One such device is a rip fence. This is a component of the basic set of any router, and the owner of the tool does not have to make the stop himself. It is needed to directly follow the cutter along the surface of the base, which can be the smooth edge of a part or a workbench.

The stop allows you to process edges and grooves, firmly fixing the part.

This useful addition to the milling tool consists of the following parts:

• rods entering the recesses on the router;
• screw fasteners that tighten them in the desired position;
• adjusting screw for fine adjustment of the distance of the cutter axis from the edge;
• the supporting part that holds the structure to the base.

To make the wood router stop ready, the rods must be positioned in the recesses on the tool body and tightened with a stopper. By loosening the stopper, you can use the adjusting screw to make minor adjustments if necessary.

With a little addition, the rip fence allows you to make, in addition to straight cuts, more complex ones. This addition is a wooden block with one flat side. The other side has an angular or round notch. The block is inserted between the supporting part and the edge of the material, which has a curved shape.

The block is in contact with the support with its smooth edge. The side where the notch is is in contact with the curved base. A tool with such a device should be manipulated with extreme care, since the block introduces an element of instability.

Guide rail

Having a similar purpose to the rip fence, the tire is responsible for the accurate movement of the cutter in a straight line. The time spent on work is noticeably reduced due to the use of the tire. It also allows you to guide the tool on the table at any angle to the edge.

Note! You can secure the tire to a tabletop or material using clamps.

Some mass-produced tires include a separate component - a shoe. It is connected to the router by rods and, passing along the bus, moves the milling head along a given path.

The tire is best combined with a tool whose base stands on retractable legs. This eliminates the height difference between the guide rail and the router.

It happens that the functionality of commercially produced tires is not suitable for the user. You can always create an individual version of the router guides with your own hands. The most elementary one is a long, even beam - in other words, a ruler. The master only needs to provide it with fasteners, and the tire is essentially ready. To make a simple device, you don’t even need a drawing.

Of course, such a homemade version will not be stable. The combination of a plywood base with a board nailed to it will be more stable in operation. The edge of the router base will rest against the board, and the edge of the base will mark the processing area. This design is used when using cutters of the same diameter.

Another option works when wood cutters can be of different sizes. Here the board acting as a ruler is not nailed to the base, but is reinforced with clamps. Thanks to this, it can adjust the distance from the working area according to the diameter of the cutter.

Templates and copy sleeve

The copying ring is a circle with a protrusion that slides along a template, guaranteeing accuracy of processing. The ring can be screwed to the base of the router or secured with antennae. The diameter of the device is selected so that it does not come into contact with the working part of the tool.

The ring template is fixed on the material being processed, firmly adhering to the tabletop. Reliable clamping is provided by double-sided tape and clamps. Having finished the part, you need to make sure that the sleeve fits tightly along the edge of the template when working.

A self-made template for a router can also be used for processing the corners of a part, when it is necessary for them to be round. Depending on the location and dimensions of the template, the radius size of the rounding can be any.

The template design often includes bearings or rings. If this is a ring, then it should be selected according to the size of the cutter. If there is a difference in diameters, it is necessary to add stops to the template design, with the help of which you can move the device away from the edge of the part.

Among the auxiliary devices for the router, the most flexible templates, in addition to processing the edges of the material, also allow you to cut complex grooves. The special design of the accessory makes it possible to effectively create recesses for door hinges. Using a template, you can even carry out decorative work with a router, for example, cutting out wooden patterns.

Compass

This auxiliary tool is designed to create round and oval cutouts. The basic compass design includes a rod with a pin fastening at the end. By inserting the fastener into the hole in the center of the circle along which the groove is made, you can change the size of the circle by simply moving the rod.

Note! The convenience and reliability of the design is increased by adding a second rod.

There are various auxiliary elements that work on the circular principle. They offer the advantage of creating different radii of circular grooves. A mandatory component of such auxiliary devices is a pin with a screw for adjusting the length of the radius.

If a small hole is cut, the compass structure must be adapted for mounting on the base of the router. When processing a part, the pin is located directly under the tool.

A wood router, in addition to round ones, is also capable of cutting elliptical holes. The device for this can be assembled with your own hands from the following parts:

• base with fixation on material made of screws or suction cups;
• shoes moved on crossing guides – 2 pcs.;
• rods for installation – 2 pcs.;
• bracket for connecting the structure to the tool.

The fastening bracket, thanks to the grooves intended for this purpose, allows the frame of the structure to be in the same plane as the base of the router. Cutting round openings is done using one shoe. If you need an oval hole, both are used. This auxiliary design makes it possible to make holes more accurately and faster than other tools, such as a band saw or jigsaw.

For grooves on narrow surfaces

Recesses for locks or door hinges can be made with a drill and chisel, but a router is much better suited for this. You just need to equip the tool with a certain device. It consists of a flat plate that is attached to the base of the device. The shape of the plate can be round or rectangular. 2 pins are made on it, ensuring smooth movement of the tool during operation.

The main parameter that must be adhered to when manufacturing such an element is that the axis of each pin must be on the same line as the center of the cutter. If this parameter is observed, the groove will be cut exactly in the middle of the workpiece, regardless of thickness. If it is necessary to shift the groove to the right or left, a sleeve of the size needed for the desired shift is put on the corresponding pin.

Using this design, the router is driven with the pins tightly pressed to both sides of the workpiece.

The same effect is achieved if you use two parallel stops with a router.

Even one stop may be enough. It is necessary to strengthen the workpiece between two surfaces, for example boards, so that all three elements are in the same plane. In this case, the problem of insufficient part width is eliminated.

When you often have to work with narrow surfaces, a good solution would be to build a special table of two halves. By pressing the material between them, the master can easily achieve the effect of one plane.

Bodies of rotation

When working with round workpieces, such as posts or balusters, a structure is made up of a frame into which the part is placed, a carriage for the router and a rotary disk. The part is inserted into the frame, securely fixed, after which the carriage with the tool is pulled out to the processing area. The position of the part in the frame can be changed using a rotary disk.

The same frame with a router in the carriage can serve as a lathe. You just need to turn the disk while simultaneously operating the milling cutter moving along the guides. This can be done by a master’s assistant or a drill connected to the disk.

Tenoning devices

Such devices ensure the creation of joints based on spikes. Such profiles, which require high precision in processing the material, are easily made with a milling machine.

Using a hand router, the master moves it freely to the material. Therefore, the material needs to be securely fastened for error-free tenoning.

