Router Table: Basic use and safety

Details

This course is exclusively for paying Bitraf members. If you are not a member yet, please sign up for membership at Bitraf Membership before enrolling in the course.

A router table is a versatile tool that enables various woodworking operations, including:

• Edge profiling
• Groove cutting
• Mortising
• Pattern routing
• Joinery
• Slot cutting

While it offers increased precision and control, it is also one of the more dangerous machines in the workshop. The bits rotate at very high speeds and can grab the workpiece, pulling your hand into the moving bit if not operated correctly. Therefore, it is crucial to treat it with the respect and care it requires for safe operation.

Completing a Router Table course at Bitraf is mandatory before using the machine.

Important Information:

• These courses tend to fill up quickly. If you cannot attend after signing up, please RSVP 'no' as soon as possible to allow someone else to take your spot.
• The course starts promptly at 16:00 in the wood workshop. You are welcome to arrive earlier for coffee before the course begins. Please be on time, as late arrivals will miss essential information needed for certification to use the machines.
• Due to high expenses and running costs for the machines at Bitraf, you must be a paying member to attend this course. Please join Bitraf at Join Bitraf before signing up for the course.
• The course will begin with a group theory presentation, followed by practical training. At the end of the course, you will be added to the 'TOOLS' tool access system, enabling you to start using the Router Table.

Please join the Bitraf Slack workspace and register for the Bitraf Google Calendar before attending the course:
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