Router Table - with good dust extraction.

**aju** · 18th July 2008, 01:59 PM

Hi All, I have been very busy the past month or so making a new router table cabinet to replace the old one. This one incorporates a router compartment with a rear baffle extraction. There are two extraction points in the compartment: (1) at the base and a hose connection port from the triton router under the plate. A third extraction point (3) is connected externally to the baffle from the fence. To fully complete the extraction, I need to just cut a small ~1cm opening at the base of the compartment door (between the hinges). This works very well as the base of the compartment is also sloped. The air flows over the base of the compartment with venturi effect and sweeps any dust out to the rear baffle (1). I have made the height of the router 1050 mm and the cabinet is 550 deep by 750 wide. The extra height suits me and has the added benefit of extra drawer storage. A total of 8 drawers and 1 special shelf drawer compartment gives me plenty of storage. These are all fitted with full extension slides. For easy removal of the router, I have a double powerpoint located within the router compartment. I also plan to put in a light (LED) with a contact switch on the door so that it will turn on automatically when the door is opened. The double power point in turn is connected to a emergency power off/on switch (from woodworkersupplies). Note that I had made up a right angle bracket so that switch was facing the operator. The router plate is a phenolic (woodpeckers brand) while the top and fence are Jessem heavily discounted from carbatec. The large triton router itself is fitted with a router raizer so that I raise & lower without opening the router compartment. The cabinet was made with 18mm marine plywood, as were most of the drawers. The face of the drawers is chipwood laminated in American Oak. All joinery was done with pocket holes - Kreg. Also I fitted the cabinet with heavy duty lockable castors. Finished with Danish oil. Hope you like it. It took me much longer to plan than to actually build. Picture 1: Old router table Picture 2: New router table Picture 3 - 7: Router compartment Picture 8 & 9: Dust extraction Picture 10 & 11: Top & Fence Picture 12 - 15: Electrical wiring Picture 16 - 21: Storage & drawers Picture 22: Castors

**blackhole** · 18th July 2008, 02:54 PM

OUTSTANDING

**aju** · 18th July 2008, 04:04 PM

I'm glad you like it. I am very happy with the way it turned out. Will be putting it to good use this weekend.

**jackliveshere** · 18th July 2008, 04:14 PM

looks sweet mate! Good job

**chrisp** · 18th July 2008, 05:13 PM

Top job, aju

**Pheonix** · 18th July 2008, 05:26 PM

Great work Aju,like that thumbwheel adjustment,great idea!

**aju** · 2nd August 2008, 11:03 AM

Hi,

Thanks for all the good comments. I made a few more modifications last weekend.

Firstly, I made a cutout in the front door to allow air into the router compartment, added noise suppression foam, and put some LED lighting inside. (photo 1 to 4). Secondly, I made a freehand dust extraction jig (made it in 2 hours, photos 5 to 8). This jig was inspired by the two commercial ones (woodpeckers & benchdog). I thought $50 for such a basic jig is far too expensive. The jig works really well. Absolutely no dust can found on the tabletop after a routing operation. This jig is particularly useful for edge routing curved pieces. For example, curved panels or rails for cabinet doors.

Enjoy,
Andrew

**artme** · 2nd August 2008, 04:46 PM

Beautifully thought out and made aju.

Puts mine to shame.

**coffenup** · 2nd August 2008, 10:41 PM

great job well done
Regards Michael

**Waldo** · 2nd August 2008, 11:09 PM

Great job you've done there aju.

**Jeff@G** · 11th August 2008, 09:11 PM

Sensational work on an inspired piece of workshop kit.

**aju** · 17th August 2008, 12:44 PM

Hi Again,

A few people have been asking me about the details of the dust extraction. I have drawn up the details in google sketchup. The pictures are shown below. Also I recently made a coping sled which attaches directly to the Jessem mitre-slide. I will post them when I get a chance to get to the shed.

The thumbwheel microadjustment is part of the setup for the router raizer. So I cannot lay claim to inventing it. The router raizer allows you to adjust the height of the router from above the table with a crank. Alternativelty you can also adjust from thumbwheel if you wish.
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**aju** · 20th August 2008, 11:29 AM

Hi again,

As promised I here are the pictures of the router coping sled that attaches to the Jessem Mitre Slide. It is very stable and easy to keep square to the fence because it incorporates a mitre slot slide, a table edge guide and is fixed to the overhead mitre slide. The sled itself is made of formica laminated 16mm MDF with clear plastic edging (a $5 offcut from Plyboard Distributers - www.plyboardboard.com.au). I used laminated 18 mm plywood for the rest of the jig. To finish it off i then superglued on 80 grit cloth-backed sandpaper to the top of the sled and to the edge of the sliding stop to prevent any movement of the timber during routing operations.

**Waldo** · 20th August 2008, 11:34 AM

Very nice coping sled there Aju

Seems that red is the flavour of the month for router jigs.

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