Craftsman 17540 Operation Manual - Page 25

FEEDING

THEROUTER

(Fig.

15)

The

secret

to professional routtng

is

In making a

carefulest..upfor

the

cut, selecting the

proper depth of

cut, know{ng

how

the cutter

bit reacts fn your

workp_ece,

and the rate end

direction

of

feed

of

the

muter.

@

ROUT

END

GRAINS

FIRST

t

ROUTER FEED

_)

Fig. 15

"(

DIRECT=ON

CUTI"Ea

nit

DIRECTION

OF FEED

-

EXTERNAL

CUTS (Fig, 15)

The router motorend cutter

bit

rotateclockwise.This requ{rse

the

feed of

the

cutter bR

to

be from

left to right(see Fig. 15), Feeding the bitfrom left to r_ghtwillcause the bitto pu_l

the router towards

(up

against)

the workpleca_

Ifyou

feed the

routerIn the opposite

direction

(right

to

isft),

the

rotating

force

of the

cutter

bit

wil+tend

to

throwthe bit away

from

theworkptece

making tt

hard

to

control;

this

s called "Climb-Cuffing";

cuttinginthe

opposite dlrecl]en of the

proper feed direction

"Climb

Cutting" Increases

the

chance for Ices

of

control,resulting

In poselbre

personal

injury,When

"Climb Cutting"

Is

required(backingaround

a comer for

exempts), exercise

extreme

caution

to maintaincontrolof the muter.

Because

of

the hfghspeed of the cutterbit during

a

proper feeding operalton (tsftto right),

there

ts

very

ttl_te

kickbackunder

normal conditions.

However,If

the

cutter

bit

etrfkes

a knot,

an

area

of

hardgrain

In

the wood workptsce,or

e

foreign

object,

the normalcutting

action

could

be affected and

cause

"Kickback",

This

Kickbackmay

cause damage

to

your

workplace, and cou+d

cause you to

lose control

of

the

router,

causing

possible personal

injury.FJckbackisalways

in

the opposite

direction

of

the ctock_se cutter

bit rotation, or

counterctockwtse_

To guard

against

and help prevent Kickback, pIanyour set-up

End dlrectlon

of teed so

_u're

always

thrusting

the router,

keeping

the sharp edges

of the cutter

blt

conUnuoua|y

ring straight Into

new (uncut) wood (workptsce).

Also,

always

;nspoct

your work.piecefor

knots,herd grain, and

foreign

objects thatcould

cause

e

kickback probtsm.

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