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  1. #211
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    You can make a router top for basically nothing if you want. A piece of flat sheet material is required (mdf/pineboard) and a straight bit of timber for the fence. Drill a hole in the sheet for the router bit to go through and screw the router to the sheet. The fence is secured by two clamps and I put mine on two saw horses though some clamp the sheet to a bench. Certainly not fancy but it does the job just as well for most things. I posted some pictures somewhere but they are most probably gone by now. This link might help....https://www.google.com.au/search?q=s...w=1366&bih=668
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    Cliff.
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    Your router table should look great and be quite utilitarian. I needed to build a router table with ample storage space for my woodworking needs. A lift would be even more convenient. Since I don’t have much floor space a compact router table, like a benchtop one, would be a good choice. After browsing the web for tutorials, I came across this article that has a satisfactory collection of plans and how-tos. Now I am glad that my requirements are met and most of the time you would find me by my homemade router table crafting wood the way I like.

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    For those interested in adding a router table to a table saw, as well as building a top notch fence, lift, and dust collection system, I have been putting this together here ...

    New router table and router table fence

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    Derek
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  6. #215
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    My planed build changed as I progressed through this thread. At one stage I thought why not use square section steel tube and weld, but I had earlier switched from a simple table top design to a cabinet (for the storage) and with that in mind, I'd ordered a Kreg K4 pocket joint jig, with a big box of screws, from Amazon (saving NZ$74 over the Carbatec NZ price).

    I had intended using two thicknesses of 18mm plywood for the table top, but I didn't notice any mention of plywood right through the thread. Is there a reason MDF is better other than cost?

    My plans go back a way as I'd had had a Triton TRA001 on order from Carbatec NZ since November, but I gave up on waiting and ordered a Bosch GOF1600CE yesterday. As it happens, Carbatec told me they are expecting stock of the Triton routers in June.

    I have been collecting bits and bobs in readiness, and have a 10mm sheet of black Acetal cut to the Kreg top plate size (235mm x 298mm). I was unsure how I'd make the recessed hole in the top plate, but my background is as a toolmaker, and I'd been thinking in terms of lathes and milling machines, so it was a nice lightbulb-in-the-head moment when I realised how easy it would be with a router. Is that ironic?

    We've had a TRA001 at the Blenheim Menz Shed for about three years, and most people have struggled with the interlock on the power switch. I look after the Shed routers, and have several times been asked to help when the spindle has been wound hard against the interlock mechanism because they'd forgotten to turn off the router power switch and release the interlock. I am amazed it has not broken.

    We looked at the Kreg power switch when we got the Kreg table a few years ago, but we were advised it was not rated for 240V at the 3.25hp of the TRA001 so we found a stop/go switch at Ideal Electrical in Blenheim. It seems highly likely that a lot of people are using the Kreg power switch though, and I have not come across any stories of them failing or catching fire. The Bosch 1600CE does not have a power switch on the router body — the plunge and fixed bases each have power switches. I plan to table mount the Bosch using the fixed base, so can I leave the switch in the on position and power it up from a separate stop/go switch?

    Thanks again for so many great ideas.

  7. #216
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    OMG, so long thread with sooo many useful info! Thanks folks! Found great ideas and inspiration here.

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