Re: routabout?? have you used one?

["Pete Shew" <ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian,
I've made a few Routabout holes and found it a very good bit of kit. Using
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a circular saw on a "just deep enough" setting is an alternative,
but its m=
essier, you need to be further from the wall and you need to find a way of
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making goods the hole.

The only slight problems I had were that I was using a Bosch 1/4"
router an=
d the Trend baseplate was thick enough to require the router bit to be
less=
far into the chuck than I would have liked. If you are buying a router for=
this purpose, you are probably better off getting a Trend one. You also ne=
ed a steady pair of hands to hold the router vertical as it tends to rock
o=
n the collar. Don't force it, let it cut and don't go down all the way on
t=
he first cut. As well as making sure the collet size is right, you need to
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check the thickness of your chipboard as there are two depths of bit.

SWMBO can also be a great help keeping the dust down with a vacuum cleaner
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as you go.

Pete
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On 26/06/2005 at 17:53 ianh1000 wrote:

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>a chipboard floor. SWMBO has convinced me to take out the wall=20
>between our kitchen and dinning room after taking me to see a
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>I don't think it is a load bearing wall but want to cut an access=20
>hole eaither side to check, also want to make some othe relectrical=20
>changes so have been looking at the best way to do this. The best=20
>option appears to be  TREND Routabout kit, have any of you used=20
>these? What do you think?
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>Just for a laugh I asked the housing developer if he could flood=20
>wire CAT5 or install Clipsal. He seemed to think that everything was=20
>wireless these days... Even worse you only get a car port for this=20
>money. This is not London but a cheap area in Buckinghamshire!!!
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