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Set up Router and Safety Gear

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What happens here

The presenter explains that you can either drill a pilot hole in the workpiece to start the cut or use the plunge function of the router to initiate the cut directly. He opts to demonstrate the plunge function for this project. Before starting the router, he puts on safety glasses to protect his eyes from wood chips and ear protection to mitigate noise, emphasizing personal safety.

Goal: Prepare the router for operation and ensure personal safety.

Tools and materials

  • DeWalt Plunge Router DeWalt — The primary tool for cutting the shape
  • Ear Protection — Hearing protection from loud router noise
  • Plywood — The material to be routed
  • Safety Glasses — Eye protection from flying debris

What they say

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off this much all the way around. So, you want to make sure that whatever your template is is smaller than what you want. Anyways, let's get this chucked up and see how it goes. All right. Now, you could either drill a hole here to start or you can plunge. We're just going to plunge so you guys can see how the plunge router works. Safety first, and let's get after it. All right. Now that we did our first pass, we're going to plunge a little bit deeper.

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