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Originally Posted by Julie You guys have confused me.
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Julie
It is safer to push the router rather than pull it. The cutter should always feed into the material. Routing outside of the material with such accessories such as the side fence attachment rout in a an anti-clockwise direction also with the use of cutters with bearings routing say the external edge of a table top for instance again rout in an anti-clockwise direction.
When using template guides with a 'Male' template rout in an anti-clocwise direction pushing the router away from you. When routing with a template guide and using a 'Female' template rout in a clockwise direction again routing away from you. When routing small objects when using the female template it is possible that you will be pushing and pulling to complete say a small elliptical shape. This could also be the same when using a male template to rout say the external edge of the same trinket box. Greater care should be taken to control the router when pulling it towards you.
Tom