Routers Beyond Roundovers | I Can Do That! 

I, too, am a router newbie. I had been a teacher, coach and trainer for about 30 years, so I can easily appreciate the planning and skills in the setup for these lessons. It was right there at my experience and head level. I've used different tools and skillsets, but this class is going to help me with projects almost immediately, so I am totally appreciative. Thanks already. As I sat to have my dinner on my deck, my eyes started looking around at the woodcraft around me, chairs, railings, shelves, steps, supports and flowerboxes. Oh, God am I going to have a wonderful time with my new tool when it arrives this weekend. Wish me luck. I'm just planning on enjoying, planning and careful execution. Thanks.

Great video! Just what a newbie like me needs. I too appreciated no music, no screaming or shouting into the camera like some other presentations I have watched! Very clear and yes - for those who commented about MDF - I did get that you need a mask when cutting MDF; you did say that in the video and you were only cutting a very small amount of it. Good job and thank you.

Very nicely done !! I'm a relatively new woodworker and a novice with a router. This was very helpful to me. I'm sure to many others as well. Andrew, Thanks for sharing your thoughts and videos, Rodney

No frills, presentation is straightforward. Just what i needed for a woodworking tutorial. I like what i see so my subscription is expected.

Simplify your circle jig. Pick a guide brushing. Drill a hole in the jig that matches the OD of the brushing. Put the brushing on the router and just drop into the hole and go. This eliminates the need to screw the router to the jig.

I failed woodworking classes miserably preferring tech drawing instead. Back then we only used hand tools. The router is an extremely useful tool. Nice video on the basics of using this tool. Top marks to you.

If you put the two pieces on top of each other, the first groove would also be transferred to the bottom piece as you go through the top piece. Then all you had to do was finish the second one off. You'd have identical grooves.

Lovely jubbly and bubblyly done I just bought Palm router and wanted to learn how to router and came a cross your channel You have explained beautifully and I will have a go, thanking you from Kathmandu for sharing

Your good! I was also a trainer/instructor for many years. You do present in a vary systematic way. Really enjoyed and learned from your presentation.

Excellent explanation....you are very patient and a very clear tutor

Thank you! Most channels focus on showing using a router on a router table.

Very well explained! I had no knowledge of routers, but I know how to use one now. Thanks for your time making this video. 👍🏼👌🏼

To make accurate centers for drilling holes to match something like a router base, just take out a drill bit from your set of bits that is the same size as the hole, place it in the hole and hit it with something - a piece of scrap wood, a hammer, whatever. Viola, a centered mark. Even a old, blunt drill is good enough. If you are doing this sort of thing regularly you can buy a set of 'Transfer Punches' from any number of online sources that will mark wood, steel or plastic without being damaged.

Thank you for not screaming and hollering - and also for NOT having background noise.

Good video. Points to note though, if you make your cut in 2 or 3 passes your bit will stay sharper for longer you won't burn the workpiece you'll avoid the potential of the bit deflecting, possibly snapping under load ruining the workpiece and causing yourself serious injury

I’m very glad you explain every detail in your video which is very helpful to router newbies. I enjoyed your tutorial.

I really like this guy. A good teacher can translate his or her knowledge and experience into demonstrations that follow logical progressions and "cover all the bases." Hope to find more of his videos. I learned a lot today. Than You!

Thanks for the “Plunge-Motion” tip! - 👍🏼

Trim routers are very good for there convenient mechanism, not heavy, meaning lots of work simple and faster, change of bits simple etc .

Very nice laid back demonstration. I am new to wood working and I have never used a router, here I go. Thanks

Great teaching skills! As a former trainer/teacher I enjoy watching a "natural" go step-by-step without sounding condescending. Thanks for sharing your talent and passion. I think even I can learn to use a router. God bless... Wait, I just hit the "subscribe" button. LOL

Good narrative, no wasted words, but nothing left out, either. Thanks. I'm already liking my router better.

