Dado Dust Collection with OF 1400 on CMS

[Just F Me]

NEVER route backwards!!! An invitation for personal injury!!! All it takes is the cutter grabbing the workpiece then a projectile is born! If you are lucky your hand, arm or body will not be pulled into the cutter with disastrous results!!! Not to mention collateral damage from the projectile. I tried routing backwards ONCE and even used feather boards to keep myself from the cutter and an attempt to keep the workpiece under control. My 3.5 HP router grabbed the workpiece and mangled it and made a disturbing sound. In woodworking disturbing sounds are a warning! I was lucky and will not try that again!! Safe woodworking to all!!

That slight bit of backwards routing I think was done by a Festool employee during the demo....  [eek] [blink]

 

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The trick with back feeding is to make the amount to be removed as small as possible.  I have a self made router table with a Benchdog lift and PC 7518 and recently installed a Keen Products Dust Router which I attached a Festool CMS hose assembly that I bought on Amazon Warehouse. I do dados with no dustout connected to my Fein vac.