Here's why you don't put your fingers above the router bit

J. Clarke · 2007-01-20T02:41:14+00:00

Was cutting a 3/16" wide dado in a piece of Lyptus using an Amanaupcut spiral bit. Was cutting 3/16 deep in half inch stock. Routeris a Porter-Cable 7518 in a lift.All was going well, when, after cutting four pieces, on the fifth oneI'm about three inches along and all of a sudden the bit comes rightthrough the top--it's still cutting just decided to pull out of theend of the collet. So I put it back, socked it down hard, andcontinued the cut and three inches along it did it _again_.This time I pulled the bit and the collet and cleaned both withlacquer thinner and got a lot of black crud off both, but I'm prettysure I didn't get it all out of the collet. Whether the problem isfixed I don't know--I only had two short cuts after that.If I had been holding the piece above the bit then it would have goneright through my fingers. The notion that there's wood between youand the bit is false security.

Jan 20, 2007 22 Replies

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pat 19 years ago

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Mike Marlow 19 years ago

Why do you have your router mounted so low?

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George Max 19 years ago

Hanging under the router table? Where else would it be?

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