I'm trying to route a 6" diameter circle in the middle of a 1" thick piece of cherry, using a template and my router table. I'm using a fairly new Freud bit which is either a flush trim bit or a pattern bit, i.e. has a bearing at top and bottom, and I'm using the top bearing. I used a 6" hole saw to make the template from 1/4" baltic birch plywood (my drill press doesn't have enough power to use the hole saw on the piece of cherry). I then attached the BB to the cherry with double-stick tape and and used a jigsaw to cut a circle as close to the BB as I could (which is about 1/8"). I'm moving the wood counterclockwise on the router table, with the top bearing against the template. Things go OK for a while, but then the bit grabs the wood. On two different attempts (i.e. two different pieces of wood), the bit grabbed the wood and spun it very quickly counterclockwise, taking huge divots out of 1/4 to 3/4 of the circumference. Not sure what I'm doing wrong; I've used templates and flush trim bits several times without a problem, but never on the inside of a circle. Should I decrease the router speed? I don't think I can cut closer to the template with a jigsaw without cutting into the template. Thanks for any advice. Howard