Such conditions can be created by a simple device made from the following parts:

• rigidly fixed guides, lower, upper and side;
• a bar with one degree of freedom that will limit the sample.

The parameters of the parts depend on the specific tool for which the device will be assembled. The assembly procedure is as follows.

Along the edges of the plywood base, vertical ribs of equal size are installed with cutouts in the center. Rails are attached to these ribs on which the tool will move. To ensure safe movement of the router on the rails, they are locked with limiters, which can be simple wooden slats.

A moving part is attached to the plywood base - a regulator for selecting the edge of the part. The lock can be a wing screw or another fastener of the technician’s choice.

Regardless of the manufacturer, a hand router with the addition of such a structure can easily cut out a simple tenon profile.

Another means for producing spikes is a conductor. It consists of a base, stops and a moving part in the form of a slide. Experienced users begin to manufacture and use it for very fine and precise work.

Hidden Features

The listed case of auxiliary tools may seem unnecessary when the master performs only the simplest operations with a router. But if you look at this tool from the angle of its potential capabilities, then a number of directions appear before the user.

Those works that the master did not even think that he could carry out turn out to be quite accessible - you just need to build several auxiliary structures. As if this is not a simple manual milling machine, but a CNC coordinate machine.

Any products made from natural wood are highly valued due to their environmental friendliness and uniqueness. To create real masterpieces from such natural material with your own hands, you need to have a hand router and have the necessary skills to use it.

In addition, additional accessories for the router are also important, allowing the production of parts of any complexity exactly as they were intended by the author. Homemade devices for such woodworking tools are fairly simple designs, the execution of which does not require special skills or material resources, the main thing is to have the desire. But thanks to their use, processing a variety of parts will become much easier.

Tool table

The very first necessary device that makes it possible to conveniently work with such a hand tool is.

The simplest table design consists of a table top, which can be a sheet of chipboard or other similar material with holes for installing tools, as well as a guide that is attached to the table with clamps.

Having made ordinary legs, we get the main device for our hand tools - a table on which we can install any other devices.

Rip fence

A similar device is often included with equipment. But there is always the opportunity to do it yourself. Why is this being done? The stop itself makes it possible to cut the material in a straight line. But it often happens that the cut needs to be made not straight, but, for example, arched.

In this case, it is advisable to make a milling stop, one of the sides of which will be straight, and the other will repeat the shape of the part. In this case, it will be possible to cut wood in different ways. Each master creates templates for such stops with his own hands “for himself”, depending on the purpose of using the milling machine.

Router guides

One of the main components of a manual wood carving machine is its guides. You can make them yourself from ordinary bars.

If one guide is used, it must be tightly attached to the base on which all necessary work will be carried out. To make the entire structure more reliable, while eliminating the possibility of the template shifting, it can be additionally secured with side stops.

If you use such a device for a manual machine, which we made with our own hands, you can always make additional grooves in several products.

Homemade guides are:

• T-shaped;
• On hinges, can be folded like a book;
• L-shaped.

The guides, which look like skis, are quite convenient to use. They can be used with any type of hand router, making work with wooden workpieces as precise and clean as possible.

Devices for processing bodies of revolution

If, when working with such a machine, you have to process certain bodies of rotation, for example, balusters, pillars, and the like, then in this case the process of processing them with a manual milling cutter will become much easier when using another device. It consists of:

• housings;
• a movable carriage on which the tool itself is installed;
• disks with which you can set the required angle of rotation;
• screws that securely fasten the workpieces.

Using such a device, the products will rotate slowly, which will make the processing process more convenient. Thus, you can make a device with your own hands that will become a full-fledged replacement for a lathe.

Compasses

Such devices for a manual milling machine ensure its movement along the required circle. The design of a self-made compass is very simple, it consists of a main part - a rod, which is attached at one end to the base of the tool, and a secondary part - a screw, which is inserted into the hole of a hand router.

A compass with two rods is more efficient in use. By making it from some transparent material, for example, plexiglass, a metric scale can be applied to the surface of the device, which will make its use even more convenient.

Using an angular lever with a scale, copying is carried out on the workpiece being processed. In this case, it will be possible to center the ring on the cutter with your own hands during work. The angle arm with support plate will ensure precise processing of the edges of the part. The design of such a device for working with hand tools consists of a set of probes, a support plate, and protection from chips.

Small extras

Usually, the set of the hand tool itself contains some minor devices that make it easy and convenient to work with parts of non-standard shape. You can always make such devices yourself or slightly improve existing ones to suit your needs and requirements.

Copy rings. Such accessories are ordinary round plates that determine the movement of the device along the workpiece that is installed on a table or other base. The diameter of such rings is selected depending on the diameter of the cutters.

The diameter of the template will also depend on the selected ring. They are selected in inverse proportion - if the diameter of the cutter is larger than the diameter of the ring, then the template is smaller than the finished product, and vice versa.

Devices for working with a manual machine on narrow surfaces will not allow the router to move to the sides, passing exactly in the center of the products.

Devices for creating spikes. Such accessories are most often used in the manufacture of furniture to create connecting tenons on parts.

To make working with a milling machine easier, some auxiliary devices are often required. Making accessories for a hand router with your own hands is quite simple, but you should understand what exactly is needed for a specific job. This is necessary so that the cutter follows a strictly defined path (this allows you to create a clear, not blurred pattern/line).

Homemade devices for a milling machine allow you to hold the workpiece in the desired position relative to the cutter.

Considering that such auxiliary tools are usually quite expensive, they can always be easily made at home. To be fair, it is worth noting that some devices are included with the milling machine. What is needed to work on it will be discussed below.

What and why

If the master has a milling machine, it is possible to cut grooves in various workpieces without any problems and carry out beautiful engraving. The peculiarities of the device for domestic needs are the small dimensions of the device and the not very convenient layout of the machine. While small size is a positive feature, the design and layout are not always well thought out. This requires a special approach to the work process.

Simplifying the manipulation of workpieces will significantly improve the quality of their finishing.

This can be achieved by creating auxiliary tools. It is no secret that it is advisable to make a device for a specific job yourself, since often industrial products for these purposes are less convenient and practical. Creating an auxiliary tool will allow you to produce it specifically “for yourself” - in size, shape, for specific purposes.

What is most often made for working on a milling machine:

1. Parallel stop. It ensures that the groove line is maintained during operation. Very often it comes complete with the machine. However, those devices that come with the tool often have a significant drawback - they are short and not wide.
2. Guides. Usually this is a tire. Its functions are similar to a pantograph. However, it allows you to give more space for “maneuver” when working. It can be installed at any convenient angle at any distance from the machine. This allows the cutter to cut quickly and evenly.
3. Copy ring. These devices allow you to provide the best and necessary path of movement of the cutter. They are often installed on its sole. To ensure all the necessary work, enough rings are made to cover all the necessary needs.

