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Ryobi Router hacking me off fixing to return it!!!!
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: rdowdy95 on July 27, 2006, 11:54:20 pm ---One other thing since I really didn't turn this thing on, does this thing move up and down like a jackhammer, or does it just spin at a very fast rate?
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BTW, and I mean this without insult, if you didn't know the answer to this question you shouldn't be anywhere near a router yet. You don't know enough yet to operate the tool safely.
rdowdy95:
Well I read the directions, but it did not say anything in the directions about that. I know now that it moves up and down for the depth of cut. And spins very fast to do the actual cutting. I don't take no offense. Hey that is why I didn't turn the thing on yet till I am totally comfortable with setting the depth of cut and other settings.
ChadTower:
My point is that you should read up on what the tool does, why it does it, and best safety practices, before you use it. If you didn't even know the basic methods the tool employs you couldn't have possibly studied enough to know how to operate it safely.
These tools are NOT toys.
rdowdy95:
Thanks Chad,
Before I run the thing I am definately going to read more about it. I know what it is suppose to do, but I do need to read on how it does it. I am just learning how to make adjustments with it right now. Now since I know how to move those hex nuts that will help me progress farther in researching how to use/understand this tool.
I have already done some circular saw action and power drill action. It is a learning progress for me right now. The only things I have done with woodwork are drill. My sawing is getting better now since I made those sawboards. Until this project though I have only used a drill.
I have picked up most stuff on using power tools here at this forum so I thank you and the other users here. Also I am going to be using my flush trim router bit to practice on two base boards I sawed when I was starting the project out. I didn't use a sawboard and the measurements came out wrong. so I am going to make them flush with one another just to practice some with the router.
I am using this method to make a carbon copy of the side piece I have already done. The topic of my project is Dowdy's Mame Arcade Project if you want to see my progress so far.
ChadTower:
Sounds like a decent plan.
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