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FEEDING
THE ROUTER
(Fig. 16)
The secrets to professional
routing
are a careful set-up for
the cut, selecting
the proper
depth of cut, knowing
how
the cutter bit reacts in your
workpiece,
and the rate and
direction
of feed of the router.
DIRECTION
OF FEED--
EXTERNAL
CUTS (Fig. 16)
The cutter bit rotates clockwise.
Feeding the bit from left to right
will cause the bit to pull the
router towards
the workpiece
(see Fig. 16). If the router is
Fig. 16
ROUTER FEED DIRECTION
)
ROUTER FEED DIRECTION
fed in the opposite
direction
(right to left), the rotating force of the cutter bit will
tend to throw the bit away from the workpiece.
This is called "Climb-Cutting."
"Climb-Cutting"
may cause loss of control,
possibly resulting
in personal injury.
When "Climb-Cutting"
is required
(e.g., backing
around a corner), exercise
extreme caution to maintain control of the router.
The high speed of the cutter bit during a proper feeding operation
(left to right),
results
in very little kickback
under normal conditions.
However,
if the cutter bit
strikes a knot, an area of hard grain, or a foreign object,
"Kickback"
may result.
Kickback
may damage your workpiece
and could cause you to lose control of
the router, possibly causing
personal injury. Kickback
is always in the opposite
direction
of the clockwise
cutter bit rotation,
or counterclockwise.
To guard
against
and help prevent
Kickback,
plan your set-up and direction
of feed so that you're always keeping the sharp edges of the cutter bit biting
straight
into uncut wood.
Always
inspect your workpiece
for knots, hard grain,
and foreign objects.
_1_ WARNING:
Kickback
causes the power tool to jerk back toward the user,
causing
possible
loss of control and serious injury. Always take precautions
against kickback
as described
in the operator's
manual.
DIRECTION
OF FEED - INTERNAL
CUTS (Figs.17 and 17a}
When making an internal cut, such as a groove, dado, or slot, always have the
guide you are using with the router (edge guide,straight
edge, or board guide) on
the right-hand
side of the router as you make the cut. (Fig.17)
When the guide is positioned
on the right hand side of the router, the router
travel should
be from left to right and "counterclockwise"
around curves (see
Fig. 17). This counterclockwise
action around the curve could cause "Climb
cutting".
Always be alert and exercise extreme caution to maintain
control of the
router when making this type of cut around curves.
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