How to Use the Trigger on a Plunge Router

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Ed Reyes from Master Builders here in Tampa, Florida and I am here on behalf of Expert Village and I am going to show you how to use the proper use for a plunge router. When using this tool, it is very important you realize how gentle this trigger is. There is no variable speed on this trigger. This trigger is high speed immediately. So when using this machine, you take it with your right hand and your forefinger goes across the trigger. There is a clear guard that will keep the debris from coming back at you. That is why it is important that you keep the trigger in your right hand. And as you place it across thew wood, you want to make very sure that you do not have that bit anywhere near the material you are cutting. Because if you do, that thing will kick back on you. So you always keep the bit away from the blade before you start. Once again the trigger is not variable speed. It is high speed so be very careful because it starts immediately; much careful when you use this trigger."