Using A Starter Pin On A Router Table

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Using a starter pin on a router table. When routing inside curves for example it becomes impossible to use a straight fence for stability so a guide pin is used. Pins should snugly fit the starter pin hole in the router table and need only reach about an inch above the table surface. Start by drilling and tapping a 14-20 hole into your router table top or insert fairly close to the throat opening.

It should be used only with bits that have pilot bearings. If youre using a homemade router table thats not predrilled for a starter pin drill the pin hole slightly in front and to the right of the bit on the infeed side. Its a 14-28 thread.

Plus the cord wrap is built-in allowing for easier storage. Install the Starter Pin which consists of a round-head bolt through a non-marring plastic sheath into the mounting hole in the Pro. Woodworking Saws Japanese Woodworking Woodworking Workshop Woodworking Techniques Woodworking Videos Woodworking Projects Carpentry Woodworking Store Woodworking Magazine.

At the router table use a starter pin if you can to ease the part into the cut. Making a Drawer Lock Joint. As such the inset router plate is going to be machined unique to the table opening.

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. Product information Technical Details. How to Use a Router Table Starter Pin.

Many woodworkers make this their top choice for the best router tables. I am building a router table from an old table saw table. It rubs against a template attached to the work occasionally the pin rubs against the work itself controlling where the bit cuts.