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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 router uses a milling cut­ter housed in either a hand­held unit or tab­letop, and is used for cham­fer­ing, cut­ting grooves, slots, recesses, radii and oth­er profiles.

Our mini routers are used prin­cip­ally in wood­work­ing but can also cut plastics. The main advant­age of the mini router is the abil­ity to cut pro­files into smal­ler pieces of work.

Please note

The milling cut­ter can be height adjus­ted for shal­low­er or deep­er cuts.

What can I use this tool for?

Suited to cut­ting wood and plastics for small and fine applic­a­tions and projects.

Cut­ting pro­files into lengths of stock for frames, mod­els or small pieces to be attached to lar­ger objects.

Materials used with this tool

  • Various - Woods and plastics.

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
Collet Size 2.4 - 3 mm
Table Size 300 x 150 mm