How To Use A Router Table As A Jointer

Rockler offers a set of Router Table Jointing Shims that make setting up to use your router as a joiner quick and painless.

How to use a router table as a jointer. The glue edge is just as good as using a jointer. Joint the First Board. Its a simple procedure - heres all thats involved.

By using a router table fence thats equipped with an offset fence youll be able to dial in the thickness of cut by adjusting the position of your infeed fence in relation to the outfeed side. This only works in router tables though and not the hand-held ones. For more information on the best router for your table read our reviews.

Using a router table as a jointer. If you have a table youre covered. In this short video furniture maker and Fine Woodworking contributing author Gregory Paolini demonstrates his technique for jointing wood on the router table.

You can use an inverted table-mounted router to straighten narrow edges. The first and most important step is. In order to use the router table as a jointer it is important that you offset the routers fences so that they are uneven.

2 Lay the board to be jointed work piece on your bench with none of the bench directly underneath the actual edge getting jointed. Place the piece that you want to be jointed on the router. Take note of the spacing between the edge of the bit and the outer edge of the bushing.

The set-up is fairly simple and straightforward. The main drawback is the time it takes to get the fence set up with the correct offset. Feed it into the router just as you would when using a jointer.