Router table on a budget

[elanjacobs]

A serious budget :p
It's got a fence and dust extraction, what more could you possibly need?
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[Kuffy]

It needs some T tracks. Don't ask me why because I haven't figured it out yet :D

[Arron]

Looks good. When you have a large object to do, just move the fence over and work from the other side.

Cheers
Arron

[woodPixel]

Looks like dust collection is sorted right out.

Youre putting some hours in today?

[elanjacobs]

Looks good. When you have a large object to do, just move the fence over and work from the other side.

Cheers
Arron
Anything large generally goes on the spindle moulder


Looks like dust collection is sorted right out.

Youre putting some hours in today?
Nah, just old photos

[woodPixel]

I love that huge open workspace :)

[Chris Parks]

Fix one end of the fence with a screw for a pivot and you only have to undo one clamp. It's a bit fancier than mine, I screwed the router base directly to the bit of ply I used where you made clamps.

[rayintheuk]

Screwing the holding brackets into MDF does have its limits, especially with the skew forces there will be once the router loads up for a cut. I'd keep any eye on those screws.

Ray

[ian]

A serious budget :p
It's got a fence and dust extraction, what more could you possibly need?
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your budget is really serious money? or absolutely no money?

If the former you need to add

digital fence adjustment
digital height ajustment
noise hood
hold down
dust hood
mitre slots
T-tracks
Incra fence (and whatever) set up
starting pin for freehand work

[elanjacobs]

Screwing the holding brackets into MDF does have its limits, especially with the skew forces there will be once the router loads up for a cut. I'd keep any eye on those screws.

Ray
The direction of cut is into one of the blocks, so it can't go too far, the blocks also get moved a little when the screws don't bite as well as they should. Haven't had any issues in the few years I've been using this setup, even with fairly large bits


your budget is really serious money? or absolutely no money?

If the former you need to add

digital fence adjustment
digital height ajustment
noise hood
hold down
dust hood
mitre slots
T-tracks
Incra fence (and whatever) set up
starting pin for freehand work
Were those additions tongue-in-cheek? The only one that's potentially needed is a starting block, which I just screw on when I need one.

[ian]

Very much tongue in cheek.

I know you have access to some very serious machinery ...