Originally Posted by
Mike Cutler
Mark
Sorry to hear about your injury, that must have hurt like Hades once the adrenaline wore off. I can't imagine what must have been going through your mind. Heal well and do everything the doc's tell you do and if possible, don't be in a hurry to get back to work until you're completely healed.
I've never really trusted the speed control knobs on routers either. They can fault, and some can be bumped inadverdantly. I use them, but when the bits get bigger, that's just a boatload of energy at the outer circumference. Always a little bit of pucker factor when swinging a bigger bit, whether by hand, or mounted in a table.
I think that's what I like about the Shaper/Spindle Moulder so much. It makes a using a large cutter "safer". Wouldn't thave helped what you were doing though.
As an aside, and because Bruce Page expressed similar trepidation with the function you were performing, is there a different tool, or process, that performs this function?
No arm chair quarter backing here, just not familiar with exactly what you both are referring to.