Thread: Router table fence design

Looks good, Bob.
And the circle-cutting jig is a great innovation. I might just copy that.

Yeah British Columbia is correct. Thanks again for the plan.
Cory

Originally Posted by JillB

thanks Ian, looks pricey, doesn't it, but it seems to lack the features of some of the home made designs submitted earlier in this thread

of course a home made one will be just right for the task, but the "systems" have cool assessories like this one

Not sure if it helps or hinders but I'll add this one to the pile - has worked out well for me and I have not felt or needed any modifications since the original.

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f20/no...31/#post388291

Hi Jill B
Had to get my router fence out today so took a couple of pics for your information.
Made of melamine coated MDF to minimise friction against the work piece. Edged the MDF to minimise chipping the edges and potential for moisture to get into the MDF. Designed to be reversible ie. to function as a high fence by, but have not yet had the need and would need to do some mods if I do need to do this. I installed a couple of segments of school ruler into the router table as facilitate fine adjustment and have found this very useful. The hold down knobs screw into T-nuts on the under side of the router table. The movable stops are easy to adjust (or remove) and are very secure when tightened up. the front faces are sacrificial and are easy to remove / replace.

The dust collector is moderately effective but is only hooked up to a household vac.

The design was based on one I saw at :
Router table and fence
but with a few variations.

Hope this helps

Cheers
Garry G

That is an excellent fence, very functional, and it looks good too .

Many thanks for posting, Garry, and for the links to the original design.

Can you please give us some details on the stop block? It looks like there is some timber in the rail behind it

Hi Jill

The stop blocks are made from a couple of off cuts of Merbau, easy to work and hard enough to resist most dents and deformations. (As a bit of an aside, the merbau was a nice timber to work with - not especially interesting in the grain, but moderately hard, straight grain and responds well to power tools and hand working). They are wider than the clamping knobs so that the knobs do not get in the way of the any work piece. The blocks slide in the T-trac ( which is screwed to the fence) on a tenon that fits snugly into the opening in the trac.

I got a bit carried away cutting the tenon and left a small return that holds the block in the trac when the clamp bolt is loosened off - probably not necessary but seemed nice at the time!

Anyway, a simple t-bolt and knob, lock the stop block in place.

The blocks slide easily in the trac, are easy to adjust, lock firmly and, because of the tenon, do not cam or twist, even under significant force of pressure from a work piece.

I was using them today to cut rebates, which reminded me how well they perform.

I've attached a few pics to clarify the design

Cheers Garry G

Well done Garry, this is a great idea, worth copying. Many thanks for posting

Agree with your comments about Merbau, Garry. We call it Kwila up here, and it is used extensively for outdoor furniture and decking. I have just finished a floating shelf using Kwila, and it turned out well.

I have been considering it for use as a fence, and your comments have confirmed me decision.

It is quite an oily timber, and should last a long time

Originally Posted by Wizened of Oz

Hi Jill
I'd need to be Samson to move the fence when the Magswitches have it locked, and I'm more of a Simpson.
Seriously, you'd have to be doing something preposterous to cause the fence to move. No normal use would budge it.
So you also have a CI router table top?

Edit: The Magswitches are the 40mm ones. The 20mm size would not be strong enough.

Dragging up an old thread I know, but I thought it might be wise to correct what I said.
It's no longer the case that the Magswitches hold firm. The fence now creeps and has to be clamped. Wondering what has changed I realised that I use a bit of Silverglide to smooth the movement of the piece along the table and this of course has helped the fence and Magswitches to creep.
Major modification coming up.

Thanks Brian, looking forward to seeing what you come up with