Router feed direction - conflicting information
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:48 pm
From the Router Table Depot:
It sounds basic, but when you invert your router into to your table for the first time it can be daunting to know which direction you should feed the stock.
Here is the tried and true rule
Feed the wood into the router from Right to Left.
You want to feed your wood against the rotation of the bit.
From Woodcraft:
On a router table, bits spin counterclockwise. For routing the outside edges of a work- piece then, you’ll feed the wood from the left side of the table to the right side. Doing this forces the bit to push the wood back against you.
I've looked at a number of websites, and find this conflicting information all the time.
It sounds basic, but when you invert your router into to your table for the first time it can be daunting to know which direction you should feed the stock.
Here is the tried and true rule
Feed the wood into the router from Right to Left.
You want to feed your wood against the rotation of the bit.
From Woodcraft:
On a router table, bits spin counterclockwise. For routing the outside edges of a work- piece then, you’ll feed the wood from the left side of the table to the right side. Doing this forces the bit to push the wood back against you.
I've looked at a number of websites, and find this conflicting information all the time.