Router speed control that actually works?

[MalcolmStanley]

crossing streams

Repeatable process for setting Feed Rate and Depth of Cut in Easel and elsewhere

I’ve been trying to understand feed rates and depth of cut settings in Easel, and eventually for Fusion 360. On my first set of cuts I burned out a bit cutting some Oak. On my next set of cuts I snapped a small bit trying to push it too fast through some aluminum. Clearly you have to know this stuff to get it right. @AllenMassey had a great spreadsheet that calculated RPM settings, which taught me a lot, but I am using a deWalt and the advice I have seen is to keep it at the ‘1’ setting, wh…

you need to control the speed of the DeWalt because it spins too darn fast…
solving this would be valuable for all of us…