Listed here are only the required minimum tools when working on a milling machine. There are other devices that are used for more delicate work, for example, a pantograph, clamps, etc. Since each master himself determines what he needs and what he does not, it is not worth considering other devices in detail. Anything that is required from devices in addition to those listed is done based on our own work experience. This is due to the fact that often people try to become like a super-master by making and acquiring everything they can, but in most cases the tools just hang on the shelf. Therefore, let us dwell in more detail on how to make the listed products.

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Rip fence

Typically this element is included in the design of the milling machine. It consists of 2 guide rods and a clamp between them. The cutter passes between the guides and is limited by their length.

Very often, the standard stops that come with the machine have very short guides, which significantly limits and complicates working with long parts and workpieces.

Many manufacturers of milling machines also sell components for them, including numbers and stops.

However, the cost for additional devices (even if they suit a person) is often comparable to the price of the instrument itself, which makes their purchase unprofitable. Therefore, craftsmen often try to replace the factory emphasis with a homemade one.

To make it, you will need metal rods or pipes for the guides. Their diameter should be equal to the diameter of the latter. It is best to use stainless steel or brass rods as the material for guides. If their diameter is larger than the holes for the guides in the machine, then the excess metal is removed on a turning tool.

The finished rods should be smooth so as not to impede the movement of the cutter. To do this, they should be sanded and, if necessary, coated with varnish or paint.

The next important element that is necessary to create a parallel product is a stop, which is attached to the guides (at the end).

To supply the new guides with a stop, it is recommended to remove it from the parallel product that came with the cutter and install it on the new guides.

If it is necessary to strengthen the emphasis or it is not possible to dismantle the easel one, in this case it is made independently. The materials used should be stainless steel for the body and clamps, and lead for the weighting agent.

The design can be anything: it can copy factory devices or be of your own design and idea. All this will provide the necessary comfort when working.

The extended stop eliminates the possibility of vibrations and sudden stops, which significantly improves the quality of the cutter's work.

Any products made from natural wood are highly valued due to their environmental friendliness and uniqueness. To create real masterpieces from such natural material with your own hands, you need to have a hand router and have the necessary skills to use it.

In addition, additional accessories for the router are also important, allowing the production of parts of any complexity exactly as they were intended by the author. Homemade devices for such woodworking tools are fairly simple designs, the execution of which does not require special skills or material resources, the main thing is to have the desire. But thanks to their use, processing a variety of parts will become much easier.

Tool table

Milling table with stops

The very first necessary device that makes it possible to conveniently work with such hand tools is a milling table.

The simplest table design consists of a table top, which can be a sheet of chipboard or other similar material with holes for installing tools, as well as a guide that is attached to the table with clamps.

Having made ordinary legs, we get the main device for our hand tools - a table on which we can install any other devices.

Rip fence

A similar device for a manual wood milling machine is often included in the equipment set. But there is always the opportunity to do it yourself. Why is this being done? The stop itself makes it possible to cut the material in a straight line. But it often happens that the cut needs to be made not straight, but, for example, arched.

In this case, it is advisable to make a milling stop, one of the sides of which will be straight, and the other will repeat the shape of the part. In this case, it will be possible to cut wood in different ways. Each master creates templates for such stops with his own hands “for himself”, depending on the purpose of using the milling machine.

Router guides

One of the main components of a manual wood carving machine is its guides. You can make them yourself from ordinary bars.

If one guide is used, it must be tightly attached to the base on which all necessary work will be carried out. To make the entire structure more reliable, while eliminating the possibility of the template shifting, it can be additionally secured with side stops.

If you use such a device for a manual machine, which we made with our own hands, you can always make additional grooves in several products.

Homemade guides are:

• T-shaped;
• On hinges, can be folded like a book;
• L-shaped.

The guides, which look like skis, are quite convenient to use. They can be used with any type of hand router, making work with wooden workpieces as precise and clean as possible.

Devices for processing bodies of revolution

If, when working with such a machine, you have to process certain bodies of rotation, for example, balusters, pillars, and the like, then in this case the process of processing them with a manual milling cutter will become much easier when using another device. It consists of:

• housings;
• a movable carriage on which the tool itself is installed;
• disks with which you can set the required angle of rotation;
• screws that securely fasten the workpieces.

Using such a device, the products will rotate slowly, which will make the processing process more convenient. Thus, you can make a device with your own hands that will become a full-fledged replacement for a lathe.

Compass for router

Such devices for a manual milling machine ensure its movement along the required circle. The design of a self-made compass is very simple, it consists of a main part - a rod, which is attached at one end to the base of the tool, and a secondary part - a screw, which is inserted into the hole of a hand router.

A compass with two rods is more efficient in use. By making it from some transparent material, for example, plexiglass, a metric scale can be applied to the surface of the device, which will make its use even more convenient.

Using an angular lever with a scale, copying is carried out on the workpiece being processed. In this case, it will be possible to center the ring on the cutter with your own hands during work. The angle arm with support plate will ensure precise processing of the edges of the part. The design of such a device for working with hand tools consists of a set of probes, a support plate, and protection from chips.

Small extras

Usually, the set of the hand tool itself contains some minor devices that make it easy and convenient to work with parts of non-standard shape. You can always make such devices yourself or slightly improve existing ones to suit your needs and requirements.

Copy rings. Such accessories are ordinary round plates that determine the movement of the device along the workpiece that is installed on a table or other base. The diameter of such rings is selected depending on the diameter of the cutters.

The diameter of the template will also depend on the selected ring. They are selected in inverse proportion - if the diameter of the cutter is larger than the diameter of the ring, then the template is smaller than the finished product, and vice versa.

Devices for working with a manual machine on narrow surfaces will not allow the router to move to the sides, passing exactly in the center of the products.

Devices for creating spikes. Such accessories are most often used in the manufacture of furniture to create connecting tenons on parts.

How to make accessories for a wood router with your own hands?

Device - rip fence

This device, as a rule, is already sold along with the router. Therefore, there is no need to develop and create it independently. For reliable support of the processed material, this element is used. With it, the movement of the cutter becomes rectilinear relative to the base surface, which can be a table guide, slats or straight edge part .

This device makes it possible to quickly mill various grooves and process edges while firmly holding the material.

