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Originally Posted by aniceone2hold Tom, in thinking over the goals of using the larger guide bushings wouldn't pattern following bits with bearings accomplish the same results? By way of example Whiteside makes bearings in 11? different OD's which fit a multitude of their bits, and that is just the 3/16" ID bearings. These are tip mounted and perfect for table use but they also manufacture larger ID bearings which can be mounted on the shank. Is there a safety consideration using bearings as opposed to guide bushings? I can't see any. Am I missing something? |
Mike
The cutters I use with the template guides do not have bearings added and they are not all straight cutters. I would say that there was safety involved in the use of the template guides as I've said before consider a blind person using the method
Tom