Thread: My New router table 'The Beast'.

Steven, this is one great table. With the table being 1100 long you have been able to in-corporate some decent storage drawers.
That is great. I think no matter what one produces, in hindsight there is always a little tweak or 2 that you wish you have made. I know there is a few that I wish I had made such as different drawer layout. Having said that the most important is a flat top, straight fence and good dust collection. It sure looks like those boxes have been ticked for your table.
Regards
Les

Awesome router table. Can i ask what brand and where did you get that power switch?

Cheers
Nathan

Originally Posted by lesmeyer

Steven, this is one great table. With the table being 1100 long you have been able to in-corporate some decent storage drawers.
That is great. I think no matter what one produces, in hindsight there is always a little tweak or 2 that you wish you have made. I know there is a few that I wish I had made such as different drawer layout. Having said that the most important is a flat top, straight fence and good dust collection. It sure looks like those boxes have been ticked for your table.
Regards
Les

Thanks Les.

I've been meaning to update my old router table for a while now and seeing your's gave me the kick I needed to get it done. I'm really happy with the way it turned out but am stoked with the dust extraction compared to my old one where it was practically non-existent under the table and the amount of storage I was able to get. You need all the storage you can get when your workshop is a single car garage that also actually houses a car too!!!

Originally Posted by delbs

Awesome router table. Can i ask what brand and where did you get that power switch?

Cheers
Nathan

Sorry Nathan but the switch was one of the carry-over components from my old table and it must be nearly 10 years since I bought it. From memory I got it at the Melbourne TWWW show from the Timbecon stand, but not sure. Not even sure you can get this particular one anymore.

Thanks for the likes and the positive comments.

Steven.

I have also just made one - not to your standard though.
But I am having trouble with my fence - I have tried a number of options and I am intrigued by yours.
Do you have 2 T tracks on your fence? It looks like you have one to adjust the fence laterally? and one on the front to support jigs/holds etc.

Regards,

Thanks Smithy.

You are correct about my fence having two faces using two t-tracks.

It's a fence that i made quite a few years ago for my old router table and is based on a plan from Australian Woodsmith (they made the entire table but I just used the fence), I cant remember which issue it was but if your interested i may be able to find it, scan it and email a PDF to you.

I started with some thick walled aluminium angle to which i screwed a fixed 18mm MDF backing. The actual face is two MDF pieces laminated together so it was thick enough to route a groove for the inside t-track and maintain strength (it was an 18mm and a 6mm piece for an overall thickness of 24mm). I then drilled through the aluminium and backing fence for 3 t-nuts each side that slide through the inside t-track so you have a sliding fence to adjust for different size router bits. I then routed another groove at the front for a second t-track to mount feather boards or any other jig that you may require.

Here are some pics so you can make sense of the above messy explanation.

This is the fence slightly moved apart so you can see the inside t-track and the backing with cut-out for dust extraction.



This the fence moved a little further so you can see the t-nut.



And here is a pic behind the fence so you can see the t-nut adjusting knobs.



I used threaded rod with seperate t-nuts only because thats what i had at the time. Now you can get something like this from Carbatec http://www.carbatec.com.au/hardware-fitting-kits_c21631.
It has all the pieces you need.

It works great so carried it over to the new table but I plan to replace these front faces due to wear from years of use.

Hope this helps, yell out if you need anymore pics or info.

Steven.

Hi again.

The plans for the fence that i based mine on was in Australian Woodsmith issue no.17. Mine is slightly different.

I was going to scan and post a PDF version here on the forum but i'm not sure if I will be breaking any copyright laws so I haven't.

PM if you're interested.

Steven.