Video Archive
Following are some older videos, some of which show templates and components no longer part of the PantoRouter™. They're fun to watch and show many uses of the PantoRouter™ still useful today but don't show the new and improved version currently available.
You can make different size thickness mortise and tenon joint using one template on hybrid pantorouter. For mortise you must need to use exact same size router bit the thickness you want the tenon.
Cosmas Bauer Making Dovetails. Making a dovetailed juice crate using the PantoRouter. It's made of spruce which was stained green using thinned wall paint.
We call this the Japanese Temple Joint. It’s a wedged sliding dovetail that’s super strong, but we never made a mold for the template. The PantoRouter in the video is a very early prototype and you can see how much we improved it over the past decade.
If this is of interest, please let us know and we might revisit the idea.
Happy PantoRouting!
Making through dovetail joint template with the Hybrid PantoRouter. Use 1/2 inch 14 degree dovetail bit and 3/8 inch straight bit.
Lever Clamps For The PantoRouter
Working out the geometry for a tenon template on the pantorouter. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/tenon_setup.html
A large animated tradeshow display showing how the pantorouter works, built for Mac Sheldon. Mac took the display to the wood show in Baltimore Jan 8-10, 2015. Also displayed recently at IWF 2022.
Using my screw advance box joint jig and my pantorouter to fix a an ax handle, rather than make a new one. Why? Because I can! http://woodgears.ca/lumber/axe.html Fancy tools used: Pantorouter: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter Box joint jig: http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/jig.html
This video shows Matthias Wandel customizing a hold-down clamp for the Hybrid PantoRouter. Since he shot this video the Bessey clamp system has been improved with a thicker fence/mounting plate so it now handles a 2X4 and more. We also have some additional new clamps available in our online store, but for the DIY user, this will give some ideas for clamping using your imagination and creativity.
Frank Howarth's stop-motion animation of assembling the original fixed-table PantoRouter.This is great fun to watch though the newer version of the PantoRouter is much different from this older version.