Guide rail

If you need to make a straight cut with a router, then you cannot do without this device. To make it you will need any flat board, for example, you can use a piece of chipboard .

First you need to find out the distance from the edge of the milling base to the center of rotation, and it is always the same. To do this, you need to screw a guide to the unnecessary part of the material and make a test cut. Then you should measure the gap from the edge of the cut to the tire, to which the radius of the cutter is added. As a result, it will be possible to obtain the required value. For example, it is 59 mm, and the diameter of the groove cutter is 14 mm, that is , its radius is 7 mm .

Then you should draw a line for the cut, from which we retreat a distance of 52 mm (59-7), and draw another one. We fix the guide along it and make the cut.

Circle milling

Compasses are used for such purposes. With their help, the router can move around a circle. The simplest of them is a device consisting of a rod, one end of which is equipped with a screw with a pin, and the other is attached to the base of the tool. Of course, it is better to use a compass equipped with two rods.

In general, there are many proprietary and even homemade devices for a router for cutting circles, which differ from each other in ease of use and dimensions. Quite often, compasses have a mechanism changing the radius of the circle. As a rule, it is a screw with a pin at the end that moves along the groove of the router.

When it is necessary to mill a small circle, the pin should be located under the base of the tool. In these cases, other devices are also used, fixed at the bottom of the device base.

But you don’t have to buy a milling compass to cut out circles. Instead, you can use a rip fence. To do this, the device is attached to a groove on the sole. A screw is screwed into it, which is recommended to be equipped with a sleeve so that its diameter matches the size of the hole. That's it, the compass is done. The radius can be adjusted using the stop.

Devices for replication and copying

To create a series of identical products use:

• Angle lever;
• Copy probes.

There is a scale on the angle lever, the division price of which is 1/10 mm. It allows you to center a stop ring under the cutter, which helps accurately reproduce the shape of the part on the workpiece during copying. It is often equipped with a chip guard and support plate for best edge finishing.

Using copy templates and rings

Copy rings are a round plate with a protruding edge that slides along the base surface along the template. This device provides an accurate path for the cutter to move. Basically, this element is installed on the base of the workbench. At the same time, there is Several methods for attaching it:

• Installation of special antennae in the holes on the sole;
• Screwing the ring into the threaded recess.

Using a template also allows you to achieve more efficient and accurate work. It is attached directly to the workpiece with double-sided tape, and then both parts of the device are pressed to the machine with clamps. Moreover, experienced milling operators advise checking how tightly the ring is pressed to the edge of the template.

In addition, with such a device you can not process the entire edge, but only the corners. Hence, procedure for processing material according to a template- an excellent option for cutting grooves for the product.

Dust removal devices

Professional craftsmen, in order to ensure dust removal, specially buy a technical vacuum cleaner, which is connected through an adapter with a hose to the router. Moreover, it does not interfere with operating the tool, and the markings and place of processing of the product are always open for visual inspection.

It is very difficult to work without a suction unit. But not everyone decides to make such a purchase, since it is too burdensome in terms of money and, moreover, is not always justified. True, there is another solution; you can get rid of dust with a household vacuum cleaner.

Install between the milling machine and the vacuum cleaner hermetically sealed tank. It will catch the bulk of the dust. It is equipped with an additional hose, and a fabric mesh is inserted inside. Moreover, these designs can be purchased ready-made or made with your own hands. By the way, a homemade device will help a household vacuum cleaner to collect even large construction debris and wood dust.

Slot milling device

This device is used for processing longitudinal grooves on posts, balusters and other rotating bodies. The principle of its operation is as follows. A baluster is installed into the body and fixed. Using a locking screw and a disk, the workpiece is secured in a strictly defined position.

After which the carriage is set in motion and the milling a groove along the length of the product. Then the part is unlocked, rotated to the required angle, locked, and the next groove is created.

Instructions for wood carving with a router

Beginning craftsmen may find working with hand tools difficult because the process of operating them seems difficult. That is why, before you start milling, you need to familiarize yourself with the principle of its operation.

Router assembly

The first step is to check the mounting location of the cutter in the machine; as a rule, a collet chuck is used for this. First, you need to select the desired cutter that matches the size of the chuck. If necessary, you can replace it.

But when deep processing is necessary, an option with an extended shank is used, which is inserted into the chuck hole and secured with a key. This must be done carefully without applying force, otherwise you will overcook, which is not the norm for the correct operation of the router. Although it is worth trying to reach a good stop so that the cutter does not wobble. All that remains is to tighten the spindle lock and you can get to work.

After this, the router turns on, you need to get used to the sound and feel the start. It is often because of surprise that many people start getting married.

Depth selection

In addition, you will need to install a milling depth limiter. First, the machine is applied to the product from the edge, while the cutter should not come into contact with the material. You will have to press on it until it reaches the required depth, after which position is fixed .

For a more accurate value, use a phased limiter. You can find out its pitch in the manual for the router. In this case, the regulator is rotated by the required number of degrees.

First of all, the required speed is determined. This is done according to the table in the instructions, based on the diameter of the cutter and the material being processed.

If you have never worked with a router before, then it is better to try your hand at a rough version. In addition, this will help you set the necessary parameters directly in processing mode .

It is also advisable to compare the results after moving the tool clockwise and counterclockwise, toward you and away from you. When milling a product around, the correct direction is counterclockwise, and on the flat side, on the contrary, away from you. Then you can start carving the main workpiece.

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Milling accessories

To fully work with a hand router, in addition to the tool itself, the material and the corresponding set of cutters, you need to have one more component - accessories. In order for the cutter to be able to shape the workpiece in accordance with the master's plan - cutting the material exactly where it is required - it must be in a strictly defined position relative to the workpiece at every moment of time. Numerous accessories for a hand router are used to ensure this. Some of them - the most necessary ones - are included in the delivery package of the tool. Other devices for milling can be purchased or made by yourself. Moreover, homemade devices are so simple that to make them you can do without drawings, using only their drawings.

Rip fence

The most used device that comes with almost every router is a parallel stop, which ensures the straight movement of the cutter relative to the base surface. The latter can be the straight edge of a part, table or guide rail. The parallel stop can be used both for milling various grooves located on the face of the workpiece, and for processing edges.

Parallel stop for a manual router: 1 - stop, 2 - rod, 3 - base of the router, 4 - rod locking screw, 5 - fine adjustment screw, 6 - movable carriage, 7 - movable carriage locking screw, 8 - pads, 9 - screw stop locking.

