Hello,
this is my first post towards building my first kayak. i recently got my plans for a Night Heron. i've gone out and purchased a router and router table combo from Canadian Tire. i then returned it because when i mounted the router under the table and raised the router all the way up the bit didn't clear the table.
i went to Home Depot and purchased a Ryobi router and table and i'm having the same issue. i've raised the bit in the collet a 1/16 of an inch like the instructions suggested (to allow for expansion due to heat). but the bit needs to come up another 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch to be at the proper height.
originally i didn't feel that i should have to do this because i assumed that the router should be able to adjust to this height. but after buying a second router that has the same issue i'm starting to wonder. do you have any input? should i just raise the bit the little i need to have it work? will this effect the bit? or the quality of the bead and cove?
any help would be greatly appreciated!

thank,

Adrian