kp91

Having multiple routers makes life easier, but sometimes it can get confusing with all the cords laying around. To make sure I have the right plug for the right router I have stuck a neon cable tie at each end of the router cable. Different colors on different routers make it easy to tell if the correct router is plugged in, or more importantly unpluged when changing bits.

I had used colored electrical tape before, but the cable ties work a lot better.

Safety first!

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Great tip worth 200 points, this one would fit on the daily tip rotator, may we use your tip.

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reible

When I don't have a bit in my table mounted router I put a black plastic 35mm film canister over the collet. This keeps debris out and this beats having to un-mount the router to turn it over to clean it. Another reason the tabletop system used on the Router Workshop is so nice, out and over in seconds.

Ed

reible

This really happen to me 4 or 5 years ago:

I was ripping a board and the power went off. It is pitch black and the first thing I think of is getting to a flashlight hanging about a half a shop away. As I’m making my way to the flashlight the power comes back on…. So does the saw with a board still in contact with the blade. I was lucky that day. If this happens to you remember to get the power tool turned off FIRST! I learned my lesson the scary way maybe so you don’t have to.

Ed

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Dewy

That's unlikely to happen here reible
All router tables, table saws and many other tools are fitted with a no voltage release switch.
If the power goes off it stays off regardless of the main coming back on.
The switch has to be turned on again as the loss of power makes the switch need resetting.
Even the cheapest bench tools have this switch, for safety.

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ejant

In a table mounted router and a bit is chucked up and the router not in use cover the bit or lower the bit below table height.

Same thing with a table saw, lower the blade when not in use.

reible

Actual that is a nice feature for safety but most tools here in the US don't bother as it is not required. Commerical equipment may or may not be equipped with "drop out switches", I know when I worked for a major company it was required on our lab tools but I have also been in some small woodworking shops where they have consumer tools......

Ed

reible

Yes lower all blades / bits when they are not being used. Safer for you and the cutting edges.

This would make an interesting survey, I personal never leave a bit in a router, either the table mounted or handheld. I never leave a drill bit in the chuck or the key in the chuck either. How about others?

Ed