Edge routing using the rip fence

To install the device in the working position, it is necessary to slide the rods 2 into the holes of the frame 3, ensuring the required distance between the supporting surface of the stop and the axis of the cutter, and fix them with the locking screw 4. To accurately position the cutter, you need to release the locking screw 9 and rotate the fine adjustment screw 5 set the cutter to the desired position. For some stop models, the dimensions of the supporting surface can be changed by moving or spreading the support pads 8.

If you add one simple part to the rip fence, then you can use it to mill not only straight, but also curved grooves, for example, to process a round workpiece. Moreover, the inner surface of the block located between the stop and the workpiece does not necessarily have to have a rounded shape that follows the edge of the workpiece. It can also be given a simpler shape (Figure “a”). In this case, the trajectory of the cutter will not change.

Stop for milling round surfaces

Of course, a regular rip fence, thanks to the notch in the center, will allow you to orient the router along a rounded edge, but the position of the router may not be stable enough.

Guide rail

The function of the guide bar is similar to that of a rip fence. Like the latter, it ensures strictly linear movement of the router. The main difference between them is that the tire can be installed at any angle to the edge of the part or table, thereby ensuring any direction of movement of the router in the horizontal plane. In addition, the tire may have elements that simplify certain operations, for example, milling holes located at the same distance from each other (with a certain pitch), etc.

The guide rail is attached to the table or workpiece using clamps or special clamps. The tire can be equipped with an adapter (shoe), which is connected to the base of the router by two rods. Sliding along the profile of the tire, the adapter sets the linear movement of the cutter.

Sometimes (if the distance of the tire from the router is too close), the supporting surfaces of the tire and the router may appear in different planes in height. To level them, some routers are equipped with retractable support legs, which change the position of the router in height.

Such a device is easy to make with your own hands. The simplest option is a long block secured to the workpiece with clamps. The design can be supplemented with side supports.

By placing a block on two or more aligned workpieces at once, grooves can be made in them in one pass.

Milling grooves on two workpieces at once

When using a block as a stop, it is inconvenient to place the block at a certain distance from the line of the future groove. The following two devices do not have this inconvenience. The first is made from boards and plywood fastened together. In this case, the distance from the edge of the stop (board) to the edge of the base (plywood) is equal to the distance from the cutter to the edge of the router base. But this condition is met only for a cutter of the same diameter. Thanks to this, the device quickly aligns along the edge of the future groove.

The following device can be used with cutters of different diameters, plus when milling, the router rests on its entire sole, and not half, as in the previous device.

Slot milling fixture

The stop is aligned along the edge of the hinged board and the center line of the groove. After fixing the stop, the folding board folds back, making room for the router. The width of the folding board, together with the gap between it and the stop (if there is one), should be equal to the distance from the center of the cutter to the edge of the router base. If you focus on the edge of the cutter and the edge of the future groove, then the device will only work with one diameter of the cutter.

When milling grooves across the grain, at the exit from the workpiece, when milling an open groove, cases of wood scuffing are not uncommon. The following devices will help to minimize scuffing: I press the fibers where the cutter exits, preventing them from splitting off from the workpiece.

Two boards, strictly perpendicular, are connected with screws. Different cutters are used on different sides of the stop so that the width of the groove in the fixture matches the width of the groove of the part being milled.

Another tool for routing open slots can be pressed harder against the workpiece, which further minimizes scuffing, but it only fits one diameter cutter. It consists of two L-shaped parts connected to the workpiece with clamps.

Slot milling attachment

Slot milling attachment

Copy rings and templates

The copying ring is a round plate with a protruding shoulder that slides along the template and provides the necessary trajectory of the cutter. The copying ring is attached to the base of the router in various ways: they screw it into a threaded hole (such rings are in the photo below), insert the antennae of the ring into special holes on the base, or screw it with screws.

Installing the copy ring

The diameter of the copy ring should be as close to the diameter of the cutter as possible, but the ring should not touch its cutting parts. If the diameter of the ring is larger than the diameter of the cutter, then the template must be smaller than the finished parts to compensate for the difference between the diameter of the cutter and the diameter of the copy ring.

Routing an edge using a template and a copy ring

The template is secured to the workpiece with double-sided tape, then both parts are pressed with clamps to the workbench. Once you have finished routing, check that the ring is pressed against the edge of the template throughout the entire operation.

You can make a template for processing not the entire edge, but only for rounding the corners. In this case, using the template shown below, you can make roundings of four different radii.

First you need to saw off the corner

In the figure above, a cutter with a bearing is used, but the template can also be used with a ring, only either the ring must exactly match the diameter of the cutter, or the stops must make it possible to move the template away from the edge by the difference in the radius of the cutter and the ring. This also applies to the simpler version shown below.

Template for rounding corners

Rounding a corner using a template

Templates are used not only for milling edges, but also grooves on the face.

Milling a groove using a template

The template can be adjustable.

Make accessories for the router yourself, or buy ready-made ones?

We will try to answer this question in our article.
For those who make wooden products on their own, a router (especially a manual one) is an indispensable assistant. The power tool itself, even if equipped with an excellent set of cutters, is completely useless without additional accessories. It is impossible to hold a working milling cutter within a given trajectory with your hands.

The rotating cutter will move chaotically, reacting to the vibrations of the tool and the structure of the material being processed. Even the owner of steel muscles and a hawk's eye will not be able to work with this tool without the use of guides and fixing devices.

This is what a wood router looks like

Basic devices are usually included with power tools, but they can only be used to perform simple tasks. More complex guides and templates have to be purchased for additional money, while many of them can be made by hand.

The main thing is to have an idea of ​​how this device looks and works. There is no need to look for ready-made drawings and complex technical calculations. Any master knows better how to make this or that device. The efficiency and convenience of work will be higher, not to mention the savings.

Mechanical assistants for hand router

The most common device that is included in the basic kit.

Rip fence

Accessory - Rip fence

The design is so simple that making it yourself will not be difficult. A guide plane is selected relative to the line of passage of the cutter (in some cases this may be the smooth edge of the workpiece itself), along which the milling cutter moves. The stop can be any flat, oblong object connected to the tool with a fixed rod. For reliability, there can be two rods.

The surface of the guide must be smooth for free sliding. The stop needs to be calibrated.

To do this, a control groove is cut in the workpiece, the distance to it relative to the edge of the workpiece is measured, and the zero mark is fixed. By moving the stop along the rod, you can set any distance with high accuracy.

IMPORTANT! When using two rods, it is necessary to ensure their simultaneous fixation.

