Originally Posted by RustyW

Awhile back there was a thread about safety, or starter pins. I told the story of the time one popped out while routing. So I started thinking of a better way. And the recent "sawdust saturday"thread that turned to a discussion on freehand table routing caused me to finally act on this idea thats been popping around between my ears.

I have 2 router table plates from 2 different sources. They are identical, and are both copies of the Rousseau plate. They have several holes for pins in the plate, and in the large removable ring. I think this project could be adapted to almost any plate. Also I have a lot of scrap beechwood that I have found to be a very close grained and hard wood, good for jigs. And lots of scraps of plastics since I work at a glass shop.

Well enough rambling,put the safety pin away and build one of these. It may save your fingers when needing to freehand a small project.