Outside Routing

1.Place your workpiece on the table relative to the router bit as shown in Figure 39.

 

 

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2.Feed your workpiece through the bit in the direction of the arrow. Always feed against the router bit's direction of rotation.

Routing Irregular Workpieces

BB, black (1)

Use starting pin. Use only ball-bearing- guided router bits.

1.With fence removed, remove starting pin from storage hole and thread into mounting hole.

2.Position the workpiece against the starting pin, but clear of the router bit. Turn on router and slowly advance the workpiece toward the bit until it touches the ball-bearing guide and the bit begins to cut wood. Feed

workpiece against the rotation of the bit. See Figure 40.

PIN STORAGE

STARTING PIN IN MOUNTING HOLE

Figure 40

3.Drawing the workpiece along the starting pin (from right to left, in front of the router), feed it through the bit, at the same time pressing it against the ball-bearing guide until the cut is complete. See Figure 41.

Figure 41

4.When the cut is complete, move the workpiece away from the bit, at the same time keeping it in contact with the starting pin, until it clears the router bit completely. See Figure 41.

5.Using the switch box, turn off router.

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Wolfcraft 6155, 6156 Outside Routing, Routing Irregular Workpieces, BB, black, PIN Storage Starting PIN in Mounting Hole