Homemade Pantorouter


Pantorouter
 
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TOOL:
Pantorouter
PLANS:
None. For all tools with plans, click here.
BUILDER:
Matthias Wandel on woodgears.ca
DESCRIPTION:
Homemade pantograph mechanism featuring an integral router. Intended to aid in reproducing shapes from templates.
RATING:
(2)
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Sep 01, 2013 11:06 AM
daveward
If you click on some of the explanatory test you'll find very helpful descriptions of the pantograph and how/why it works.  I found a word I hadn't seen in a long time.  Rhombus.  I'm trying to find ways to use it in a sentence.   Very cool tool!
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Routing
TAGS:
router
URL:
http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/index.html


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DIY Pantorouter - comment on how to build a Pantorouter - 1 comments
daveward says:
Sep 01, 2013 11:06 AM
If you click on some of the explanatory test you'll find very helpful descriptions of the pantograph and how/why it works.  I found a word I hadn't seen in a long time.  Rhombus.  I'm trying to find ways to use it in a sentence.   Very cool tool!
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