Routing which direction

Resin Casting. Shop Talk. Woodcraft Magazine. Woodworking Adventures. Quick View Item Nov 3, PM. This is called Conventional Cutting. Incorrectly called Climb here. Apr 16, PM. In the router table section first it says for outside edges, feed from right to left. In the next paragraph it says the 'normal' feed direction is left to right.

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Connect With Woodcraft. Accessibility Options. The router is a remarkably versatile tool , and is made even more so when jigs or guides are used. Some are as simple as a piece of scrap clamped to the workpiece as a guideboard; commercially available jigs enable the router to make quick work of dovetails. Follower guides a bushing mounted on the base, through which the bit passes are also very useful in many applications, to protect the templates while still guiding the cut precisely.

Disclosure: BobVila. You agree that BobVila. All rights reserved. Expert advice from Bob Vila, the most trusted name in home improvement, home remodeling, home repair, and DIY. I was wondering if I am supposed to rout in a certain direction?

So, let's say that you are routing the outside of a guitar body which is laying on it's back with the neck pocket pointing away from you and the router bit is turning clockwise. Start at the neck pocket and move the router to your left, then pull it towards you as you trim that side of the guitar.

With that said, there are times when I'll go "backwards" As far as I'm aware, the router bit will always be in the correct orientation so that when you put your thumb on the operating button of the router and push it away from you, the cutting bit is turning in the correct direction. Could be wrong though. I do know that if you pull a router towards you, you are serious danger off cutting of your danglies.

That would only be true if you were always cutting on the same side of the router bit. If you are cutting on the left side of the bit and pushing away, then it's the same as cutting on the right side of the bit and pulling towards you. Likewise, cutting on the right side of the bit while pushing is identical to cutting on the left side while pulling. I've always routed using the same side of the bit and always push away from me.

The only time I pull the router is when you need to around things like horns and there isn't enough surface to have the router sitting flat. I tend to move around my workpiece alot though as I use a workmate and have good access all the way around my workpiece. Either way Breakem, I value Dugz opinion, he obviously knows what he's on about he's even got pictures so I'd go with him, as I understand it he's waaaay more experienced with wood than I am.

Man, I'll bet I could heat a house all winter in Alaska with the wood working projects that I've screwed up over the past 20 years.