The rip fence is used for milling grooves and processing the edges of the product, including selecting a quarter. It is also possible to cut blanks of the same width. Compared to an electric jigsaw, the cut obtained with a milling cutter is smoother and of higher quality. Only the cutter should be of small diameter to save material.
The device can be used when processing rounded surfaces. To do this, a gasket with a cutout in the form of an obtuse angle is installed between the stop and the rounded end of the workpiece.

Guide rail

This device is no different in function from a rip fence, and is designed to ensure directed movement of the cutter along a given path.

A useful assistant when working with a router - a guide rail

The main difference is the ability to choose the angle of movement of the router. To do this, the guide is fixed on the surface to be treated using clamps or suction cups. You can make such a device yourself from a profile or corner of a suitable size. It's good to use an old curtain rod. The main thing is to ensure free movement of the carriage along the guide. For a more stable fixation, it is better to use not one, but two rods. If the width of the workpiece being processed is greater than the length of the rip fence bar, you cannot do without a guide bar.

Using such a device, you can mill grooves along a broken line or trim the edge of a product along a complex trajectory. To do this, the milling cutter stops at the break point, the fastening is given to the guide, which rotates at a given angle relative to the previous direction. In this case, the cutter remains in the workpiece, acting as an axis of rotation. The guide is then fixed again and milling continues in the new direction.

More advanced models have the ability to change the angle of inclination of the router relative to the vertical. This allows you to significantly expand the possibilities of using power tools.

Compass for router

The purpose of this device is clear from the name. Used for milling grooves in a circle or cutting out circles.

Want to make a perfect circle? You will need a compass for the router

The principle of operation is simple. A guide rod with a groove or a plate with calibrated holes is used as a compass leg, allowing you to cut circles of any diameter. A pin is fixed in the center of the proposed circle, around which the entire structure moves. But at the other end of the guide there is a router.
Factory compasses for a router can have a variety of designs. A rod with a support platform and a hinge (the design with two rods is more stable), a plate with a slot or calibrated holes.

Template for cutting circles

The main thing is to ensure reliable fixation of the central pin, otherwise the structure may shift due to vibration and the workpiece will be damaged.
You can make such a device yourself from any durable and smooth material, for example, textolite.

Homemade device for cutting circles

A carriage with a fixing device moves in a sawn groove; holes are provided for attaching the router.
There are also more complex devices for forming ovals. It is based on the same design as the compass, but instead of an axis of rotation, a support with a cross system of grooves is used. Moving along them, the virtual axis constantly shifts, resulting in the formation of a regular oval.

Device for cutting oval holes with a router

Using such a tool, you can make oval cuts both around the nozzle and next to it. The possibilities for choosing the path of movement of the cutter are practically unlimited.

Copy sleeve

Sometimes it becomes necessary to mill a complex pattern or replicate identical cutouts. For convenience and increased speed of work, pre-made templates are used. For example, a template is often used - a tenon cutter.

Copy sleeve or copy ring

Or it becomes necessary to cut several identical recesses for door hinges.
Copy rings are used to move the router along the contour of the template. The sleeve rests against the template, and the cutter exactly copies its profile.

IMPORTANT! The diameter of the copy sleeve is larger than the working diameter of the cutter.

Therefore, when making a template, an allowance is made for the difference in radius ( it is the radius, not the diameter!)
When the cutter moves inside the template, the cutout will be smaller. When moving outside the template - correspondingly more.

Standard copy rings are included with the router. However, it often becomes necessary to make such a device for a specific cutter diameter or an original template. Such work does not present any great difficulties. It is necessary to draw a drawing and order the product from a turner. In this case, it is necessary to ensure free passage of the cutter through the sleeve.

IMPORTANT! When installing the copy sleeve on the supporting surface of the router, it must be centered. For this purpose, special centering cones are used.

Installing a copy sleeve on a router

Templates for the router

These devices are rarely made for milling just one part. The exception is the restoration of a rare item or restoration of a complex structure for which a replacement cannot be found. In most cases, templates for a router are used for mass production of the same type:

• cutting recesses for door locks and hinges
• production of paneled door surfaces
• production of figured platbands
• cutting tenons for joining wooden products
• production of identical blanks for furniture production

Samples of templates of various shapes

With repeated use, the template quickly wears out and the accuracy of manufacturing parts decreases. Therefore, the template material must be durable and abrasion-resistant. Multilayer plywood and textolite have proven themselves well. More critical templates are made of metal.
Self-made templates are used everywhere. The main thing is to accurately determine the difference in size of the template and the finished part after processing.

IMPORTANT! There are no universal templates. Each matrix is ​​made for a specific router, copy sleeve and the cutter itself.

Wood bits

Processing wooden surfaces and workpieces provides the widest creative possibilities for using a router. Professional carpenters and joiners use stationary machines, but you can literally work wonders with a hand router. For this purpose, there are wood attachments specially designed for high-quality processing of various types of material.

Various cutters (wood bits) for wood processing

With the help of such attachments, you can give any shape to the end surface of the workpiece, cut out an imitation panel on the plane of the door, make skirting boards, cornices, door frames, glazing beads and much more. Moreover, the same nozzle allows you to perform different shaped cuts depending on the angle of application.

An example of the different shapes that can be made using attachments

An experienced craftsman often makes his own cutters for each type of work. To do this, using a template, you need to sharpen each cutting edge of the cutter at the same angle. This is painstaking work, but you will receive a completely exclusive tool that meets your requirements.
However, industrially manufactured wood bits offer a fairly wide selection of shapes that satisfy the needs of most carpenters.

Special kits

Separately there are kits for performing special work - for example, a device for inserting hinges. The device is an individually made or customized template for this type of milling, equipped with specially designed fasteners that secure the tool at the end of the door leaf.

Homemade device for inserting hinges

As a rule, such templates are made independently. Any highly specialized carpenter tries to have an individual set, especially if the work is carried out on the customer’s premises.

Hinge cutters

There are also standard accessories for hinges, in the form of special cutters. You don't need a template to work with them.

Door hinge cutter

When performing home renovation work, you can get by with simpler methods of cutting niches for hinges or grooves for a lock. It is enough to install a second parallel stop on the rods and then the router will be securely fastened to the end of the door leaf. This method is less convenient and is not suitable for mass production of doors, but for one-time work it will save money on purchasing a special kit.

