Router Bit Grabbing

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:16 pm

This question arose from some rather simple table top pattern routing of soft white pine with no knots; what would normally expect to be a very mundane wood working task.

Is there anything other than grain pattern that would cause the router bit to grab the work piece (climb out - like I was feeding the wrong direction)?

I have just been cutting some small shelf brackets and whiling doing this the wood, two or three times, was nearly yanked out of my grasp. I quite routing and finished up on a drum sander..

I was using a nearly new bit and inspection indicates nothing obviously wrong with the bit.

reible · Post by **reible** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:39 pm

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=4590

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:08 pm

[quote="dusty"]This question arose from some rather simple table top pattern routing of soft white pine with no knots]Hi Dusty,

Are you using the Anti-kickback (full body) type bit? Do you have enough RPM? If you are using a router, try a faster speed; if you are using the ShopSmith, maybe try a router. Are you trying to cut too much material at once? I am sure that you have already thought of these things, but since you asked, and a person never knows what might help...

edit: oops! I did knot see the other thread before posting this! (I always work up from the oldest to the newest, and this one was "first".