I’m new to woodworking. On a lark, my mother-in-law bought me a PC-690LR router a few months ago as a Xmas gift. Having used a crappy Sears/Craftsman router in the past, I fell instantly in love with it.
Now my mother-in-law has become the “router fairy.” She just bought me the new Bosch 1617EVSPK router. This is the kit with both a plunge and fixed base. 2 1/4-HP (I think). She also got me the accessory kit with the edge guide and a bunch of other stuff.
So here’s my question. What the heck do I do with all these accessories? I don’t even know what half of them are for!
– Toolfreak
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I'd make my mother-in-law a coffin.
A guy finds a bottle with a genie in it.
The genie says he can have 2 wishes but there's just one condition.
Whatever he gets, his mother-in-law gets double.
After a few minutes of considered reflection he tells the genie he wants $1m and to be beaten half to death :)John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking
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See this router website for some examples.
Would not be a bad idea to check library and community colleges for woodworking classes and such. Taunton, has a library of woodworking and routing reference books. Routing is simply another application intensive tool for woodworking.
Sounds like she wants grandchildren.
There's always a string (or power cord or umbilical cord) attached. :-)
Mark
Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.
"Sounds like she wants grandchildren. ..."
I dunno -- could be she's buying the tools to keep him away from her daughter!
:')
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Toolfreak,
Just say, "Thank you" and build her a nice jewelry box! Ask Norm how many routers is too many. lol
Seriously, I started with one 1617EVS and put it in a table. Then I bought the PK so I'd have both bases and another motor for hand-held applications. Last year, I bought my Jet cabinet saw when they had the Bosch 1617EVS as a bonus. A few months ago, I got a Hitachi M12V (3HP) to have a more powerful machine in my table.
Oh, also -- I purchased a PC trim router, then an HF trim router, then another HF trim router. If you count the ancient Craftsman 1.5HP router I inherited from my father, thats a total of eight routers. Heck, I even have the router table attachment for my Dremel tool now that I think of it!
Do I use all of them? Sooner or later, yes. I keep a 1/4" roundover in one trim router since I always seem to need it. Another trim router has a laminate bit in it. The other routers get whatever bit is needed for a particular task.
Yeah, the accessories -- you'll use most of them sooner or later.
Give your MIL a big hug!
Regards,
Bill Arnold - Custom Woodcrafting
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> Just say, "Thank you" and build her a nice jewelry box!
.... Or ask your wife what sort of hand-made woodworking gift her mom might like.
-- J.S.
Does you wife have a sister?
"What the heck do I do with all these accessories?" Put them in a safe place where you can find them! You'll use 'em, believe me, and be so glad they're there when the time comes. And, no you never have too many routers. I'm finding it very, very handy to have a laminate trimmer, a PC fixed base, a PC plunge and a Freud plunge. Won't even give up the sweet older Craftsman I found in storage last month.
I agree with whomever said "Make her a jewelry box and say 'Thanks!'"
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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ToolFreak,
I'd start leaving brochures lying around for some high-end stationary machines. :-)
Greg
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