Review on Variable Height Finger Freud 99 039 by Roy Niemeyer

Now that I've finally figured out how to set the bit up properly, it works like a charm. I agree with the other posts above, a guide would be very helpful, but I still feel silly that I haven't been able to figure out how to properly set the bit on my router table until now. I feel obliged to pass on what I have learned. For explanation, I'm using the router bit in the router table, so I'm referring to the end of the router bit with the nut on it as the top (hence the bearing is down). ). The first thing to know is that the bottom of your piece of wood should be touching the bearing when it rests on the router table (the edge of the bearing is flush with the router fence) and the top of your piece of wood should be touching the bearing. cut with a thick cutter knife. My problem is that I had too many knives between the stock and the grease finger cutter so my joints never lined up. one piece. When cutting, the bearing serves as an offset pin for the top cutter on the next piece of wood. In other words, if you cut two pieces without moving the cutter, you can flip the second one and line it up exactly with the first one. So if you set up the router, as long as your piece of wood is centered, the thickness of the wood touching the bearing (assuming some of the bearing is under the router's table) will be equal to the thickness of the wood when you're using the thick blade being cut (provided that part of the thick knife is higher than your piece of wood) you don't need to adjust the height of the knife at all. I would also recommend that when you cut, you make sure that the grains of the wood go in opposite directions.