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Message: <blockquote data-quote="joegrizzy" data-source="post: 3798741" data-attributes="member: 45524">i was very close to asking for any advice from all ya'll. but i figured i would cut my teeth first.you'd be surprised how hard it is to find answer to the question of "how to route an angled groove" is.pretty sure....a ramp...is all you need lol. the tricky part is the 90° box or skirt required for clamping. thankfully i have good work surfaces. that guy in the video i linked went thru a lot of machinations and i think he was overthinking. lord knows i'm very guilty of that, but most of the time before we head to the store thinking the only way we can do something is with a fancy new tool that makes it "easy" (that takes time to setup, learn how to use correctly, etc etc), but if we just rethink our approach (either tool to piece or piece to tool, that's it, always start simple) we can usually get it done with what we have.they make adjustable angled bases for trim routers that would have worked most likely. although starting the cut is always tricky with just the base and no other support.....and i didn't want to buy something else lol.i had cut some 30° ramps for my router thinking if i put the piece at a certain position i could just run the router up the ramps.that's when i realized ANY piece of straight could be merely CLAMPED at a 30° if i carefully measured one. that was a much simpler solution lol.</blockquote>