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Router Basics from Fine Woodworking app for iPhone and iPad


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Developer: Taunton Interactive
5.99 USD
Current version: 1.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 30 Mar 2011
App size: 142.54 Mb

Are you getting all you can from your router? With this power-packed app from Fine Woodworking you can master all the fundamentals on setup, essential bits, and using both handheld and table-mounted models. Plus youll discover a variety of techniques for using this versatile tool that may surprise you.

Discover the routers amazing ability for cutting, turning without a lathe, making templates, and using jigs through instructive videos and interactive demonstrations. Plus, youll get the inside story on master craftsman Gary Rogowskis cross-cut sled and why it is so popular with woodworkers.

With this must-have app on your iPad, youll get more from your router than you ever thought possible, wherever you are working.

Whats included:

- Guide to the 10 essential router bits
- Handheld routing: Using bearing-guided bits to profile edges
- Handheld routing: Cutting grooves with an edge guide
- Handheld routing: Cutting shelf dadoes with a simple jig
- Handheld routing: Jig for trimming panels
- Handheld routing: Simple templates for smooth curves
- Handheld routing: Shop-made mortising jig
- Handheld routing: Circle-cutting jig
- Handheld routing: Jig for trimming edge-banding
- Make turnings without a lathe
- Two shop-made router tables
- Router table: Set-up tips
- Router table: Making moldings
- Router table: Rabbets
- Router table: Tenons
- Router table: Dadoes
- Router table: Grooves
- Router table: Raised panels
- Router table: Sliding dovetails
- Router table: Template routing
- Router table: Featherboards
- Router table: Setup tips
- Expert advice from Fine Woodworking contributor Gary Rogowski, owner of The Northwest Woodworking Studio and author of the "Cross Cut Sled"

And to continue advancing your skills, check out our apps "Tablesaw Basics from Fine Woodworking" and "Bandsaw Basics from Fine Woodworking."