This method often is more convenient than setting up a dado head and is preferred if you need to make only a few cuts. Great ideas, I would have sat in the garage all day trying to figure out a different way to do it without making any bit height or fence adjustments!

Similarly using a router in a router table loses the plunge router's ability to make plunging cuts such as hinge recesses (using a hinge jig), lock faceplate recesses, etc. This occurs in cabinetry construction to make drawers and cabinet backs as well as to join the tops of cabinets to cabinet sides.Most routers these days come with interchangeable 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch collets so you can swap between the different sizes if needed, however this isn’t always the case with the smaller palm routers as most only take the 1/4 inch shanks.

The purpose of the bearing is to allow you to easily guide your router bit along a piece of work so that your (normally) shaping or detailing work is kept straight and accurate.Quick, dirty, cheap and simple - but remember that you need to have some form of remote power switch on any router table to allow you to power it down with a hand or knee should things go wrong in the cut. Also telling me - " Yes, for a table you will require a 1/2 router that is more suitable" - even though their own site points to a Makita RT0700CX2 as an example - which is 1/4". Fittingly, the Roman Ogee bit creates a decorative S-shaped profile for molding, furniture, signs, or under any other circumstance when a beautiful S-shape is desired.