Milescraft 1221 Pantograph PRO - Complete Tracing Routing System for Custom Made Wood Signs, Black

Using to create designs on wood panels and furniture

Great tools and enjoyable to work with

Great value for money

Easy too use

Once it set up I do not reccomened dismantle it,leave it on the board

Looks easy on YouTube. But I think I need a lot of practice. Not as easy as it looks.

I saw it and wanted it, now I've got it I don't want it anymore. Cumbersome and hard to follow even with practice, I have reverted to freehand routing and hung this somewhere on my workshop wall, where I'm sure it will soon be demoted to the mystery cupboard where all my unused things go in the hope that one day I might, just might resurrect it to give it another go, on a very rainy bleak Sunday afternoon between the hours of 4pm to 5pm on a leap year when the winter Olympics are cancelled due to heavy snow. Think you get the picture.

It a bit hard to get used to but with time its ok

Super tolles Arbeiten nur zu empfehlen.

funciona bien se adapta perfecto al routier y la curva de aprendizaje se supera rápido

I offered to make signs for the local municipality here in Roatan. After several failed attempts at carving the letters manually with my router, I gave up and bought this. There's a slight learning curve but after getting the hang of it I was able to produce very nice looking signs. However, it is not a fast process by any means. But that's ok. Here's a few tips that might help some new and maybe even some experienced users a little. Rather than use a word processing program, I found I could make letters a little larger by using a photo editing/drawing program (Gimp) which is a free program similar to Photoshop. Using Milescrafts instructions calling for underlined fonts I had no trouble with alignment or spacing. I found all the pivot points were much too tight as delivered to allow slow steady movement. After adjusting, I produced letters better and a little easier. I had trouble with the router catching on the already cut letters. I radiused the bottom plate a little more and that seemed to help. But there was another manufacturer defect that caused the same problem. There are 3 very small screws holding a red plastic cover over the quick release mechanism. Mine had two screws that were bigger therefore do not set flat into their countersink. I cannot get those little screws here so I may have to take a chance and enlarge the countersink a little. But the thing that made the biggest improvement (for me, your results may vary) was to cut plexiglass into an 8½" x 11" piece instead of using the plastic sheet protector provided. Milescraft suggests using thumb tacks to secure the paper and sheet protector. I used small spring clamps to hold the plexiglass in place over the template. Your supposed to keep the follower 1/32" (I think) above the sheet protector but with the plexiglass it can ride on it. I think the supplied screws to hold their baseplate to the router had heads a little too small so I added washers that happened to be the perfect size. Probably not necessary but.... Anyway, I'm very satisfied with this product and recommend it to anyone wanting to make their own signs. Oh, I almost forgot. It appears very well made, not cheap or flimsy. And the quick release is a nice feature. I do think a small light right router would work best. My Hitachi is too big and heavy and certainly over powered for the job. Take your time, get comfortable and you'll be rewarded with nice looking custom signs.

Great piece

Buenas calidad