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"David F. Eisan" wrote:

Hello there,

I take it you aren't using featherboards? They pretty much take care of
the "jiggles".

I consider myself a decent and compentent woodworker, I was never able to
get the quality of cut by hand that I now get with the power feeder.

I think I will try climb cutting (standing *way* out of the way) today, just
to see if the setup can do it.

David.





I have built a lot of laminate counter tops over the years with wood
edges. I would always climb-cut. A 1/2" thick acrylic base on a PC
production router gave me the weight and the cuts were always very
shallow. Looked a bit silly, all that engine with such a wee bit, but I
never had any (especially oak) tear out. Birdseye maple fared much
better with climb-cutting as well. Fewer burns, etc.
If the cut is small enough, the whole climb-cutting deal is quite doable.

We used a Delta power feeder on the table saw to eliminate the "changing
hands"-gouges.

A very useful and safe tool.

Weaver makes a decent unit which uses belts.