The Pantorouter

I call this machine the "pantorouter" because it's essentially a big pantograph mechanism with a router in it. It's used to route shapes from templates. I originally made it as a tenoning machine, but the machine is very versatile and can be used for all kinds of wood joints.

	Using the pantorouter to make joints			How it works
	Cutting through dovetail joints			Coming up with the design
	Setting up and cutting large mortise and tenon joints			Building a large mirror stand with the pantorouter
	Making a finger joint		Also check out my 3D router pantograph
Construction of the machine:
	Building the pantorouter			Building a router mount for a palm router
	Linear glides from drawer slides			Making the holddown clamp
	Specifications			Buy plans for the pantorouter

Some reader built pantorouters:

Bob McDermid's Pantorouter

Kuldeep Singh's Pantorouter made from steel

Alain Vaillancourt's Pantorouter and other projects

Ken Coulter's Gear making Pantorouter setup

Lee Zimmer's Pantorouter

Also see: Gerry's pantorouter on Lumberjocks.com         Jon Burros's pantorouter on YouTube.

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