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Is this dangerous?

7K views 55 replies 22 participants last post by  dcrusoe 
#1 ·
Hi, I've been doing this for quite some time, and I think it could be dangerous if my router bit breaks or something like that, check the pictures:





 
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#34 ·
Pablo, I know you are feeling beat up about now, like "Oops, I shouldn't have asked that question,and posted those pictures" , Please don't take the comments personally, these guys and myself are just concerned about a fellow woodworker getting hurt badly on a power tool.
From your previous posts, you are eager to learn the right way to do things and your question was a good one. A lot of others will benefit from you asking it, as this is a common mistake, and it is better to ask than to get hurt.
So hang in there fella, and keep wood working and asking questions when in doubt.

Herb
 
#36 ·
I agree with Herb and Stick, but you had a feeling that it wasn't safe to do what you were doing, so you asked us.

Whenever I get that same feeling I stop and rethink what needs to be done and how to do it safe. If I can't think of a safe way to do it I'll ask another woodworker how do do it safely. You did that by posting here. Bravo!! And you now have many ways to do it much safer. The more woodworking that you do, the better you will be at coming up with these safe ways on your own. Until you always know how to do every cut in woodworking safely on your own, don't hesitate to ask for help when that gut feeling says something isn't safe and you can't think of a better, safer way do do something. We'll be waiting, ready to give you a bunch of advice, and our advice is totally free.

Charley
 
#41 ·
But I learned a VERY handy thing, in the suggestion to put the WIDE part of the wood against the fence...little things mean a lot...

I don't understand this statement.............. Do you mean move the fence back so that the board is fed like on a tablesaw? NOt a good idea.

That works on the table saw but it is called climb cutting on a router table,you will be feeding the material the same way as the rotation of the bit and have it trapped between the fence and the bit and it will become a projectile. Maybe I understand wrong what is being said.

Herb
 
#42 ·
I think the part about feeding left to right was left out...
still very dangerous just the same...
even more so IMO..
 
#50 ·
That is the way I understood too at first, until I pondered about it for awhile. The flat side against the fence and the edge down. That works too. But it is a little harder for me to get the depth of the rabbit to the face of the board as accurate. Where as flat side down like shown in the pictures ,the bit can be set precisely to the depth of rabbit .
But that does show that there is not just one way to make the cut.
Herb
 
#55 ·
good...
go build you a gripper and get back to work..
 
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