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How to access this tool

Drop-in use

Drop into the workshop during our opening hours to use this tool, but ask a technician if you need any training first.

Key information

Yellow tools require further training. Training will be available either in the form of a bookable tool training session, or by dropping into the space and making an arrangement with a technician.

A palm router (also known as a lam­in­ate trim­mer or trim­ming router) is prin­cip­ally used in wood­work­ing and has largely the same func­tions as a router but is inten­ded for thin­ner or smal­ler pro­jects. It uses a milling cut­ter housed in a small hand­held unit for cham­fer­ing, cut­ting grooves, slots, recesses, radii and oth­er shal­low profiles.

Please note

Palm routers are unsuit­able for heavy-duty router work.

What can I use this tool for?

Suited to cut­ting woods for pro­jects that have grooves, pock­ets and inlaid shapes.

Materials used with this tool

  • Woods only - No green wood

What training do I need to use this tool?

To get trained on this tool, drop into the work­shop dur­ing our open­ing hours and ask a tech­ni­cian for a tool train­ing. Please note that the avail­ab­il­ity of train­ing depends on wheth­er a suit­ably exper­i­enced tech­ni­cian is free at the time of your vis­it. We may ask you to come back at anoth­er time. 

Once you have com­pleted a tool train­ing, you will be able to drop into our work­shop dur­ing open­ing hours to use this tool. Please note that access to this tool depends on wheth­er a suit­ably trained tech­ni­cian is avail­able at the time of your visit. 

Technical specifications

Specification Details
Tool Holder Diameter 1/4 inch