Craftsman 320.2819 operating instructions Feeding the Router Fig, Ternal Cuts Fig

FEEDING THE ROUTER (Fig. 16)

The secret to professional rout- ing is in making a careful set-up for the cut, selecting the proper depth of cut, knowing how the cutting bit reacts in your work piece, and the rate and direc- tion of feed of the router.

DIRECTION OF FEED - EX-

Fig.16	Router Feed	®
	Direction
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Rout

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Gr'ains

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TERNAL CUTS (Fig. 16)

The router motor and cut-						I
ting bit rotate clockwise.						This		L;utting
								Bit
requires	the	feed		of the cutting			® Router Feed
bit to be	from		left	to	right	(see		Direction
Fig. 16). Feeding the bit from
left to right		will	cause		the	bit to pull the router	towards	up against) the work pfece

If you feed the router in the opposite direction (right to le ), the rotating force of the cutting bit will tend to throw the bit away from the work i: iece, making it hard to control; this is called Climb-Cutting, which is cutting in tl- e opposite direction of the proper feed direction. Climb Cutting increases the chanc e for loss of control, pos- sibly resulting in personal injury. When Climb Cutting is r_quired (backing around a

corner for example), exercise extreme caution to maintai? control of the router. Because of the high speed of the cutting bit during a p_'oper feeding operation

(left to right), there is very little kickback under normal_onditionso However, if the cutting bit strikes a knot, an area of hard grain in the wood work piece, or a

foreign object, the normal cutting action could be affe_ed and cause "Kickback.."

This Kickback may cause damage to your work piece,h_nd could cause you to lose control of the router, causing possible personal injury. Kickback is always in the opposite direction of the clockwise cutting bit rotation, or counterclockwise.

To guard against and help prevent Kickback, plan y_ur set-up and direction of feed so you're always moving the router, keeping the sl_arp edges of the cutting bit continuously biting straight into new (uncut) wood (v_ork piece). Also, always inspect your work piece for knots, hard grain, and foreign objects that could cause a kickback problem.

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