Posted: 4/15/2024 4:40:32 PM EDT
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Anyone know of any cool router templates? Something besides Cutting boards and Charcuterie trays? I found this site that has some for making Speaker Pods, door panels and other designs, since I'm into Car Audio. They are a bit more than I want to spend, but might try one. I got my hands on a couple of wood routers (a used Black n Decker, a Porter Cable and a Harbor Freight) and I maybe getting a small router table, I thought it might be cool to learn how use a router and make a few things. |
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Originally Posted By Boom_Stick:
""AKs are for villagers you have to tell not to shit in their water supply.""
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Can't recall ever buying a router template, but they're easy to make. Anything in particular you're looking for? Most of the hand held routing I wind up doing is nothing more than edge profiles, but they sure do make life easier. |
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Originally Posted By czechsix: Can't recall ever buying a router template, but they're easy to make. Anything in particular you're looking for? Most of the hand held routing I wind up doing is nothing more than edge profiles, but they sure do make life easier. Naa, Nothing in particular, just seeing whats out there... I'm like a kid with a short attention span.... OHHH SHINEY!!!!! Wait, whats that... :) |
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Originally Posted By Boom_Stick:
""AKs are for villagers you have to tell not to shit in their water supply.""
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Originally Posted By Boom_Stick:
""AKs are for villagers you have to tell not to shit in their water supply.""
why, oh why GOD WAS I BORN IN CALIFORNIA..
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Originally Posted By czechsix: Can't recall ever buying a router template, but they're easy to make. Anything in particular you're looking for? Most of the hand held routing I wind up doing is nothing more than edge profiles, but they sure do make life easier. Templates (and routers) are where it is at for being able do a bunch of any particular cut a bunch of times in a row with ease. If you want them all exactly the same sort of stuff...  Porter Cable routers and templates are some of the best out there in my opinion. The older the better... :)  |
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I run a cnc router a laser business on the side. If you can’t find what you want/need let me know. I’ve never used a router template to be honest. I’ve have a cnc router for so long I don’t really have the need. The only time I would is if it was something too big for my cnc or I had work holding issues. |
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Originally Posted By Quicky06: I run a cnc router a laser business on the side. If you can’t find what you want/need let me know. I’ve never used a router template to be honest. I’ve have a cnc router for so long I don’t really have the need. The only time I would is if it was something too big for my cnc or I had work holding issues. Same for the CNC router (no biz), but after following OP's link to templates I think mine might be engaged in a new career. 
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Originally Posted By midmo: Same for the CNC router (no biz), but after following OP's link to templates I think mine might be engaged in a new career. |
LARUEMINATI
NRA Endowment Life Member
Originally Posted By Boom_Stick:
""AKs are for villagers you have to tell not to shit in their water supply.""
NRA Endowment Life Member
Originally Posted By Boom_Stick:
""AKs are for villagers you have to tell not to shit in their water supply.""
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Originally Posted By smullen: Do it, start yourself an Etsy store till it takes off... Then do your own website/ store. Originally Posted By smullen: Originally Posted By midmo: Same for the CNC router (no biz), but after following OP's link to templates I think mine might be engaged in a new career. That's pretty much my retirement income plan, summed up in two phrases.  Don't mean to drag the thread OT, but you say you do it for a side business... do you stay pretty busy? Custom stuff, or are you cranking out multiple doodads and whatzits for general Etsy consumption? |
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I use a ton of router templates because I can't affort a CNC yet. Check out Crafted Elements. |
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Originally Posted By zombievt: I use a ton of router templates because I can't affort a CNC yet. Check out Crafted Elements. |
LARUEMINATI
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Originally Posted By Boom_Stick:
""AKs are for villagers you have to tell not to shit in their water supply.""
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Originally Posted By Boom_Stick:
""AKs are for villagers you have to tell not to shit in their water supply.""
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Originally Posted By smullen: I want to order a few templates off there to make something for my wife and sister. Originally Posted By smullen: Originally Posted By zombievt: I use a ton of router templates because I can't affort a CNC yet. Check out Crafted Elements. With the car audio stuff I always made my templates out of MDF. If it was something I was going to do a bunch of I’d make one out of plexiglass or ABS off of the MDF one to keep around. Different radio faces, speaker rings, commonly used pod components, ect. Stuff outside of that was usually one off so I didn’t save anything to speak of. You can build and do a bunch of cool shit with a router. |
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I'm still learning. Here's someone with Router skills. He makes jigs to make more complex jigs. And a router table. The plans to make each component is in the video.  20 Simple Router Trimmer Hacks | Japanese Woodworking |
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I’ve made a lot of jigs myself, mostly for speaker pods and speaker enclosures, with my own router along with strips of 1/4” wood and carpet tape (I used to use staples before I figured out how well carpet tape works). Once you get a part you like, you keep it as a jig for future duplicates. I need to clean that corner of my garage soon anyway since the box of them broke open, I can probably post some pics of what I’m talking about when I get to that. (I did high end car audio for 20+ years.) |
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Originally Posted By TREETOP: I've made a lot of jigs myself, mostly for speaker pods and speaker enclosures, with my own router along with strips of 1/4" wood and carpet tape (I used to use staples before I figured out how well carpet tape works). Once you get a part you like, you keep it as a jig for future duplicates. I need to clean that corner of my garage soon anyway since the box of them broke open, I can probably post some pics of what I'm talking about when I get to that. (I did high end car audio for 20+ years.) I'd be interested on seeing them. If you want to keep them, replace the broken boxes with totes... Then mark on the totes what's in them |
LARUEMINATI
NRA Endowment Life Member
Originally Posted By Boom_Stick:
""AKs are for villagers you have to tell not to shit in their water supply.""
NRA Endowment Life Member
Originally Posted By Boom_Stick:
""AKs are for villagers you have to tell not to shit in their water supply.""
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Originally Posted By smullen: I'd be interested on seeing them. If you want to keep them, replace the broken boxes with totes... Then mark on the totes what's in them That’s the plan. I have a whole wall of shelves in the garage with 11 gallon bins. And some smaller ones. I’ve been slowly going through them and consolidating, and giving a lot 9f unused stuff to Goodwill. I’ll take some pics when I get to that part of the garage. |