Each bit of advice here has been dutifully followed. Templates, etc. And just got a Triton JOF001 - 1010W Compact Precision Plunge Router 230V which apparently can be changed/adjusted from above the table.
Just wanted to thank you all for taking the time to deal with a complete beginner!
Some fantastic advice here. Very grateful for your time. I’d figured a table would make it easier to see what I was doing but more especially save a lot of clamping unclamping turning clamping etc. Though a template was new to me.
And that table and router kit in one looks worth investigating...
These sticks of plywood have sharp edges. So I want them all smooth. Sandpaper took far too long. The round over bit made the edges safer for small hands. Half a millimetre out and it cut a step in the wood so seems to need to be accurate?
I’m not a dedicated woodworker but would be very grateful for guidance on this one project, please.
I need to shape half a dozen pieces of 9mm plywood, 600mm x 60mm, after rough cutting the shapes with a jigsaw.
Then roundover with a 3mm bit. And do this over the year ten or twenty times. So you...