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[Ned Swift]

Gordon

I do use a laminate trimmer router bit for key tops.  I use a 1/4" bit and 
the router is setup in a table complete with fence and safety guard that is 
designed by the manufacturer.  It doesn't work too bad but it is not 
perfect.  I use a 1/4" bit so that I don't have as much filing to do at the 
notch.  It is a bit tricky to work with particularly at the ends of the key 
and the notch. Clean up is then done with a file.

In all honesty, the thing scares me as you can loose control very quickly 
and it is not forgiving.  The first time I tried it, it grabbed the key and 
shot it at a high rate of speed across the room.  Fortunately, it hit an 
over stuffed chair and fell harmlessly to the floor but it could easily have 
hurt some one, namely me.  Needless to say, I was a bit shaken by the event.

I am seriously thinking of getting a small belt sander, say 1 inch, just for 
this task.  The belt doesn't move nearly as fast as the cutter on that 
router.

I don't consider my self to be a whimp when it comes to power tools as I 
regularly use table saws, band saws, large belt sanders , skill saws, chop 
saws, machine mills, welders, etc.  I even use the router, as it was made to 
be used, on large pieces of wood where it is the router that moves and not 
the piece of wood.

Does is work?  Yes, but scares the c**p out of me every time I use it. FWIW.

Ned Swift
Lowell, MI

PS. I come from an area where everybody either has a welder or access to 
one.  I believe the term is "red neck"  ;-)






>Does anyone use a laminate trimmer router bit for
>keytops? If not, why? If so, how, if you pleeze?
>      Thump
>


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