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Page 18
OPERATION
FEEDING THE ROUTER (FIG. 18)
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.
FIG. 18
Router feed direction
Router feed
direction
DIRECTION OF FEED -
EXTERNAL CUTS (FIG. 18)
The cutter bit rotates clockwise. Feeding the
bit from left to right will cause the bit to pull
the router towards the workpiece (FIG. 18).
If the router is 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.
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.
KICKBACK
Because of the high speed of the cutting
bit during a proper feeding operation (left
to right), there is very little kickback under
normal conditions. However, if the cutting
bit strikes a knot, an area of hard grain in
the workpiece, or a foreign object, the
normal cutting action could be affected
and cause “Kickback.” This Kickback may
cause damage to your workpiece, and could
cause you to lose control of the router,
possibly causing serious personal injury.
Kickback is always counterclockwise: the
opposite direction of the clockwise cutting
bit rotation.
To guard against and help prevent Kickback,
Always inspect the workpiece for knots,
hard grain, and foreign objects that could
cause a kickback problem and plan the set-
up and direction of feed so that the router is
always moving, and keep the sharp edges
of the cutting bit continuously biting straight
into new (uncut) wood (workpiece).
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