On 9/4/2013 10:54 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:
I pinged Pat Warner earlier today to ask about a safe way to present
a short box side to a hot cutter on the router table for the purpose
of routing a stopped dado for the box bottom. Pat's advice is never
drop a workpiece onto a hot cutter on the router table. ...

Well, w/o any dimensions or materials to go on...that's what they make
overhead pin routers for (amongst other things).

But, like Leon, I've done similar operations enough that I'm not that
concerned(+) _IF_ the sizes are at least "large enough" and it's setup
to do so.

(+) That is, of course I'm "concerned"; I'm not completely rejecting the
operation given a set of parameters that are reasonable. What's
"reasonable" for one may not be for another owing to experience level,
physical condition, etc., etc., etc., ...

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