Use and Care Manual

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To reduce the risk of injury, always use feather boards,
push sticks or push blocks with proper guarding. Keep
hands away from moving bit. Refer to the Router Table
manual for proper table setup and use.
Cutting
The speed and depth of cut will depend
largely on the type of material being used.
Keep the cutting pressure constant but do
not use excessive force so the motor speed
slows excessively. It may be necessary on
exceptionally hard woods or problem materials
to make more than one pass to get the desired
depth of cut.
Before beginning the cut on the actual
workpiece, it is advisable to take a sample cut
on a scrap piece of lumber. This will show you
exactly how the cut will look as well as enable
you to check dimensions.
Position the fence so that the workpiece
feeds against the cutter rotation. Feeding the
workpiece with the cutter rotation is called
climb cutting, which is very dangerous. Climb
cutting can result in the workpiece being thrown
violently out of your control at great speed.
To reduce the risk of injury, avoid “climb
cutting.” Climb cutting can cause the
workpiece to be thrown violently out of your
control. Even small router bits can cause in
climb cutting.