Making a form. Need help fast?

[Tyler Langston]

I looked on kennys website and seen how he trimmed his form using a router to get a square edge. I am going to do the same thing but I got lost where he uses the router to trim the form. Because if the bit only cuts 1/4 in down and the form is 2 in thick or in my case 1.75 in thick how do you take the rest of the form off?

[Robertfishes]

he's using a pattern bit( bearing on top) and making 2 passes, read his post again.. I bought a 2 inch long bit with the bearing on the bottom and use a router table. I tried to do it by hand but found the table works better for me. I can route my forms with one pass.
First you have to have a template, I start off just like Kenny,draw, cut with band saw.. the only difference is I'm using a Router Table and a bit with the bearing on the bottom, Route one  half of the form , then screw template on other side, route it and check for any gouges, high or low spots, I had 2 tiny little digs on the last form I built and I just filled them in with bondo.  I had never used a router before and found the table was the way to go for ME.

[bjansen]

Tyler, how long is your router bit and what kind is it...if it is a flush cut bit with the bearing on the top next to the collet..then do the following:

What you will do it make your first pass with the bearing riding on your template..Go slow, make a nice clean cut. Then take the template off and use that nice clean cut as your template, then move your bit down by changing the depth on your router setting.  Keep doing that until you make it to the bottom.  

Note, Im sure you know, but make sure on the last cut you have the form lifted off the table so your bit doesnt catch something it shouldnt.  

Good luck

[kennym]

Tyler,I sent a pm,but it says almost same as Robert and Brad!!

I clamp my form to bench securely with the edge hanging over the edge of bench.

You probably know this also,but the router works better feeding it where you have to push it along,not where it tries to run off with ya!!

[Robertfishes]

Tyler, Brad and Kenny have built plenty of forms. I have only built 2, both of mine are perfect Because I got great advise from These 2 guys and several others on OLD threads, when I had a question I first used the search function and found plenty of threads to read, lots of information can be had in a matter of seconds..if you search for it..I have one of Kennys R/D "build a longs" saved in my favorites that way I can go to it when I need to..

[Scott F]

I recommend that you buy a router bit with a 1/2" shank.  I was advised that over time, if you use the method cited above, a 1/4" shank could bend enough so that your surface would not be square.  This may only happen if you really extend the bit and push hard into the surface of the wood.

Having said that, I used this method last night and couldn't believe how well it worked and I am certainly not a pro with a router.  My template bit has only a 1/4" shank too...

I WILL use this method for every additional form that I EVER make, it is as close to fool proof as I imagine it could be.