Router bit extension

[Christophe Mineau]

Back to the woodworker shop.
This is a homemade router bit extension :




Sorry, the photos are not so good.
It was for making a neck pocket in an electric string instrument I was doing.
I needed to reach a deep bottom while using a template and a copying ring.
My router bit was too short, so I quickly did this extension on the lathe, and it actually worked well.
I was fearing it would have not turned true enough, but no, I had no problem and did the job.

[mklotz]

I hope the router bit shaft has a Weldon-like flat under those setscrews. I would be scared to trust setscrews, flat or not, to hold a router bit at typical router speeds.

[DIYer]

Thanks Christophe! We've added your Router Bit Extension to our Routing category, as well as to your builder page: Christophe Mineau's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Router Bit Extension by Christophe Mineau

tags: router