Wooden Raised Panel Exterior Shutters

I am in the process of building exterior raised panel wooden shutters. My question has to do with my router's HP. I have a Bosch 1617EVS router with
2-1/4 HP. I was told that I should be getting at least a 3 HP router for shaping the raised panels (with the back cutter). I have 40 shutters to
build.


Is my router's HP sufficient?


Another suggestion was to use a vertical raised panel router bit.

-Andre B.
Steger, MN 

Our Expert

Over the past twenty years the selection of router bits has tremendously expanded. There are many things that you can do today, such as shaping a raised panel, that once required a shaper.


However, the large bits require a large router to spin them. I suggest that you use a vertical raised panel bit - Amana Tool no.54524, or you invest in a large router. Running a horizontal router bit in a 2-1/4 HP router will push it beyond it's limits

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