#What kind of router do i need for small projects?

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true cave
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Hello, i recently began with woordturning and want to make "holders" for epoxy eggs i created. Now the holder is just a flat circle of wood about 2 to 3 cm thick and 10cm in diameter. I want to route the edges of it to be beveled or round. So that 's what i would need the router for.

I have been looking for a couple of days now but there are so many kinds i don't know wether a normal hand router of 6mm is enough or does it need to be bigger or have a side trim option as that is supposedly easier to do the sides with.

I kind of want a all purpose machine so i'm guessing a table router would be out of the question but you guys know that better then me.

So mainly it's for small woodworking projects but i also want to use it for things a little bigger like "small" tables.
What would you guys recommend a beginner that hasn't even used a router before?
Thank you for your time.

warm brook
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Do you have any powertools at the moment ?

frigid folio
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Would a countersink bit in a chuck on your lathe serve the same purpose?

warm brook
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I screw my DeWalt 604 tp a piece of MDF to hold it down to use it apropos a table router. It is also of course dandy when cut loose as a hand router.

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Bonus if you already have DW tools, of course.

cerulean eagle
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Sorry, my American brain misread your cm but there

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A trim/ router is probably what your looking for. Also probably the most versatile of the routers

frigid folio
cerulean eagle
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I've heard really good things about the Bosch colt trim router. It's corded but it's a solid machine for the price

frigid folio
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I feel like if you have any sort of inkling that you might want to have it set up in a router table then getting a full sized router is the way to go I think.

true cave
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@warm brook Yes i do own some power tools. Oh, so i can get a hand router then attach it to table? That seems like a really good solution, But how does the router stay on as i read some of them have 2 buttons that need to be pressed at the same time or is this a feature it must have or something?
@frigid folio I'm not really sure, i've seen some machines do that but i think those are automated and or have the ability to move up and down which i don't have.

warm brook
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The DeWalt router I mentioned has a simple on off switch and is as a consequence happy to operate screwed upside down to a plank 🙂

cerulean eagle
true cave
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Cool, then i will just do that. Thank you guys. On a side note do they all have their specific drill bit size or does a 6mm bit fit in a 8mm router and or vice versa?

woeful fable
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6mm bits will fit in a 6mm collet and thats it.
8mm bits will fit in an 8mm collet, and thats it.
Routers will usually have interchangable collets, but you cannot clamp from one size to the other.

the shank may be 6/8mm, but the cutter itself may be larger. ie, an 8mm shank bit might be 19mm on the cutting end

warm brook
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I think my DeWalt came with ¼", 6mm and 8mm

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Either that or I've got two 6mm's and I've been wanging ¼" bits into it.

cerulean eagle
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My full size Dewalt came with collets for 2 sizes of shaft. From what I understand, trim routers only use the smaller shift size