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Posted by Clint Dixon on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 13:49:48 :
In Reply to: Re: bed strip bolts, question posted by Tim Holloway on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 13:19:32 :
Tim, you kind of lost me with "cutting edge...cut with the back...going backwards" thing. Are you talking about "climb cutting" verses "under cutting"? I know you know this, but for the benefit of others:
For those who have never used a router, router bits spin, so it does not matter which "side" of the router is fed to the material (or which side of the router the material gets fed into), the cutting edge of the bit will always be there.
However, climb cutting and under cutting are descriptive of how the travel of the router relates to the direction that the bit is spinning. Climb cutting makes a lot cleaner cut, but is dangerous in that it can grab the work and launch it very rapidly. Under cutting does not make as clean of a cut (more noticeable in metal), but this is normally the correct way to feed wood to a bit or blade. The direction one feeds wood into the blade of a table saw is under cutting. Climb cutting would be the term if one were foolish enough to feed wood to a table saw in the reverse direction. Climb cutting can be used for short distances with a router to prevent breakout of the end grain at the edge of a piece of wood.
Dave, I know it does not sound like a lot of fun, but dropping the fuel tank may be the quickest and easiest way to get at that hidden nut.
Junior
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