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A friend of mine asked me to make a false drawer front to replace a damaged one in his kitchen. It has a profile going around it. Can I use my router table with a profile bit or do I need a shaper machine?
Eddie
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I do all my drawer profiles on the router table.
Gary
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I don't own a shaper and have only seen one in action.
However, depending on the thickness of the drawer front and the complexity of the profile, I see no reason why a table mounted router couldn't be used.
I've done many edge profiles on my router table.
A couple of tips:
- cut the profile on the end grain section first. This way any splintering will be removed with the subsequent long grain cuts.
- Do not exceed a depth of cut that is greater than the width of the profile.
- Taking a very shallow cut on the last pass will leave you with a crisp detail.
- feathers boards help maintain proper pressure.
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As a general rule a router is more than adequate for simplified edge profiles.
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One off? Then the router table.
A whole kitchen? Maybe the shaper.
Everybody's kitchen and bathroom on the block? Then Shaper.
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