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General Category => Pattern Requests. => Topic started by: frankorona on November 03, 2011, 12:57:37 pm
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Greetings to all: Does anyone have a design for a circular cutting guide for router?
In advance thank you very much.
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Sorry Frank, but you got my curiosity up. Never heard of this. How bout a little simple explaining what it is. Thanks.... Danny :+}
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Frank,
I don't have a design, but it is pretty easy to make. Simply trace your router sub-base onto a piece of thin plywood and include a "leg" or handle protruding from one side. Cut the center out to allow the router bit to pass through and replace your sub-base with the new guide. Measure from the edge of the router bit to a spot equal to the center of the circle you want to cut and then drive a small nail through as a pivot point. This makes a trammel guide for your router which you can set to whatever size circle you want by replacing the nail. Be careful with which way you turn the router around your wood. This will cut out a circle of wood. If what you want is to cut small circles out of a larger project, you can make a template out of mdf or plywood and use a pattern cutting bit in your router.
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Frank: This site may help you.
http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/how-to-cut-circles-and-curves-with-a-router/index.html
***Merlin***
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Or you make rings yourself which are base dia more wide then the circle you want to cut.
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Thank you very much everyone for the information.
Special thanks to Merlin, your link was very helpful.