Binding cutter set

A set of cutters specifically for a specific type of work

There are also sets of cutters, each of which cannot be used separately. In such sets, the sharpening of the tips is synchronized, and each subsequent cutter complements the work of the previous one. Let's take a bookbinding kit as an example.

Binding made by a set of cutters

It is by using all the cutters from the set that you can get a joint without gaps.
To increase the versatility of application, typesetting cutters are available.

Universal typesetting cutter

Several complementary cutting attachments are attached to the axis, the arrangement of which can be combined. At the same time, with one set you can perform work that requires several attachments.
Thus, using a variety of devices for a manual router, you can do complex woodworking with your own hands without using stationary milling machines. This issue is especially relevant when living in an apartment, when it is impossible to find a place to place the machine. And with the help of a hand router with a good set of attachments and additional accessories, you can organize a mini-workshop on the balcony. Only when working indoors, it is necessary to ensure removal of dust and sawdust.

Accessories for a hand router can expand the functionality of hand-held power tools and make their use more convenient, comfortable and safe. Serial models of such devices are quite expensive, but you can save on their purchase and make devices for equipping a wood router with your own hands.

Various types of attachments can turn a hand router into a truly universal tool.

The main task that milling tools solve is to ensure that the tool is positioned in relation to the surface being machined in the required spatial position. Some of the most commonly used milling machine attachments come standard with milling machines. Those models that have a highly specialized purpose are purchased separately or made by hand. At the same time, many devices for a wood router have such a design that making them yourself does not present any special problems. For homemade devices for a hand router, you don’t even need drawings - their drawings will be enough.

Among the accessories for a wood router that you can make yourself, there are a number of popular models. Let's take a closer look at them.

Rip fence for straight and curved cuts

A rip fence for or other base surface, which allows you to make straight cuts in wood relative to these surfaces, is one of the most popular devices and is included in the standard kit of many models. Using such a device, the base element for which, in addition to the work table, can be the side of the workpiece or a guide rail, the grooves on the workpiece are processed, and its edge part is also milled.

The design of the parallel stop for the router includes the following components:

• rods that are inserted into special holes in the milling cutter body;
• a locking screw, by means of which the rods are fixed in the required position;
• fine adjustment screw, which is needed in order to more accurately adjust the distance at which the cutter axis will be from the base surface;
• support pads with which the device rests on the base surface (in some models of parallel stops it is possible to change the distance between the support pads).

To prepare the router stop for work, you need to do the following:

• insert the stop rods into the holes in the base of the router and secure them in the required position with a locking screw;
• Loosen the locking screw and use the fine adjustment screw to adjust the distance between the cutter axis and the supporting surface of the fixture.

By adding one simple part to the rip fence, you can use this device to create not only straight, but also curved cuts in wood. Such a part is a wooden block, one side of which is straight, and on the other there is a round or angular recess. It is placed between the support pads of the stop and the base surface of the processed wood workpiece, which has a curved shape.

In this case, naturally, the straight side of the block should rest against the support pads of the device, and the side with the notch should rest against the curved base surface. You should work with a parallel stop, additionally equipped with such a block, with extreme caution, since the position of the router itself in this case will be quite unstable.

Guide rail

The guide rail, like the rip fence, ensures the linear movement of the router relative to the base surface during wood processing. Meanwhile, unlike a parallel stop, such a guide for a router can be located at any angle to the edge of the workpiece. Thus, the guide rail can provide the ability to accurately move the router during wood processing in almost any direction in the horizontal plane. A guide rail equipped with additional structural elements is also useful when milling holes located in wood at a certain pitch.

Fixation of the guide bar on the work table or workpiece is ensured by special clamps. If the basic configuration of the device does not include such clamps, ordinary clamps will be suitable for these purposes. Some models of guide bars can be equipped with a special adapter, which is often called a shoe. The adapter, connected to the base of the router via two rods, slides along the profile of the tire during processing and thus ensures the movement of the working head of the router in a given direction.

A milling device such as a guide rail is best used in conjunction with routers whose support platform is equipped with height-adjustable legs. This is explained as follows. In cases where the supporting surfaces of the router and the tire are in different horizontal planes, which can happen when the device is too close to the wood workpiece being processed, the adjustable legs of the tool make it possible to eliminate such a discrepancy.

Guide devices for equipping a router, which, despite the simplicity of their design, will be highly efficient in use, can be made with your own hands without much difficulty. The simplest of such devices can be made from a long wooden block, which is secured to the workpiece using clamps. To make this device even more convenient, you can supplement it with side stops. If you place and fix a block simultaneously on two (or even more) pieces of wood, you can mill a groove on their surface in one pass.

The main disadvantage that distinguishes the device of the above-described design is that it is not easy to accurately fix the block relative to the line of the future cut. The guide devices of the two designs proposed below do not have such a disadvantage.

The first of these devices is a device made of interconnected boards and plywood sheets. To ensure alignment of this device with respect to the edge of the groove being made, the following conditions must be met: the distance from the edge of the stop to the edge of the plywood (base) must exactly correspond to the distance at which the tool used is located from the extreme point of the router base. The device of the proposed design is used if the tree is processed with cutters of the same diameter.

For milling operations performed with tools of different diameters, it is advisable to use devices of a different design. The peculiarity of the latter is that when using them, the router comes into contact with the stop with the entire sole, and not just its middle part. The design of such a stop includes a folding board on hinges, which ensures the correct spatial position of the device in relation to the surface of the wood product being processed. The purpose of this board is to ensure that the stop is fixed in the required position. After this procedure is completed, the board folds back and thereby frees up space for the working head of the milling cutter.

When making such a device for a router with your own hands, you should keep in mind that the distance from the center of the tool used to the extreme point of the base of the router must correspond to the width of the folding board and the gap between the board and the stop, if it is provided in the design of the device. If in the manufacture of this device you focused only on the edge of the cutter and the edge of the groove that needs to be formed with its help, such a device can only be used with cutters of the same diameter.

Often, grooves in wood blanks have to be milled across the fibers of the material, which leads to the formation of scoring marks. The amount of scoring can be reduced by devices that, by pressing the fibers in the place where the cutter comes out, do not allow them to break off from the surface of the wood being processed. The design of one of these devices consists of two boards, which are connected to each other with screws at an angle of 90°. The width of the groove made in such a device must match the width of the recess created in the wood product, for which cutters of different diameters are used on different sides of the stop.

Another milling device, the design of which consists of two L-shaped elements, fixed to the wood product being processed with clamps, is required for milling open grooves and ensures a minimum amount of scoring during processing.

