Steven and Gail Peterson wrote:
If you don't want to lauch the piece, you should almost always feed against
the rotation. If you feed with the rotation for some reason, take a very
shallow bite and use a featherboard.

Right!

However, trapping the board between the fence and bit often launches the
board regardless of rotation. The fence allows the bit to gain serious
traction, resulting in something the military should investigate. G

Barry