Router Bench Guide

by Zachary Taylor

"...very well-written...an in-depth exploration of the particular tool...Each...is treated comprehensively, from purchase, setup, and use to maintenance and safety...specific hardware and techniques.are detailed in both clear text and profuse black-and-white illustration...Recommended..."--Library Journal

At the workbench and need an instant solution to a problem? Quickly flip to the right page for instant answers. Or, need a once-in-a-career technique that you could never memorize? Look it up here! This bench-top reference, with a multitude of expert tips and shortcuts, will help any woodworker make the most of the versatile router's thousands of uses. Start with an array of cutting techniques, including straight-line, crosscutting, mortise and tenon, trimming, edging, chamfering and molding, dovetailing, panel-raising, fluting, beading and reeding, and inlaying. Then add joining, drilling, shaping, spindle molding, dowelling, counter-boring, turning, and the countless other ways routers make any project quicker to do and more attractive to view. Beginners will find the proper way to grip the handles and control depth of cut. special reed jigs, and unique templates. If you own a router and have a workbench, this book is as important a tool as any you'll ever own!

160 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 2002

About the author

Zachary Taylor founded the Lignaphonics Laboratory for the study of the acoustic behaviour of instruments and established the Hertfordshire Guitar Academy. He became a visiting tutor of instrument making and guitar playing at West Dean College. He has served on committee of the Art Workers' Guild, contributed dozens of magazine articles on making instruments and prestigious woodwork, exhibited as demonstrator and chief judge of the National Woodworker Competition and gives lectures for the British Museum. He is author of several woodworking titles, and lives in Kenton, Middlesex.