In addition to trying to remember clockwise versus counter-clockwise for direction, there's another "right hand" rule you can use ... hold your right hand palm down, extend your thumb out (90 degrees to the other fingers), and place the end of your thumb against the edge you're going to route. Your fingers will point in the direction you should be routing.
Yeah, this is the way I like to remember it when using a handheld router & then it doesn't matter about inside/outside clockwise/counter-clockwise. It's always about pointing with my right thumb to the edge I'm routing & my index finger points which way to go (like a backwards L).
OMG! Has it really come to the level of having to give long dragged out analogies in explaining the bit rotation direction in lieu of a simple clock direction??? Or has that digital clock thing got them confused again? Bit Rotation = Bit down clockwise ... bit up counter clockwise.
Whichever way the router wants to throw the workpiece(in a table) or whichever way the router wants to run away in(hand-held)...just go the other direction...right? Just like the way we use circular saw blades...you feed against the rotation not with it
It is easy to determine the direction of rotation of the bit - just look at it. What is not so obvious is the 'trade off' between cutting safely and causing 'chip out' and use of a router bit with a template following bearing.
Make a loser 'L shaped' sign with your right hand. Back of you hand faces up. Point your thumb at what you want to route. Move the router in the direction of your index finger. Works for inside and outside cuts.
Excellent info with NO loud music or trying to be funny just plain old good info......Thanks
That thumb trick just saved me so much time on so many random things….
In addition to trying to remember clockwise versus counter-clockwise for direction, there's another "right hand" rule you can use ... hold your right hand palm down, extend your thumb out (90 degrees to the other fingers), and place the end of your thumb against the edge you're going to route. Your fingers will point in the direction you should be routing.
Yeah, this is the way I like to remember it when using a handheld router & then it doesn't matter about inside/outside clockwise/counter-clockwise. It's always about pointing with my right thumb to the edge I'm routing & my index finger points which way to go (like a backwards L).
This is easier to remember, thank a lot.
That was a good video. The part about the carbide on the bit for rotation is my big take away. Thank You
OMG! Has it really come to the level of having to give long dragged out analogies in explaining the bit rotation direction in lieu of a simple clock direction??? Or has that digital clock thing got them confused again? Bit Rotation = Bit down clockwise ... bit up counter clockwise.
Whichever way the router wants to throw the workpiece(in a table) or whichever way the router wants to run away in(hand-held)...just go the other direction...right? Just like the way we use circular saw blades...you feed against the rotation not with it
So the grain direction doesnt matter then?
best explanation that I have seen.
I watched this and thought I understood it, then I still ran my router backwards lol
Right hand rule...used in more places than Physics, Mathematics, and Electronics... :)
It is easy to determine the direction of rotation of the bit - just look at it. What is not so obvious is the 'trade off' between cutting safely and causing 'chip out' and use of a router bit with a template following bearing.
Thumbs up to that👍
Make a loser 'L shaped' sign with your right hand. Back of you hand faces up. Point your thumb at what you want to route. Move the router in the direction of your index finger. Works for inside and outside cuts.
The Right Hand Rule reveals itself again!
I feel like the Emperor at the Colosseum
Gladiator
My neighbor caught me walking around my garage with my thumb out wondering what the heck i was doing
LOL!
I did it myself. I used Woodglut woodworking plans for this.