Thanks for the info,

I am going to set my router up in the next couple weeks and can see how your setup could save a bit of effort.

Tom

: Hi Tom,
: This setup is certainly feasable since I have milled many tens of thousands
: of feet of strips with it. The reason that some people recommend against
: it is because it dulls the cutting edge of the bit faster in the long run
: and this system is indeed difficult if you are removing large amount of
: material from hardwood stock.
: Fortunately, here we are talking about routing mineature profiles into the
: most workable wood under the sun so I chose to work smarter rather than
: harder.
: You still have to feed the strips in by hand but the fingerboards are
: adjusted in such a way that it takes very little pressure to feed the
: strips in and you can route enough bead and cove profiles for a whole
: double kayak in one afternoon. By the way, I am still working with the
: original (unsharpened)router bits and I mill hardwood as well.

: Vaclav

: On Vaclav's he recommeneds feeding the strips through the router with the