I have a router mounted on my saw and the fence on the right side of saw blade but on the left side of router bit standing in front of saw table-in this config. you feed the work for router from back to front-but would like to move fence on the right side of router to use more table area,then which is the correct feed direction back to front? or front to back?
Bt3100 Router/fence Question
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The work must be fed into the cutter from right to left when inverted in a table, hence with your fence closer to the saw, from back to front.
If you move the fence to the other side of the cutter, the cutter will still be travelling anti-clockwise, the work still needs to be fed from the right, so this time it would be from front to back. Perhaps this diagram helps?
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For full dado cuts, it does not matter which side the fence is on, but once the fence is used for a rabbet or moulding cut in which the fence is covering part or most of the router bit, then the feed should be against the direction of the turning router bit.
If standing in front of the saw and the fence is on the right side of the bit which turns in a counter clockwise direction, you would feed front to back.
If standing in front of the saw and the fence is on the left side of the bit which turns in a counter clockwise direction, you would feed from back to front.
Situation: The bit turns counterclockwise, half of the bit is hidden by the fence, (the fence is covering most of the bit) you want to ALWAYS feed against the direction of the turning bit. Safe
IF you feed with the direction of the turn, you would make your router become a slingshot and your wood would be the rock(et). DangerousLast edited by leehljp; 10-21-2006, 11:53 AM.Hank Lee
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I might add in Rays Drawing the following caution.
The Bit can be situated so that it cuts on both sides of the bit as it would as shown.
Also the bit can be buried partially in the fence (provided there's an opening for it) so that it cuts on one side only and is turning into the wood feed direction.
The bit should never be placed so that the wood is between the fence and the bit and only one edge of the bit contacts the wood. as someone pointed out this makes the router into a slingshot (or one of those hot wheels launchers).
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And, Ray, thanks for the info about direction of feed. My old brain gets confused when a clockwise rotation is flipped over.Comment
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Could you pass along some information about the router fence? I have a similar setup, but have not been happy with the cost of the fences that are available on the market and want to avoid the bulkiness of some of the shop-made router fences that attach to the BT3100 rip fence. I really need some good leads.
And, Ray, thanks for the info about direction of feed. My old brain gets confused when a clockwise rotation is flipped over.
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Thanks to ART-EDNA and BlackWalnut for the information on router fences.
I have mounted a small router table (Woodpeck 18 x 22) (http://www.woodpeck.com/2218table.html) on the left side of the saw and would like to use a router fence that is independent of the saw's fence. Also, I would like to avoid any size considerations created by large router fences (with full acknowledgment of the high quality of the work building them).
I tried using the Ryobi router fence that came with the accessory kit. It worked, but just barely, and I am unable to recommend it or to get enthusiastic about it.
I have ordered a ProFence 28 that should mount in the slots on the Woodpeck router table. See: http://www.benchdog.com/profence.htm. I'll know how it works in a few days.
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