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Is there a "set in stone" location for a starter pin in a router table base?

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No.

"Tim Taylor" wrote in message
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Is there a "set in stone" location for a starter pin in a router table
base?

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Tim Taylor wrote:
Is there a "set in stone" location for a starter pin in a router table base?

No, the ideal pin location is dependent on the size of the cutter and
the work. On shaper tables or manufactured router tables they take a
guess and generally put in two or three at roughly 2-3" distances from
the spindle at one or more locations. Generally, of course, you want
to feed into the cutter rotation and away from the initial end grain of
the work. Where the best feed point is is also dependent on the shape
being cut and the grain orientation.

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Tim Taylor wrote:
Is there a "set in stone" location for a starter pin in a router table base?



No, but I like mine fairly close to the cutter for the work I do.

Dave

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Tim Taylor wrote:
Is there a "set in stone" location for a starter pin in a router table base?




No, mine is set in MDF.

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No dumb questions, just dumb answers.
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore, Maryland -

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"Tim Taylor" wrote in message
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Is there a "set in stone" location for a starter pin in a router table
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In the hole.

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-Mike-

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Tim Taylor wrote:
Is there a "set in stone" location for a starter pin in a router table base?




1. Close enough to the bit so that the stock you're working on can
contact both the pin and the bit's pilot bearing.

2. Far enough away from the bit so that the bit doesn't strike the pin.

HTH ;-)

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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

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"Tim Taylor" writes:
Is there a "set in stone" location for a starter pin in a router table base?

Mine is in the drawer.

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"David" wrote in message
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Tim Taylor wrote:
Is there a "set in stone" location for a starter pin in a router table
base?



No, but I like mine fairly close to the cutter for the work I do.

Dave

Thanks for the answers everyone.

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"Tim Taylor" wrote in message
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Is there a "set in stone" location for a starter pin in a router table
base?

Nope, I made a series of holes in my plate to suit the particular project.

Dave