Timeline for Router, how make a deep plunge cut?

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May 26, 2019 at 16:52	comment	added	Graphus		If you go ahead and do this using your router by purchasing a suitable bit for the depth required, be aware this may be safest to do with the router on top, i.e. not on the router table. But there are guides to doing this type of milling operation on the router table which you should look at carefully before you attempt it. Might also be an idea to run one/some test pieces beforehand, rather than the first attempt being on your final workpiece.
May 26, 2019 at 16:48	history	edited	Graphus	CC BY-SA 4.0	deleted 37 characters in body; edited tags; edited title
May 26, 2019 at 16:45	comment	added	Graphus		This sort of thing was routinely done long before modern routers, in fact long before electricity! It was often/usually done by drilling the bulk away and then chisel work, then completed using a hand router if a very flat bottom of a fixed depth was required. You can still do it this way, q.v. modern guides to making oilstone boxes. " I don't have a drill press and this has to be accurate(ish)" There are a great many ways to drill holes to a uniform depth, the simplest possibly being a wooden depth stop around the bit itself (just a block of wood with a hole drilled through it).
May 26, 2019 at 5:45	answer	added	Mark		timeline score: 3
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May 25, 2019 at 22:41	history	asked	Sam Valenti	CC BY-SA 4.0