Are you climb cutting or conventional cutting? How many flutes/blades on your cutter? Is the piece stable or is it bouncing off the cutterhead? Are you trying to take it all off at once? Etc., etc....?
Photos always help.
Photos always help.
Well it is a 10 ft rod, I do have a guard that butts up against the fence and I do have another guide that holds down to the table. shown in picture. but still chatters...Welcome to the forum, @joe.min
As you can see from the informed responses, there are a number of reasons for the chatter.
Most obvious is, keeping pressure against the cutter as you pass through.
What size cutter are you using? Is it bearing guided or against a fence?
If you are just cutting the square end of the work piece, you would need a jig to hold it.
See attached sled from August Home Publishing as a guide.
Yes My mistake.Thanks Joe.
In you first post you said you were cutting the end of the rod, but it appears you are cutting one edge of the rod. This is what had me confused....I may have given you a wrong answer....
Try feather boards like the ones you have holding it down on the side instead of the solid rail.Well it is a 10 ft rod, I do have a guard that butts up against the fence and I do have another guide that holds down to the table. shown in picture. but still chatters...