Newbie needs advice with roundover bit

Snipe is caused by the outfeed side of the fence not being exactly flat against the cutting board as you pass it by the roundover bit. To prevent this, you need a shim along the outfeed side equivalent to the thickness of the amount of wood you're removing with the roundover bit. Or if both sides of the router fence are independently adjustable, then run the cutting board a few inches past the roundover bit, adjust the outfeed side of the fence so it is flush with the part of the board that has passed by the router bit, then continue pushing the rest of the cutting board past the bit.

I "think" he's talking about snipe coming out of the planer.

1. Insert bit into router

1. Adjust protrusion of bit beyond base plate to give desired cut

2. Turn work piece upside down

1. Move ends of workpiece along router bearing or fence (right to left)

2. Repeat #4 with work piece sides.

You're right, I didn't see that. I read 'roundover bit' and missed the rest.

No problem. Sometimes it happens! :-)!!! But coming from the source you know?????

He missed step 2A

Run a scrap piece across the bit to check for proper adjustment.

If unsure, keep the bit low and bring it up a little at a time until you get exactly what you want.

So, what does all this have to do with planer snipe?

Step 2B. Do crossgrain cuts first.

If you'd bothered to read further, you'd have seen that I admitted to not reading about the use of the planer.

Looks like both of us need to read a little more carefully before responding.

So how long should I wait to reply? A week? A year? Maybe if I wait long enough, you you will figure it out on your own? No, I'm not the one with the reading problem.

I guess I was wrong about your having reading problem. It's quite obvious you have an arrogance problem.

No problem at all.

That was step #4.

Considering the question source, I was keeping it simple. Hell, he'd be happy just to get *any* cut :)