slappy Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 How would you recess the control cavity cover using a template? Do you have to use a bearing setup? I can't figure out how to do it without cutting into the template. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGman Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) I just use either 6mm or 12mm bit and have the shank of the bit run along the template. Oh and i also use two templates, one for the cavity, one for the cover recess. Edited July 17, 2007 by RGman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Use a pattern bit with a bearing above the cutter, and make your template deep enough that the bearing will follow the pattern and the blade will only cut into the body the desired depth. As in this pic which I borrowed from routerbits.com ... but with a thicker template. [Edit: Oh, did you mean, how do you use templates to cut both the cavity recess and the cover? I asked that one myself not too long ago... I ended up making a template for the cavity, another for the recess for the cover (since I didn't have appropriate-sized bearings for using one template to cut the cavity and the recess), and a third for the cover itself, then just fine-tuned the cover by hand sanding it.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwood999 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 personally i use two different templates (thats just the way i do it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubber314chicken Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 make 1 template, and use a different combinations of bits and bushings so that the two cutouts will be the same size. (like a 1/2" bushing and a 1/4" bit for the body, and then switch the bushing to a 1" one for the actual cover) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 i used to just use a rabbet bit; but that started to look sloppy 2 templates is the way to go both my templtes are 1/4'' but taped some lifts out of the cutoffs and used my smallest flush bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertbart Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 I make a template for the cover recess using the cover I've made. Then I use a piece of muti-laminate plywood to make my template taller. Then the pattern bit bearing can ride on the template while I cut the slight recess for the cover. I then free-hand draw the inside control cavity leaving a shelf for the cover and bump-outs for the cover screws. I use a #11 exacto knife on the line. I hog out most of the cavity with a forsner bit. Then cut to the exacto line about the depth of the follower bearing. Then I route the cavity with the pattern bit just to clean the cavity up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 My new favorite router bit: http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-CMT-Mil...aring-33382.htm works great for those cavity cover recesses without you needing to make a thick template or shim the template up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougP Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 My new favorite router bit: http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-CMT-Mil...aring-33382.htm works great for those cavity cover recesses without you needing to make a thick template or shim the template up great find! this bit should be made available from Stew Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarageRocker Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 great find! this bit should be made available from Stew Mac. Those are called mortising bits in the US. They're available from Router Bit World and elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertbart Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 My new favorite router bit: http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-CMT-Mil...aring-33382.htm works great for those cavity cover recesses without you needing to make a thick template or shim the template up That is killer I will get one somehow. Thanks for the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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