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Stock Inspection
Requirements
For your own safety and proper cutting results,
always follow these rules when choosing and
routing stock:
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DO NOT cut stock that contains large or
loose knots. Injury to the operator or dam-
age to the workpiece can occur if a knot
becomes dislodged during the cutting opera-
tion.
DO NOT cut against the grain direction.
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Cutting against the grain increases the likeli-
hood of kickback, as well as tearout on the
workpiece.
Routing with the grain produces a better
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finish and is safer for the operator. Cutting
with the grain is described as feeding the
stock on the router table so the grain points
down and toward you as viewed on the edge
of the stock (see Figure below).
Note: If the grain changes direction along the
edge of the board, decrease the cutting depth
and make additional passes.
Outfeed
Fence
Figure 31. Proper grain alignment with the router
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Only process natural and man-made wood
products. Your router is designed to cut
only natural wood fiber products. It is NOT
designed to cut metal, glass, stone, tile,
products with lead-based paint, or products
that contain asbestos. Cutting these materi-
als with a router may lead to injury.
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End View
Infeed
Fence
Direction of Feed
bit.
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Scrape all glue off the workpiece before
jointing. Glue deposits on the workpiece,
hard or soft, will gum up the router bit, pro-
duce poor results, and increase the risk of
kickback.
Remove foreign objects from the work-
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piece. Make sure that any stock you pro-
cess with the router is clean and free of dirt,
nails, staples, tiny rocks, or any other foreign
objects that could damage the router bit and
be thrown from the machine with significant
speed/force.
Note: Wood stacked on a concrete or dirt
surface can have small pieces of concrete or
stone pressed into the surface.
Make sure all stock is sufficiently dried
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before routing. Wood with a moisture con-
tent over 20% will cause unnecessary wear
on the router bits, produce poor cutting
results, and increase the risk of kickback.
Excess moisture can also hasten rust and
corrosion.
Table T-Slot
The Model T31636 includes one
(see Figure 32). This can be used for attach-
ing router table accessories like jigs or
featherboards and using a miter gauge.
T-Slot
Figure 32. Location of router table T-slot.
Model T31636 (Mfd. Since 02/20)
⁄
" T-slot
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