How To Use A Router Table Starter Pin
How to Use a Router Table Starter Pin.
How to use a router table starter pin. Put a half inch diameter bit in your router. See the all new updated version of this video at httpyoutube5sDHctfXS1M. The pin can be as.
Included with the plate are four leveling screws a starter pin for routing curved pieces five. The pin must fit snugly in the hole and project above your workpiece. An insert that sits below or above the surrounding table can lead to an inaccurate cut or stop a workpiece in mid-pass.
Your starting pin goes in the best position to optimize table support for both in feed and out feed. The starter pin gives you something to brace the work piece against as it is offered into a spinning bearing guided router bit. Feed clockwise on a router table where the bit sticks up from the table.
This is an uncommon setup. After you have established firm contact with your router table starter pin use a measure of control to slowly and carefully pivot the work piece into the spinning bit. If youre using a homemade router table thats not predrilled for a starter pin drill the pin hole slightly in front and to the right of the bit on the infeed side.
Firmly pivot the starting corner and slowly towards the cutter. Its called a router table starter pin and it can be a great asset for you when routing small pieces on your router table. The overarm router can also cut mortises tenons and rabbets.
Rick recommends the use of a safety guide pin or starter pin when you rout freehand. Slowly pivot into the bit. An all new update from the previous version.