Yes, like Charles said, watch "The Router Workshop"

These dudes are a little over-zealous about using their router for EVERYTHING, but for a true router job, which C&B is, watching a few episodes should help you glean some good information.

I'm sort of a "Table Saw Workshop" kind of guy.

Like Rob said, too, buy a second router, and build your own jigs. Rather, how about a laminate trimmer? It would still spin your 1/4" bits, and you can also use it for flush cutting when building your coaming.

Shawn

Shawn

: Here's what I did to mill the bead and cove on my strips. I only milled one
: side at a time using an old 1 1/2 hp sears router and it worked great!!

: I had an old cheap Sears table-top router table on hand (which I never used)
: so I took the legs off and inlayed the "top" of it (which has
: the mounting screw holes for the router already in it) into the top of a
: 26" x 48" cabinet which I built with scrap 3/4" plywood. I
: put small jack bolts under the corners to make adjusting the height easy.

: I made a fence out of a couple of pieces of plywood 48" long and screwed
: together at 90*. I use 2 "c" clamps to lock it down. I cut a
: small dome shaped hole in the face of the fence adjacent to the router bit
: and added a small plywood box at the hole on the backside of the fence
: with a hole cut in it to recieve the end of my shop vac hose.

: I supply electricity to the shop vac and the router via a switch controlled
: recepticle which I usually lay up behind the fence for easy access.

: When I want to change the router bit, I just lift the table-top with router
: attached out of the hole, change the bit, then just plop it back into
: place.

: If you have ever seen a woodworking show called "The Router
: Workshop" then you know where I got the idea.

: Anyway, with a couple of finger boards to hold the strips snug to the fence
: and table, it does a good job.

: And . . . with the shop vac attached, nearly ALL of the shavings go into the
: vac instead of all over the shop!! I was really surprised at how well this
: little addition worked! It doesn't do as well for some bits, but for bead
: and cove bits, its hard to beat.

: So one more idea to mull over.

: Happy Building.

: Charles