fletty
15th January 2020, 09:30 AM
It would have been a fine title for a Muddy Waters song?
For many years, I have used this router table built in to the extension of my table saw.
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It suits both my shed space and my work methods. It is based on a JessM router lift which is branded JET and this lift....
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...... holds routers by their faceplate which has created a number of issues over the years re enough rise to mount and remove the router bit. It is mounted in a larger than normal recess and I have made a number of other router plates to fit into the recess such as this one with a pair of Trend routers to greatly speed up work with the Gifkin dovetail jig.
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I originally had an old Makita D handle router mounted on the lifter and this has, for a number of reasons, gone to router heaven.
NOW. THIS IS WHERE THE REAL STUPIDITY STARTS
I bought a new Makita router to replace the one that went to heaven BEFORE having a look at the long forgotten mounting details? The net result of this impulse buy was a router that required me to put a flexible steel rule through the router opening to lock the spindle to change the bit! It slowly sunk in that I already have 2 Triton routers that are legendary for their ability to operate in a router table and that to use anything else meant that I was about to reinvent the wheel?
A bit of homework advised me that there is a Kreg router plate pre-drilled to suit the Tritons but....
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..... it is the same width, a bit shorter but thicker than the existing recess. I made a simple guide box and routered the new depth about mid way along the exisiting recess.
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While making some inserts to fill the gaps I wondered IF I could use them to create a downdraft area for when I use a copy router bit without a fence and so I drilled them to suit and......
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........ it worked well enough to do further trials. The current inserts are only timber but the final ones will probably be UHMWP
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The Triton winding crank lined up as beautifully you would expect from Kreg...
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... but the removal of the JessM router plate meant that I had also lost my fence mounting holes and so, one job leads to another ..... and another....
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The original JessM fence mounted directly on to the JessM table insert using tapped holes but, possibly unreasonably, I don’t feel confident in tapping new holes in the Kreg phenolic plate to securely locate the fence. I’m going to replace the existing angle base with this aluminium channel and fix it to to the table saw fence for adjustment.
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I’ve never been happy with the under table dust collection box so I’ve listened to 10 years of hindsight and made a new one. This one is much better sealed than the old and the base slopes towards the dust collection port.
I am about to fully automate my dust collection system and so this now allows me to have 100 mm ports both above and below the table using DustRight fittings so that I can easily change fence and shroud dust collectors depending on the job I’m doing
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For many years, I have used this router table built in to the extension of my table saw.
467190
It suits both my shed space and my work methods. It is based on a JessM router lift which is branded JET and this lift....
467191
...... holds routers by their faceplate which has created a number of issues over the years re enough rise to mount and remove the router bit. It is mounted in a larger than normal recess and I have made a number of other router plates to fit into the recess such as this one with a pair of Trend routers to greatly speed up work with the Gifkin dovetail jig.
467192
I originally had an old Makita D handle router mounted on the lifter and this has, for a number of reasons, gone to router heaven.
NOW. THIS IS WHERE THE REAL STUPIDITY STARTS
I bought a new Makita router to replace the one that went to heaven BEFORE having a look at the long forgotten mounting details? The net result of this impulse buy was a router that required me to put a flexible steel rule through the router opening to lock the spindle to change the bit! It slowly sunk in that I already have 2 Triton routers that are legendary for their ability to operate in a router table and that to use anything else meant that I was about to reinvent the wheel?
A bit of homework advised me that there is a Kreg router plate pre-drilled to suit the Tritons but....
467188
..... it is the same width, a bit shorter but thicker than the existing recess. I made a simple guide box and routered the new depth about mid way along the exisiting recess.
467194 467195
While making some inserts to fill the gaps I wondered IF I could use them to create a downdraft area for when I use a copy router bit without a fence and so I drilled them to suit and......
467196
........ it worked well enough to do further trials. The current inserts are only timber but the final ones will probably be UHMWP
467197
The Triton winding crank lined up as beautifully you would expect from Kreg...
467202 467199
... but the removal of the JessM router plate meant that I had also lost my fence mounting holes and so, one job leads to another ..... and another....
467175 467176
The original JessM fence mounted directly on to the JessM table insert using tapped holes but, possibly unreasonably, I don’t feel confident in tapping new holes in the Kreg phenolic plate to securely locate the fence. I’m going to replace the existing angle base with this aluminium channel and fix it to to the table saw fence for adjustment.
467177 467182 467183
I’ve never been happy with the under table dust collection box so I’ve listened to 10 years of hindsight and made a new one. This one is much better sealed than the old and the base slopes towards the dust collection port.
I am about to fully automate my dust collection system and so this now allows me to have 100 mm ports both above and below the table using DustRight fittings so that I can easily change fence and shroud dust collectors depending on the job I’m doing
467203