and just flat out scare the crap out of you.  This is generally not an issue in 1/2" mdf and very soft woods.  But plywood is a different ballgame.

rackoon:
Well I cut all my curved lines with a flush trim router bit on 3/4 oak plywood and it worked awesome.

I made a pattern out of some old 1/4 inch plywood and clamped it down to my oak plywood  and went for it. I couldn't be happier. I did like most of you recamended and cut the piece down to within an inch of the cut line first. :applaud:

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