Thread: Router Table Problems

A little looking and I think I may have found the answer in Stu's new aluminium top modification.

However, if anyone has any suggestions which are quicker and less drastic I would be interester to hear them.

I posted one a while ago using 3 mm MDF. It was sort of a temporary solution, that I was going to improve and haven't bothered as it works well enough for me

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f15/rta300-31996

Cheers, that is certainly a thought for a cheaper and perhaps quicker fix. I may see how hard it will be to source the aluminium sheet locally.

Quite annoying though that such a drastic mod is needed on a brand new product to overcome a basic design flaw.

Still, you chaps seem to have come up trumps with an effective fix that does not compromise functionality.

Thank you!!

Sam, can you please post a link to Stu's modification?

regards,
Jill

EDIT: Whoops! Just realised this is an old thread, and Sam has already responded in the thread in my link below.

Jill, I think the thread linked below has the latest location of Stu's plans....


Hi Sam,

I found the exact same problem, and more or less followed Stu's idea. I got the aluminium from a fabrication shop - it was scrap and was 5 bucks or something like that.

See my thread here on the successful results of this modification (this shows great before and after shots, using a sliding dovetail joint as an example).

Hope this helps, its worth the little time it takes to get things right.

Cheers,
Nathan.

I had the same problem but I haven't done much routing so wanted to experiment a bit before deciding on the eventual solution. I made an insert from 9mm MDF. Two 25 x 25 x 3 aluminum rails give the structural support. The rails are inset into the MDF so the router sits on a flat surface and there are shims, hard top see on the photograph, to make the insert fit flush with, or just proud of the table surface. I made half a dozen rings. So far it seems to work well. I've managed to do a fiddly job that defeated me with the original Triton insert. If I don't find any problems I'll probably keep it:

Originally Posted by JillB

Sam, can you please post a link to Stu's modification?

regards,
Jill

Located here

Honestly I think this work around is excellent ....

yeh there is a BIG butt

You have just out laid good money $$$ for a brand new product and its defective a problem which is well known about by the manufacture looking at old threads. Why should you go to the lengths needed to do the alterations maybe you should have gone got the alloy plate a stack of MDF/Melamine and made one.

Or is this a sample of "She'll Be Right Mate"

have you tried turning the inset over. maby it is bowed to accomadate the weight of the router?

a peice of perspex might work to.

Hi All,

Well three replacement table tops from Triton later and I have got one that is acceptably flat. At least it is within the 0.5mm tolerance quoted by Triton.

I have to say that the customer service from Triton UK has been second to none and I cannot speak highly enough of them.

A shame it took a total of 4 table tops and 3 mounting plates to get a good one but hats off to Triton for being willing to get it right.

Sam

Great news Sam well done