Copy rings and templates

A copying sleeve for a router is a device with a protruding edge that slides along the template and thus sets the movement of the cutter in the required direction. Such a ring can be fixed on the base of the router in various ways: screwed with screws, screwed into a threaded hole, inserted with special tendrils into holes in the base of the tool.

The diameters of the copying ring and the tool used should have close values, but it is important that the ring does not touch the cutting part of the cutter. If the diameter of the ring exceeds the transverse size of the copy cutter, then such a template to compensate for the difference between its size and the diameter of the tool should not exceed the size of the workpiece.

A milling template, made in the form of a ring, can be fixed to a piece of wood using double-sided tape and clamps, with which both parts are pressed to the work table. After milling according to the template, you should check that the ring was pressed tightly against the edge of the template during the milling operation.

Milling templates can be used not only to process the entire edge of a product, but also to give its corners a rounded shape. Using such a template for a router, you can make roundings of various radii at the corners of the wood product being processed.

Templates used for working with a hand router can be equipped with a bearing or ring. In the latter case, the following conditions must be met: the ring must exactly match the diameter of the cutter, or stops must be provided in the design of the fixture that allow the template to be moved away from the edge of the workpiece and thereby eliminate the difference between the radii of the tool and the ring.

Using templates, which can be adjustable, you can not only mill the edges of the wood product being processed, but also create shaped grooves on its surface. In addition, if you make a template of the appropriate design, which is not very difficult, you can quickly and accurately cut grooves for door hinges with it.

Cutting round and elliptical grooves

To cut grooves in the shape of a circle or ellipse in wood with a hand router, use compass devices. The simplest compass for a router consists of a rod. One end of it is connected to the base of the router, and the other is equipped with a screw and pin. The pin is inserted into a hole that acts as the center of a circle, along the contour of which a groove is formed. To change the radius of the groove circle, for which such a compass for a router is used, it is enough to move the rod relative to the base of the router. More convenient to use are compass devices, the design of which includes two rods rather than one.

Equipment operating on the principle of a compass is a fairly common type of device used to work with a router. With their help, it is very convenient to mill shaped grooves with different radii of curvature. As mentioned above, the typical design of such a device, which you can make yourself, includes a screw with a pin that can move along the groove of the device and thereby allows you to adjust the radius of the groove being created.

In cases where it is necessary to create a hole of small diameter with a milling cutter on wood or other material, a different type of equipment is used. A design feature of such devices, which are fixed on the bottom of the router base, is that their pin, installed in the central hole on the workpiece, is located under the base of the power tool being used, and not outside it.

Base Corner Guides
Centering pin Compass assembly. Bottom view Compass assembly. View from above

Using special devices, you can use a hand router to create not only round, but also oval holes in wood. The design of one of these devices includes:

• a base that can be fixed to the wood product being processed with vacuum suction cups or screws;
• two shoes that move along intersecting guides;
• two mounting rods;
• bracket connecting the base of the device to the router.

Due to special grooves in the bracket of such a device, its base plate is easily aligned in the same plane with the base of the router. If this equipment is used to perform milling along a round contour, then one shoe is used, and if along an oval contour, then both. The cut made with such a device is of higher quality than if it was made using a jigsaw or band saw. This is explained by the fact that processing with the milling cutter used in this case is carried out by a tool that rotates at high speed.

Devices for fast and high-quality milling of grooves on narrow surfaces

Any home craftsman can answer the question of how to make grooves for door hinges or a lock. For these purposes, as a rule, a drill and an ordinary chisel are used. Meanwhile, you can perform this procedure much faster and with less labor if you take a milling cutter equipped with a special device for this purpose. The design of such a device, with the help of which grooves of various widths can be created on narrow surfaces, is a flat base fixed to the base of the router. On the base, which can have either a round or rectangular shape, two pins are installed, the task of which is to ensure the straight movement of the router during processing.

The main requirement that the attachment to a milling cutter of the design described above must meet is that the axes of the guide pins must be in line with the center of the cutter used for processing wood. If this condition is met, then the groove made at the end of the workpiece will be located strictly in its center. To move the groove to one side, just put a sleeve of the appropriate size on one of the guide pins. When using a similar attachment on a hand router, you need to ensure that the guide pins are pressed against the side surfaces of the workpiece during processing.

It is possible to ensure the stability of the router when processing narrow surfaces without special devices. This problem is solved using two boards, which are attached to both sides of the workpiece in such a way as to form one plane with the surface on which the groove is made. When using this technological technique, the router itself is positioned using a parallel stop.

Milling devices for processing bodies of revolution

Many accessories for manual milling machines, made by users to suit their needs, do not have serial analogues. One of these devices, the need for which arises quite often, is a device that facilitates the process of cutting grooves in rotating bodies. Using such a device, in particular, you can easily and accurately cut longitudinal grooves on posts, balusters and other wood products of a similar configuration.

Milling cutter and frame assembly Carriage for router Dividing disk

The design of this device is:

• frame;
• mobile milling carriage;
• a disk used to set the rotation angle;
• screws that secure the workpiece being processed;
• locking screw

If such a device is additionally equipped with a simple drive, which can be used as a conventional drill or screwdriver, then milling on it can successfully replace processing performed on a lathe.

Tenon milling device

A tenon-cutting device for a router allows high-precision processing of parts connected using the tongue-and-groove principle. The most versatile of these devices allow you to mill various types of tenons (dovetail and straight). The operation of such a device involves a copying ring, which, moving along a groove in a special template, ensures precise movement of the cutter in a given direction. To make one yourself, you must first select the groove patterns for which it will be used.

Several additional options for expanding the functionality of the router

Why do you need to create additional devices to equip a hand router, which is already a fairly functional device? The fact is that such devices will allow you to turn your manual router into a full-fledged processing center. So, by fixing a manual milling cutter on a guide (this can be), you can not only make the process of using it easier, but also increase the accuracy of the operations performed. The design of such a useful device does not contain complex elements, so making it for a router and drill with your own hands will not be difficult.

Many home craftsmen, wondering how to work with a hand router with even greater efficiency, make a functional work table for this tool. Naturally, such a table can also be used for other equipment (for example, a circular saw or electric drill).

If you do not have a manual milling machine at your disposal, then this problem can be solved with the help of special devices that allow you to successfully perform milling on a serial lathe. Using a milling attachment for a lathe, you can significantly expand the functionality of serial equipment (in particular, use it to process planes, make grooves and grooves, and process various parts along the contour). It is also important that such a device for a lathe does not have a complicated design, and making it yourself will not be a big problem.