Router Magic: Jigs, Fixtures, and tricks to Unleash Your Router's FULL Potential

by Bill Hylton

Now you can teach your router to do tricks you never dreamed possible, and all you need are a handful of standard bits and the extraordinary jigs, fixtures, and techniques inside this book Router Magic shows woodworkers dozens of ways to use this versatile tool -- everything from planing boards to making fluted dowels, crafting flawless cope-and-stick joints, and creating amazing spiral-beaded columns and finials. Detailed, foolproof instructions show how to make each jig and use it -- and your rediscovered router.

Genres: Woodwork

314 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1996

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Update Nov 20th:

So I've had the chance to attempt to try to make some of the jigs, and I have to say this book is garbage.

The jig I tried to make was a planing sled. Quite common, but the book left out several critical things.

First off? The book calls for using a single sheet of acrylic or plywood, but on a longer sled or with a heavier router, this will bow. Best thing is to reinforce the sides of the sled to keep it stiff, but no mention is made of this

Second off? When planing using said sled, actually positioning the workpiece is tricky. I'm currently engaged in some trial and error, as well as some research on the internet.

I feel that if the book does not cover these critical tasks, and requires me to check each recipe on the internet, it's worthless. I am therefore demoting it to 1 star.

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This book is OK.

Essentially it's a cookbook with "recipes" in the form of jigs and other things you can do to address specific tasks with your router.

And, while there are a number of jigs, and you'll probably find useful ones, a lot won't be useful -- and you won't learn anything about routers themselves.