• waldenA
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    This will likely create a paradigm shift in joinery. Not just wood joining, either. Get ready to see skyscrapers get taller and bridges get longer.

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    Being serious for a moment, do you want feedback or am I just clearly missing the joke?

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      Learning to use the hand router and putting tongues and grooves on all my scrap wood.

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        That’s done by hand router?

        Dude, that’s legit then. I thought it was a table router when I first scrolled through and was feeling pity. Not so if that’s hand router work.

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                Thanks, for reference, that’s not a hand router. Hand routers are not electric. Look up stanley 71 for a common example.

                What you have is standard electric router. There are also compact electric routers (sometimes called trim routers).

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                  Well when I googled hand router only electric came up. Didn’t even occur to me there was a non electric version, I assumed it would be all chisel.

                  Looks cool, but exhausting.

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        The cuts all look fine, but I’m wondering if you want feedback on the joint you made.

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          Wasnt really a serious joint, just messing around. I’m sure if I slather it in wood glue it could work, but I know it doesn’t make sense.

          Curious, what were you going to say?

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            This joint would only be strong if the load was applied along long axis, but doesn’t really offer any additional strength over just two flat surfaces in that direction.

            In the direction perpendicular to the wide face, the joint is weak due to the direction of the grain in the short pieces. It would be a little stronger than a butt joint, but mostly due to the increased glue surface.

            In the last direction, perpendicular to the narrow faces, the joint is nearly the same as a butt joint except it has more glue surface.

            If you did want to join two boards with grain in these orientations (and assuming the two short pieces were longer in the direction perpendicular to the bench), then a mortise and tennon or half lap join would be recommended. You can use the router to cut both sides of the half lap, and it could cut the tennon. Without a router table with a good fence, I wouldn’t recommend using it to cut a deep mortise.

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    I wouldn’t put any load on it until it was stained. At least two coats and a sealer.