Using A Starter Pin On A Router Table

Discussion Starter 5 Aug 14 2017.

Using a starter pin on a router table. Thread the starter pin into the threaded hole in the mounting plate and tighten securely with a slotted screwdriver Fig. It rubs against a template attached to the work occasionally the pin rubs against the work itself controlling where the bit cuts. Push the workpiece against the pin and use the pin as a fulcrum.

In hand held routing simply start by moving the router until the bearing contacts the template edge. A starter pin is used in a router table when you are doing some free hand work. Fulcrum pins are most commonly used with bearing guided router bits so that the bearing and fulcrum pin form two points.

The insert ring spanner comes standard with the mount plate as well as a starter pin and two holes to mount it either to the left or the right of the bit. If you need a. So whatever you do dont toss it Watch Now 1043.

Denis Lock Routing with Denis Attachments. I am building a router table from an old table saw table. Starter pins are best mounted less than 2 from the outside edge of your bit.

As the bit starts cutting a wood board the cutting part has to move the bit to the stock. Making a Drawer Lock Joint. Either above or below it.

The threaded rod is dead. When routing solid stock like a chair leg dont route the end grain at the narrow ends of the piece. The starter pin forms a fixed point that you use to pivot the part into the cutter providing leverage that allows you to ease the stock into the router bit.