 Which way do you push your router when you're using an edge guide or some sort of a track? Well, I would workers Paul Carlson here a small workshop guide We have another video where we talked about using a roundover bit or any kind of a bit that has a roller on it That is designed to follow along the edge of a workpiece We've talked about how to soften the edges on some saw horses where there were lots of different edges That had to be kind of cambered with a roundover bit And so there was a specific way that you wanted to push That router on each of those edges either right to left or left to right depending on the situation This video we're gonna take it further and talk about which way do you push the router when you have an edge guide and Which way do you push the router if you're using a track? First it would be good to understand which way would the router bit like to go on its own In other words if I have this plunge router here with a straight bit in it And if I dropped it down into this workpiece right here Where would it want to go would it want to go off? To the left from from this forward position where I'm pushing it or would it want to go off to the right? So you need to know which way it would want to go now the bit is turning clockwise And so as it engages in the wood here, it would like to go to the left It would like to pull itself in this in this direction not this direction And so I want to use that to my advantage I want the router to want to go against that rail and then stay on that rail If I turned around and push it the other way This direction Then it's gonna want to move from its right to its left and it's gonna want to move away from that rail I can do that, but I have to really push hard to make sure I stay against that rail at all times It's much better to push in the direction where the router helps you stay against that rail When you're using an edge guide put it on the right hand side or think about which way the router wants to go and Set up the edge guide so when it goes that direction it snugs up against the edge So do me a favor if you like any of the videos that I produce then give me a like on that video Make sure you're subscribed to my channel. Make sure you hit the notification bell or you'll never know when I produce a video and Leave a comment. I would really appreciate that and if you feel so generous as to be a patreon I would love that as well small workshop guy signing off