Feed Direction, Complicated?

levon · 03-01-2009, 07:52 AM

they are compliments ,Harry.

thatguy1963 · 03-01-2009, 01:05 PM

That is great info for a newbie, because I will be doing a lot of hand-held routing. Thanks again!!!

**Hamlin** · 03-08-2009, 09:46 AM

Hi,

Since the OP is dated back on 02/05/2009. Here's a reminder from the RWS site. http://www.routerworkshop.com/direction.html

rstermer · 06-07-2009, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rwyoung

Harry will appreciate this one...

"Right Hand Rule". No, not the one for E-field and Magnetic field and current flow...

Hold out your right hand (I'm assuming you have a right hand). Shape it like a gun, curl back the middle, ring and pinky to the palm, index finger out, thumb perpendicular (index finger = barrel, thumb = hammer)

Now turn it palm down, you should be looking at the back of your hand. The back of your hand represents the router, your palm is the base plate, that is to say it is the part that would be touching the wood. With your palm down, this is a hand-held router. If you do it palm up it would be a table mounted router.

Your thumb points at the work piece edge and your index finger points in the feed direction.

Always works.

If you don't have a right-hand to do this with, I guess you will need to learn a different trick.

Hi RW Young-Thanks for posting that very useful rule. If working on the router table does it become the "left hand rule?' Also, if routing a groove or dado, does it make any difference which direction one moves the router, seems to me there's no difference in how the cutter attacks the wood. Thanks for your help.
rstermer

Rutabagared · 06-20-2009, 05:47 AM

My high school shop teacher taught us a simple phrase that I've remembered all these years - "feed as you read." You can always visualize where you are at in relation to the router - standing inside the work when routing inside curves, lying on your back if table routing, etc.

Joe

dawziecat · 12-12-2009, 08:29 PM

Many thanks to all for this thread.
I have dickered about with a router for 35 years but am totally inexperienced for all that. Everything I touched with it turned to trash except for using a hinge template. I got to be very good at that one particular task.

All these years I did not appreciate the importance of understanding the
way the bit rotates. Strange, as I would never rip with my radial arm saw
pulling me into the blade!

The RHR and "Feed as you read."

Invaluable information for me! I am still mulling over CW inside and CCW outside a template.

Never underestimate how little some of us reading here know. Especially me.

Cassandra · 12-12-2009, 10:25 PM

Hi Terry:

I used to rely on the cumbersome CW inside and CCW outside rule, but now rely on the simpler RHR.

Cassandra

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