Does this look safe?

[Greg Guarino]

Not to me, it doesn't. Especially at 53 seconds.

I can't claim to speak from experience, but I will not be trying that method.

[Leon]

Not a problem with a sharp bit.

[-MIKE-]

That one finger is a little close for my comfort, but probably because I'm watching someone else. I *know* I've been that close before. With the stops on that guide and an anti-kickback bit, there's not much to fear if you're used to hand feeding stock like that.

[Swingman]

Nothing wrong with the method, but I personally do not like to get my fingers that close to a router bit without a bit of extra precaution.

That's why I made this to use in those situations, not that it makes that particular jig/method 100% safer, but anyone who has ever had a router grab a workpiece due to an edge grain issue will appreciate taking advantage of any extra safety edge they can get when routing:

Woodpecker has always catered to folks looking to purchase shortcuts to woodworking when they could be honing another skill making their own jigs for the job. With just a smattering of ingenuity you can make a much safer router jig, using the same method to radius corners, and for far less than what Woodpecker charges you for that little piece of metal.

[upscale]

Man, scrolling through all those jigs you have, I'm wondering how you have time to make anything else. How do you keep track of all those jigs?

[Greg Guarino]

I'll bow to greater skill and experience then, but I still won't be trying it. I'm old enough to realize how easy it is to perform a repetitive task correctly *almost* every time; but this task demands

100%. The penalty for inattention isn't merely ruining a piece of wood, and one of my other pursuits requires ten functional fingers.

[Greg Guarino]

I "discovered" pattern routing here on the wRec. I'm pretty sure that if I needed to round corners like that, I'd make a much bigger template and hold the wood to it with toggle clamps. In my last foray into pattern-routing I even added handles to the jig:

My fingers were nowhere near the bit *and* I felt like a had firm control of the piece.

For round corners, I saw a clever idea in a magazine: a rectangle of MDF (maybe letter-paper size) with each corner rounded to a different radius. One handy template for four different sizes.

[Keith Nuttle]

I watched the video and like some others it makes me nervous.

It seems like it would be safer if there were some type of finger indent or wing on the side that would catch the finger if there were an accidental slip of the finger.

Would I use it? Probably, but I would think things through very carefully, and then concentrate on what I was doing, and not be listening to music or talking to a friend.

[woodchucker]

yep, perfectly safe. But like most Woodpeckers products probably way over priced. Like the $100 T square.

[Sonny]

On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 9:27:32 AM UTC-6, keith [e-mail] w rote:

Right! I'd be inclined to have something else as backup protection, that w ay (plus a little more distance). Never know, a little vibration, from a slightly dulled bit, would be something one may not pay attention to. I'm sure all the demo videos are with perfectly sharpened tools.

Sonny

[Greg Guarino]

Or an accidental slip of the *work*. I read someplace - maybe here - that you have to ask yourself what happens if something slips. "I'm not sure" is an unacceptable answer. I think about that when I find myself applying pressure toward the cutter. Only my grip on the work and the resistance of the work to the cut is preventing my hand from moving toward the bit or blade in an unexpected way.

[Doug Miller]

Greg Guarino wrote in news:8fd8f685-e3b3-4338-9db6- [e-mail]:

I won't either. Doesn't seem like a good idea to me.

[dadiOH]

That's something I have never quite understood. I can understand a pro buying them...if they help you make money, it is worth the money but so many people doing woodworking as a hobby buy a multitude of jigs, whatchamacallits and thingys when they could very easily make the same thing. Why?

The same thing was true in photography...many of the pros had every Hasselblad lens and accessory ever made, rarely - if ever - used them. In their case, I understand the impetus...the thinking was, "With this I can make great photos". It was rarely true, great pix come from the mind, not gear. Same thing with woodworking.

[Keith Nuttle]

I think it is a good idea, but a poor implemenation of the idea

[Greg Guarino]

On that note, they stress the ease of use, stating that you need no clamps, no double-stick tape etc. But what if your work piece is wider than the span of your fingers? How do you hold the (very small) jig securely then?

[Leon]

It is good to be leery. Dull bit are more likely to grab.

[-MIKE-]

Dull things always seem to be the problem. I don't think I've ever been cut by a sharp tool. It's always the dulls tools that slip and getcha.

[Swingman]

Everyone was made to solve a problem, or to head one off, and they all add up down through the years.

Many or just one-off's...

Just imagine how many there would be in that collection if mobile phone cameras and the world wide web had been around 50 years ago. ;)

[Just Wondering]

They hurt more too. More than once, I've been cut by a really sharp blade and didn't even know it until I looked down and saw blood.

[Leon]

At least 2 brazilian !