Hi all,
I've just done my first Futures instal and it went off without too many dramas. I've now lammed the bottom and will probably get the deck and perhaps even the hotcoat done later today, everything going according to plan.
My question relates to getting the Futures boxes back out from under the glass. Just about every video or written description I've seen says sand the boxes back until they're flush with the rest of the bottom of the board, but I was just wondering what people thought about doing this with a router instead? The sander with coarse grit is a relatively imprecise tool, especially in the hands of a backyard hack like me, whereas the router, if used (carefully) in a controlled environment, can be very precise indeed.
I have a small Makita plunge router that I use for all my fin box installations and it's a great little tool. So, what I was thinking of doing goes a little bit like this:
1. Set up my fin box jig (pictured) over the Futures box allowing for no side-to-side movement.
2. Using a wide bit (18mm), do a single 1-2mm deep pass over the box.
3. Lower the depth by 1mm and do another single pass, and keep doing this until I've reached the desired depth.
4. Repeat for each of the five boxes.
Would this work, or would the high RPM rate, and the resulting heat, mess with the material that the Futures boxes are made out of?
