Power Tools & Carpentry Skills : How to Use a Router

Using a router involves deciding on the right bit for the job and riding the router down a length of wood to carve an edge or over a surface for a design. Ride a router safely, keeping hair and wires out of the way with instructions from an experienced builder in this free video on carpentry tools.

Expert: Robert Markey
Bio: Robert Markey is an artist who works in several media including painting, sculpture, installation, video and mosaics.
Filmmaker: EquilibrioFilms Erik

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• building
• carpentry
• home improvement
• home repair
• fix it
• diy
• do it yourself
• tools

[baethke2]

a router is the best tool in the shed

[19stoney64]

Please dont turn the router towards your body when your done and the bit is still spinning. Always turn the base away from your body unless you like getting hurt and ruining a good shirt. Bad mistake!

[Churros714]

perfect day to wear a flannel. 

[canubelieve]

@catspajamas01 No kidding. This particular "expert" dosen't know the difference between a cove bit and a beading bit. It's almost as if expert village intentionally seeks out the least knowlegable and skilled people for it's videos. They are consistantly terrible.

[CanineFaeces]

He doesn't explain that you should move the router in the direction, so that the bit cuts into the wood and doesn't run away from the wood.

[XSUPERTEDX]

what router do you use ?

[canubelieve]

This guy is a moron.

[paulreider]

it's a roundover bit not a cove bit, moron

[happydudetofu]

i don't no much about carpentry, but i used a router after sheeting walls to cut out windows.