Routing small stock with 1400 router

[suds]

I have the 1400 router and wondered how good it is ar workingg with small stock?  I have a project that has pieces of less than 6". Have the 1080 setup but haven't worked with this small material.

 

[Festool Hill]

I have the 1400 router and wondered how good it is ar workingg with small stock?  I have a project that has pieces of less than 6". Have the 1080 setup but haven't worked with this small material.

I've used mine on a very thin piece of oak stock doing a dado and it worked great it was 6" wide and 1/2" thick. Great router

 

[billg71]

The 1400 has(obviously) a larger base but it also has a larger hole for the guide bushing adapter and that makes it a bit "tippy" when edge routing around corners.
The Hard-Fiber Base Runner really helps.

You can also get one for the OF1010.

Or just make yourself an extended baseplate out of polycarb or phenolic.

HTH,
Bill

 

[suds]

I have to route some grooves on edge on a 1" edge and 6" length.  I've never done anything this small.

 

[Ken Nagrod]

If a trim router or MFK 700 is in your budget, that would work better, I think.

 

[Vindingo]

Make a jig that holds your 6" pieces in place and provides adequate support for the router. 

 

[mouppe]

That scares me a lot. I would make a jig and use a router table, or cut it by hand with a scratch stock or beading tool, or router or plough plane.

 

[fdengel]

Make a jig that holds your 6" pieces in place and provides adequate support for the router. 

+1

I would probably be using a jig to push this one on a router table rather than using a handheld router, but either way...

 

[suds]

No router table so I am going to have to figure out some type of jig to "nestle" the stock under the guide rail.

 

[CDM]

I've had good results with both jigs (usually stop blocks in thinner stock) and those perforated non-slip foam pads.

 

[semenza]

So you are putting the groove (shape of groove?) in the 1" edge of the piece?

Can you secure the work piece on edge solidly?  MFT with blocks and clamping elements? Dogs to keep it from moving in any direction? That will make this much more doable.

Use two edge guides on one set of rods for the 1400. Place the guide on opposite sides of the router and up against the work piece. Adjust so the bit is centered. Place the piece in the "holder". Route. Next piece.

This set up has a similar effect to the Festool Plexiglass  router guide.

Seth

 

[pugilato]

Perhaps carpet-taping the piece to a larger piece that can be clamped down?

 

[suds]

I've played with it today and it looks like I can use my dogs and pretty much surround it with the same thickness stock and clamping elements to make it pretty secure.  It sure won't move so that should be all I would need to do.