Complete Illustrated Guide to Routers - Lonnie Bird

Get the most from your router!

The router is the most versatile tool you can own. Routers excel at shaping decorative profiles, but they can do so much more. Outfitted with the right bits and accessories, a router can also cut grooves, flush-trim, raise panels, and cut nearly every joint used to build cabinets, doors, drawers, and furniture.

Table of contents:
- Choosing Routers
- All about bits
- Router tables
- Common cuts
- Edging and molding
- Flush-trimming
- Router joinery
- Doors and drawers
- Template routing
- Special operations

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lonnie Bird is a professional woodworker and woodworking teacher operating his own school in Dandridge, Tennessee. He also designs router bits and router accessories for the nation's top manufactures. A contributor to Fine Woodworking, Bird is also the author of The Shaper Book, The Bandsaw Book, Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood, and Complete Illustrated Guide to Using Woodworking Tools.