On 3/24/2015 4:55 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:
I'm using a v-bit to cut around my template. Clockwise, correct? This is one of those things I learned years ago but I must have a cobweb stuck in that corner of my memory.

Larry



Against the cutting face of the router bit, Normally.

BUT if you are making curved cuts or the grain is really wild you may
need to carefully make climb cuts to prevent tear out.

Think about the direction you run a board through a jointer by drain
direction.