My old router table was a fairly basic Craftsman table with one of those resin fences. In the past, when using bearing bits I didn't use the fence it was just to hard to adjust. if I was routing a rabbet with a bearing guided bearing bit I just eased the wood up against the bearing and rolled it along and thru. Same with round overs or any other bearing guided bits. Is this proper useage or a no no?
If you wanted to router a 3/8 in rabbet do you set the fence up so that the bearing is not used and only the fence supports to work piece or do you set it up so both the fence and bearing is supporting the work piece? That would be very difficult to do I would think.
So I guess what I am asking if I have a large rabbeting bit that can be used to make several sizes of rabbets with different bearings would you set it up so that you have a small bearing on it to cut a 1/2 and then just adjust the fence so that you only remove 3/8 waste?
Additional question. When I bought the Bench Dog, I did so thinking I would add one of those aftermarket router shutoff switches that you plug the router into. Didn't realize that the front edge of the table would be the miter track and no wood is underneath to mount the switch. Even if there was, still couldn't do it as the door would interfere. Can't mount it on the edge of the side either, not enough overhang for at least the craftsman switch, don't know about the Rosseau (sp?) switch if it mounts from the top or the back?? Any suggestions, I kind of hate in the case of emergency having to reach in and shut off the router that way.
Thanks for your help.
Corey