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Thread: Router safety question
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24th April 2012, 06:47 PM #1
Router safety question
Would you agree or not that this would be safe router usage?
I wanted to put mouldings to a strip of black walnut the other day (12mm wide x 10mm thick) but the timber was inclined to come off the spinning router bit. The timber is very slim and my fingers did not want to hold it close to the spinning bit so would the following usage be a reasonably safe way to go.
Fixing a further fence on this side of the timber being moulded?woody U.K.
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24th April 2012, 07:01 PM #2
Sounds like an ideal situation for binding and kickback to me. How about attaching your black walnut onto a larger board and then running that through the router?
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24th April 2012, 09:13 PM #3Taking a break
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I'd be moulding the profile on a wide piece of timber first, then cutting the strip off.
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24th April 2012, 10:57 PM #4
Hi,
Didn't the other two black fingers that came with the RTA300 do the job?
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24th April 2012, 11:16 PM #5
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27th April 2012, 07:20 PM #6
I'd turn the left-hand finger 180 so that it matches the right-hand one.
Ray
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27th April 2012, 07:32 PM #7
Thanks Ray, had not thought of that one. Still need something to hold the slender moulding to the bit. I have the other board with two black flexible arms but still inclined for the bit to come off the timber being moulded.
BTW long time no see, what are you doing these days?woody U.K.
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28th April 2012, 09:34 AM #8
Featherboard or a block of wood held to the face of your timber just before the bit would stop it from moving away from the bit. I would be wary of clamping another fence to the front of it.
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28th April 2012, 09:46 AM #9
Use a Magswitch featherboard before the bit. Then you can use a pushstick to feed the piece, and control the outfeed with your other hand.
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28th April 2012, 05:20 PM #10
Thanks all, the Triton table might not be acceptable to a magnet where needed? But where there's a will there's a way.
I shall have to make a feather board that can be clamped in position just to touch before the bit, but I also like to have the guard in place as well.
Got another problem coming up shortly. I want to make a tissue box with a decorative wavy strip dividing the carcass face. I intend using a guide wheel on the router cutter against the former with double sided tape. However I dont want to hold the piece being formed with my fingers. So how do I get over that one?woody U.K.
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28th April 2012, 05:27 PM #11
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30th April 2012, 07:59 AM #12
HI how about something like this to hold the material for your wavy strip.Instead of the setback in the face of the base use the same shape/wave that you want in your box. and use a pattern bit with the bearing on the shank and no fence.
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30th April 2012, 05:52 PM #13
Thanks Pal. I will have to knock up something like that, I just cannot bring my fingers to hold the workpiece to the cutter.
woody U.K.
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