Router Kickback w/Bosch Ogee Bit

To be clear, it wasn’t just the kickback that was a problem, it was held securely and with feather boards, I was more concerned with the massive tearout/chunks it was causing.

You know, that’s probably exactly what I was doing. Looks like I should try climb-cutting on my next piece. Thanks!

If you have the control over the piece to climb cut, it will significantly reduce the splintering, The bit on a climb cut bites into the grain cutting it with a full cut. When conventionally cutting the material from the previous sweep doesn’t always clear causing some chance of entering the grain at an acute early angle and splintering; also the bit then has only a very small amount of wood to catch. This will split many types of wood. But CONTROL is the issue. Without control of the part being cut, you will have a safety hazard, so be careful out there.

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Sounds like you might have been taking too large a bite too….1/8” is significant especially if you were routing against the grain

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