Nice video. All good tips. I made a router table out of scrap wood. It makes it easier making rabbit cuts. But you showed me so ideas for free hand. I need to look into a compos cutting jig for my router. Never saw one before. Making one for a one time use is simple, now that you showed me and is a great idea. Thanks for the great tips. Barry

Nice video! Good presentation skills. One suggestion I'd make for the dado process. I noted some tear out at the end of both passes. A simple backer board will eliminate this, and is always a worthwhile tip to include.

Excellent...and no awful music. Great pacing and commentary

What I like most about you is, you're such a cool person, and the way you explain in details, bravo brother, I learnt something from you. Cheers.

If I can give any one advice, an I’m no pro but the best thing I ever learned is to sneak up on the cut! Especially when working with ply woods, dimensions very so much from one piece to the next. Lines are just reference marks to get you close.

Exact concise explanations without wasted time. Great!

Thank you for the excellent explanations!

This guy is real and humble 😎👍

Nice job. If you cut the far side of the dado first, you can use a spacer the same thickness of the material and cut the second pass. This way, it's not necessary to measure and set twice. Papa Mel

Very nice informative video, Andrew..!! Just something I needed, as a newbie in woodworking.

Great video, beautifully explained, useful close up shots. Thank you for taking the time to post!

I just biught a router and never used one before. Very helpful video. Thanks for uploading

Routers beyond roundovers are fun. Cheers!

Excellent video, thank you for showing

Thank you very much. That video is so helpful for me to learn how to use the router in different ways.

Amazing, simple and to the point. Thanks for the lesson Andrew!!

NICE CAMERA WORK TOO !

Excellent thank you very much, really appreciate your time.

Thank you ! Well appreciated content❤

Excellent and straight to the point, thank you so much!!!

Great video. Lots covered in one shot. Thanks

Excellent, thanks for the idea.

Great video. I didn't close it in case I couldn't find it again! Yes, I have now subscribed, so I can close it. I am surprised to see so many people offering you advice. I thought this was a vid for beginners like me who really appreciate the no-nonsense, step by step approach. This single video will make a big difference to how I use my router. It is impossible to cover everything in 30mins but you covered a lot, everyone knows and accepts there are multiple ways to skin every cat. I'm looking for star knobs online so I can make the dado jig!

I REALLY love your simplicity, and how you aren't trying to be fancy and really speak to us, beginners. It feels like a nice simple place to learn from. Thank you!

Ooooo! cool! EXACTLY what I was looking for!

Heaps of tips, especially a beginner like myself, I'll try couples, rabitting and compass guide. Thanks heaps.

Excellent video and great teacher. I was only going to watch the first 5 minutes but it got so interesting that I watched the whole clip Now if one could only have a hand router or a table router, which is the best option.

Is it okay to just hold your breath while working a piece until you're done or is it all about the dust particles that are flying around afterwards? I see so many people put a mask on but then take it off the second they turn off the machine. And thanks, very informative video here

Good watch. Not new to using a router just never learned these techniques.

Thanks for sharing, keep the good work.

Wow, I was going to add some critique, but seems you have a bin full already. Everyone's a critic. Great to see some instruction like this for those who are less than experienced with a router.

Wow... thank you for sharing bright ideas!! God bless.

Awesome. Just needed that jig for my garage cabinet! Subscribed.

Great refresher, I use the router so infrequent so this helps get reacquainted with the tool

Im mexican and my english is not so good but he explane very well I like it

I’m in the business for more than two decades. I RECOGNIZE your SIMPLICITY…. Not a lot of “bla bla bla” Straight to the point. Easy to understand. You are not trying to impress any body. That’s the result of that 1.5 millions of views. Congratulations!!!

What a great video......I am going to make this today....thxs

Thanks for sharing!

Very easy to follow and great tips

Very good I like it ,thank you for your time mate old jimmy Australia

Consider turning the screw over on the metal guide so you aren’t fighting with space between tabletop when adjusting.

Most excellent !!! Thank you ! I love the close up camera, and ur teaching style is great-Being a first time router lover newbie, I really need this video !!thank you hope u make more shows !!!

If you take a close at the router he hasn't fully locked the depth adjustment, you can see the locked and unlocked picture on the plastic housing of the router. There is a extra click when you are securing the base back on to the router that locks the depth screw into place on this particular Bosch router. If its not engaged you will end up with a deeper plow than expected in the middle or end of your run.

