, by Bill Hylton. If you want a good, basic router book, I recommend it.Next week I plan on making a router lift. Not sure how that will go. I have all the parts and can start this weekend!
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Router table top and fence
Really happy with the way this fence turned out. It's got a lot of weight to it, is square, and moves pretty smoothly. I found the clamping system in a great book called Woodworking With The Router, by Bill Hylton. If you want a good, basic router book, I recommend it.
Next week I plan on making a router lift. Not sure how that will go. I have all the parts and can start this weekend!
, by Bill Hylton. If you want a good, basic router book, I recommend it.Next week I plan on making a router lift. Not sure how that will go. I have all the parts and can start this weekend!
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Why do a lift, when the whole insert comes up with the router attached? I find it easier to adjust the router as normal rather than deal with a lift.
ReplyDeleteYou are probably right. Mostly, my Porter Cable router doesn't handle fine depth adjustments very well. Plus the lift looks like a challenge.
ReplyDeleteLife before lift ): life after lift(:
ReplyDeleteGreat site! "Wood" you consider a link swap? My site is WWW.CarvingByHand.blogspot.com, it is parked on WWW.CarvingByHand.com, but it has not taken hold yet. Please let me know if you wish to swap links!
ReplyDeleteI really like the design of you're table Its put together real well. My table is a lot like you'rs in design. I think you will prefer changing bits and making small adjustments above the table. Its a lot less hassel . The only problem you,ll run into is loosing you're set up every time you need to lift the router out...........Dr.Rock
ReplyDeleteDr.Rock, the solution to that is simple. Get a second router for freehand work.
ReplyDeleteHow does a second router adjust the one in your table?
Deletenice table you'll like have the extra storage drawers for storage made mine a while back and the draws are about full.a good fence too i don't use a miter much but the t- tracks come in handy for feather boards .your getting good at these videos always learn a bit thanks Steve
ReplyDeleteSteve,
ReplyDeleteVery nice job on your router table and fence system.
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You did a very good job on the design, as well as the asthetic details on the drawers and front of your table.
Overall a very well thought out design and build.
very nice table steve I love your table so much I would love to build it myself do you happen to have a pdf or blueprint that I can follow along with so I can build it myself including all the details
ReplyDeleteWonderful work Steve and always interesting to see how you do the various jobs. If I may make an observation, the edge of that melamine top and its chipwood base would get pretty dinged up in my shop. I'd line the edge with hardwood trim, aesthetically more pleasing too. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteGareth: yeah, I'm thinking about adding some sort of edging. My main concern was adding it with the miter track. I may just add some edging and notch out that part.
ReplyDeleteLove the router table setup , nice job ! I do have one though on down draft dust collection , some cuts will not allow the top port to collect the dust and although the chips will fall the fine dust will float to your lungs
ReplyDeleteHave you considered rounding the edges of your table? I bruised myself pretty good on the edge of my drill press table. After that I rounded the corners of the table and made sure I rounded the corners of my router table when I made it. Maybe you can incorporate it into the edging you're thinking about adding.
ReplyDeleteSteve,
ReplyDeleteTwo things:
1:It seems when you loosen those (ingenious) clamps that they will turn and you'll have to turn them back straight each time you tighten them.... maybe a block on each side of both clamps (on the underside of the fence) that loosely holds them straight?
2:To get super accurate holes with a drill press, get a set of brad point bits and a punch. Just center punch and the brad point will guide itself exactly there.
Looks beautiful! Maaaaaajor jealousy happening on this end! :O
~Alex
WITH THE ADDITION OF JUST 2 HOLES,TAKE 1/2 HALF THE DISTANCE OF THE SHORT SIDE FROM THE CENTER OF FENCE ADD THE SAME DISTANCE YOU ADDED TO THE LONG SIDE TO DRILL FOR YOUR BOLTS TO START WITH AND YOU WILL HAVE A DOUBLE DUTY FENCE TO USE ON THE X OR Y AXIS. JUST A THOUGHT IN CASE YOU NEED MORE ROOM TO ROUTER A DADO OR WHAT EVER. LOOOOOKS SOOOOO GOOOOOOOD STEVE!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTOMMYJOE HALLMAN BILOXI MS 39532
I just installed my old router plate in my new table saw's extension wing using the Kreg levelers. I'm really glad you talked about them in your video--I had not heard of them before that. I previously had the plate in a rabbet cut, and it's like night and day having the fine tuned plate perfectly level with the rest of the table.
ReplyDeleteI ended up cutting the aluminum plate to the same size as most manufactured plates so the hole will accept something like the Kreg plate you used if I get tired of my aluminum slab.
New plate:
http://www.jcxmc.com/mike/photoshare/ts/router.jpg
http://www.jcxmc.com/mike/photoshare/ts/flush.jpg
Old plate:
http://www.jcxmc.com/mike/photoshare/ts/throatplate.JPG
Steve, nice table. I have the same insert in my table and the levelers did come with the screws. I also used the kreg idea of the levelers to make levelers for the whole table and have 12 levelers for it. They came in very handy when mounting the table. My fence has a channel that slides over a dust collection hole in the table behind the insert so that I have dust collection at both the fence and under the table. This way I have some air flowing over or past the router all the time to help in keeping it cooler. And I also made the "ShopNotes" lift with some modifications for additional adjustments. If you would like to take a look at these please go to http://lumberjocks.com/projects/66727#comment-1273939 .
ReplyDeleteThanks for the cool videos, Steve in Oregon
Do you offer a blueprint of your router table plans?
ReplyDeleteSteve, do you happen to have a SketchUp or pdf plan for the router table and fence?
ReplyDeleteI'd love to make one for myself.