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Caught my router bit walking out on a big oak table job
I was routing a 3/4 inch roundover on a solid oak dining table last Wednesday and the bit slipped right out of the collet about halfway through the pass. Gouged a nice groove into the edge before I could hit the stop. I checked the collet nut and it was tight but the bit itself had a tiny burr on the shank that must have come from an earlier job. Any of y'all got a solid trick for catching burrs before they wreck a piece?
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rodriguez.felix20d ago
MAN that hurts to even read. Oak dining tables are too expensive to mess up like that. What worked for me is taking a fine file and running it along the shank of EVERY bit before I drop it in the collet. Just a couple light passes catches any burrs you can't see with your eyes. I also started keeping a scrap piece of plywood nearby to do a quick test pass on before I touch the real workpiece. Sucks to waste time but it beats gouging a table. Another thing is I always tighten the collet nut with a wrench now, not just hand tight. That extra quarter turn makes a huge difference with vibration.
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emery19918d ago
lol yeah @cole356 that's the real deal right there. I had a buddy who never filed his bits and he thought his collet was just garbage until I showed him the little burr on a brand new one from the box. He about lost it when he saw how much smoother his cuts got after. Now he's paranoid about it too, files everything like he's prepping for surgery or something lol.
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