Despite owning two routers I have never actually used one, not sure if I should or .
Anyway, I want to build a fence for my router table along the lines of the one built by Steve Ramsey on YouTube. To allow the split fence at the front to slide I will be sinking two tee-bolts into each of the two split fences which pass through into the main fence, these then need to have a slot just big enough for each bolt to slide left to right / right to left in. I clamped the parts together and drilled the holes for the tee-bolts to pass through into the two pieces of fence (still need to make a recess for the tee-bolt head). In the back fence this will be the start of the slots.
Now, The hole I drilled is 6.5mm diameter and I have a 6.3mm straight cutting bit for my Makita palm router. So what I was thinking I could do is to set the depth such that a small amount of the cutter is exposed and insert this into the hole. Then with the fence on to keep it straight and a stop where the slot needs to end I could start up the router and start making the channel. After each pass, remove the router from the work piece, lower the cutter a bit and repeat the procedure.
The worry I have is that as the cutter is pretty much exactly the same size as the hole I am starting each pass from is it dangerous to start the router with the cutter in the hole, even if I do it in a lot of small passes?
To point out the obvious I did not buy the plunge base with the Makita and I don't have a cutter the right size to use in the Triton.
Thoughts?
Terry.