Changes

10. Only handle the router with both hands on the handles. Move the router onto your material.  Make sure the cutter does NOT make contact.   

10. Only handle the router with both hands on the handles. Move the router onto your material.  Make sure the cutter does NOT make contact.   

11. Turn on the power switch and let the router get up to speed.  Slowly feed the cutter into the material until the bearing makes contact with the material edge. Keep the guide plate flat on your material and slowly feed the router along the edge. If you travel too slow the wood will start to burn. Traveling too fast will produce a poor cut. Be careful to keep the router from tilting when traveling along the edge and especially while traveling around a corner.   

11. Turn on the power switch and let the router get up to speed.  Slowly feed the cutter into the material until the bearing makes contact with the material edge. Keep the guide plate flat on your material and slowly feed the router opposite the direction of the spinning cutter.  If you travel in the wrong direction the cutter will try to pull the router along. If you travel too slow the wood will start to burn. Traveling too fast will produce a poor cut. Be careful to keep the router from tilting when traveling along the edge and especially while traveling around a corner.   

12. Power off the router after making your cut.  Let the spindle stop turning before moving the router away from the work piece.  

12. Power off the router after making your cut.  Let the spindle stop turning before moving the router away from the work piece.