TimB
Member
Hi,
I am trying to cut some 1 1/2" deep, large dovetails into the end grain of a 3" sq. table leg - in hard european oak. Simple enough I thought, so I hogged out the majority of the waste with a straight cutter, on the router table - no problems there...
Swapped the straight cutter for the dovetail cutter, set the hight and off I went....horrible jarring sounds, motor not happy, really lousy finished cut. I have tried, different speeds, cutting the whole cut with the dovetail bit and finally swapping timbers. Anything softer works like a charm - fir / pine etc.
I have come to the inescapable conclusion that it is operator error ! (But fail to see what is going wrong...)
Can anyone help?[/i]
I am trying to cut some 1 1/2" deep, large dovetails into the end grain of a 3" sq. table leg - in hard european oak. Simple enough I thought, so I hogged out the majority of the waste with a straight cutter, on the router table - no problems there...
Swapped the straight cutter for the dovetail cutter, set the hight and off I went....horrible jarring sounds, motor not happy, really lousy finished cut. I have tried, different speeds, cutting the whole cut with the dovetail bit and finally swapping timbers. Anything softer works like a charm - fir / pine etc.
I have come to the inescapable conclusion that it is operator error ! (But fail to see what is going wrong...)
Can anyone help?[/i]