Thanks, all of it useful to me. I just bought a router. And first time I’ve bought MDF, it looks so messy 😅

Excellent video, very clear and easy to understand, just won yourself a new subscriber.

Cool work techniques ! Thanks for the demo 💯

very informative! Thanks!

Thank you sir !

I like how you explain everything great job be watching you 👍

I like that dado jig, I do. I'll be building one next day or two. Actually probably right after watching this. I'm going to be making christmas gifts soon, (all my scrap wood) will be glued into color pattern panels, for desk top speakers, stash boxes with hidden compartments, and hopefully I can find some patterns for some 3D wooden puzzles, that kind of stuff. Dado joints are very useful and strong. I can't waite I have purchased some other stock like walnut for example to mix up the colors. Great video thanks.

Great advise about starting with an inexpensive set and replacing the ones you love to use. Where were you when I bought the the expensive singles that are still shiny clean ten years latter? Enjoy all your videos. Keep 'em coming!

Loved to watch your video... Thank you so much making everything so simple and easy. Moreover, your voice and gestures are just amazing.

Thank you Andrew, very useful video class.

Choking on the MDF dust just watching! MDF dust is the next asbestos!!!

If you use a square router bit, you could make square corners vs those rounded ones - no chisel needed. LOL

First time watching your video. I will watch all that you have. I just got another table saw and a router and can't wait to do some things. Your style of teaching is superior. Thank you.

Andrew, Love your detailed tutorage but just an observation- you could look to reverse the lock nut on your edge guide so that you don't have to fiddle with it upside down and between the bench and guide where space is limited. i.e. the locknut is upside down?

Great video!! Smile sometimes, it’s fun!!!

I didnt watch the entire video but don't forget to inform viewers a router MUST travel from left to right or a clockwise direction otherwise doing the opposite direction pushes the router in an unwanted direction . Clockwise pulls the router fence to the work piece which is the correct procedure. Good Luck fellow woodworkers.

Very well explained 👍👏

Thank you for this video. I'm making a speaker cabinet and have never used a router. This covered the three or four things I was hoping to learn.

Thank you for this video,nicely explained

Having been bit before... I always check the on/off switch before plugging in the cord. Messing around with adjustments, changing bit, etc. can accidentally flip the switch.

That and so much more! T-track and keyholes are two other operations one can do easily with a compact router.

Thanks for making this video , exactly what I was looking for , and answered a few questions I had .

As always really easy useful jigs thank you and Andrew u are doing a good job u r easy 2 listen 2 and understand

Love your style. Keep up the good work

If I may suggest a pencil that fits nicely in those slots....the DIXON REACH is a thin pencil and I use an old fashioned wall mount pencil sharpener to keep a pin point tip on it. Just a thought for your consideration. Oh, and I don’t work for or receive and royalties from Dixon...it’s just a pencil I stumbled upon that I really like for tight places requiring a fine point line.

Wonderful video. Well made, easy to understand and at the right pace Thank You

Nice video production..and good insight. One tip, I'd set the fence first with the bit flush with the router base so you can actually get super accurate with it, then set the bit depth. Just an order change. Thanks for the vid !

Excellent

Really good camera work and editing! Don’t change your style or shop, don’t get fancy and fast w the editing or add background music- this is great teaching. I could devote my attention to what you were doing w/o having to filter out those distractions. Thanks!

Good stuff

Thank you very much my friend, I got many things from your perfect video.

Good Video Some Good Tips

Great stuff... Thanks👍😊🙏

I spent dust deputy for about $50.00 on Amazon .rubber connector on Lowes with metal clamp on each side, hook it on my Router even on MDF it suck all the dust plus I also wear a paper mask .Dust deputy save money buying filter for my Shop Vac. I have also a hanging air filtration I bought on Home Depot , plus a Grizzly Central vac for my table saw. Take care of your lungs for a long years of wood working. You are very talented fellow God Bless

Great video, thanks for breaking it down Barney style. Just got back into woodworking and this was a great refresher.