Jointing on router table

[niki]

Good day

This set-up is a little bit controversial. Some people think that it's safe enough and some, think that it's dangerous operation.

I use this set-up just to "skim" or "shave" some 0.008"~0.012" at every pass just to get nice and tight glue line. It also gives me a very consistent width of the workpieces.

I made it in stages, first I tried without any feather boards and it worked very good but then, I decided to add feather boards (first, wooden and later, iron) so the workpiece will be held or pressed to the straight edge.

On one of my test I pushed the wood intentionally into the bit but the bit only dug into the wood...

Later I added additional fence that is not only giving me more safety (it sits some 0.04" from the workpiece and covering almost all the bit) but also means to re-adjust the straight edge for different workpieces width very quickly.

one important note; the straight edge length must be at list double the length of the board being jointed (I have a 10' straight ebge that covers most of my needs).

So I leave it to you to decide if it is safe for you or not...

Regards
niki

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[niki]

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On the following pictures, I added the fence...
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[niki]

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[Robofsemi]

Very nice descriptive post. I just ordered a new router table and it comes with instructions on how to use it as a jointer. if it doesn't work well I may follow your lead. Thanks.