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18th June 2020, 06:21 PM #1Senior Member
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Fixing a sagging router table top?
Hi all. Recently purchased a bunch of used woodwork gear, including a gifkins router table. Happened to put a straight edge across it, and it's sagging in the middle to the tune of about 5mm. (the included Triton router is very heavy!). Any quick ways to flatten it without too much fuss? I was assuming it would need to be clamped flat, and a few struts screwed to the underside, but that could only happen front + back, as the router is in the middle.
I don't fancy a complete router table build. Would probably look into a saw-table wing mount, if that was the case.
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18th June 2020, 06:30 PM #2.
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5mm is a lot - a photo of underside would assist perhaps in finding a solution.
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18th June 2020, 06:41 PM #3Senior Member
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I'm not home at the moment, but it's one of these - Router table-best designed table on the market. Use with the Triton router!
Top to appears to be a single sheet of MDF-like material (with a tough surface). Looking at the pictures, there's already a strut along the back. Maybe mine's just had a hard life, or possibly the brace isn't fixed to the top surface.
Will post pics when I get in the shed next.
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18th June 2020, 07:23 PM #4Senior Member
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I've had similar issues with other flat surfaces in the past and one was a router table. I bought some cheap axle stands and jacked it up. Worked a treat.
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19th June 2020, 12:06 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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a thicker top would likely mean cutting a rebate into the underside to ensure you don't lose cutter length.
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19th June 2020, 01:47 AM #8
The description says that it is made from compact laminate. Good luck straightening that. I would be shocked if you could get it straight. Best best is to get some off cut 32mm benchtop from a local cabinet maker or kitchen manufacturer etc.
Should cost peanuts and will support the weight of the router with ease.
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19th June 2020, 03:06 AM #9
If you purchased that new, send it back. If second-hand, contact the manufacturer - they built it for the Triton, and it is faulty.
Yes, you can re-make it. But why?
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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19th June 2020, 08:18 PM #10Senior Member
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Okay went out tonight and it’s not as bad as I guessed - is about 2mm sag. Photos attached.
Maybe I could shim the center of the horizontal beams below?
Is it out enough I should bother?
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19th June 2020, 08:26 PM #11
How thick is that top from the pics it looks about 18/19 mm.
But that could just be the angle, the picture was taken from.
Saying that if it’s only 19 mm , I would scrap it an get something thicker, either a kitchen counter off cut.
Or some 32 mm MDF or laminate some board material to get a decent thickness.
Cheers Matt.
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19th June 2020, 08:30 PM #12
Are the front and rear braces also sagging or is it just the top deck sagging between them. Is it possible to flip the top over and counterbore the holes from the opposite side as you might be able to pull the top down with the screws to get it level.
2mm sag will be plenty to annoy you. Just a fraction of a mm will mess up certain operations.Dallas
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19th June 2020, 08:46 PM #13Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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22nd June 2020, 10:36 AM #15Senior Member
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I only purchased it second-hand, so have no recall to the manufacturer. I didn't actually check it front-to-back, I assumed it was a 3-dimensional sag, but maybe it's just left-to-right (long axis). I supposed I need to build a proper router table sometime anyway (with dust collection), but was hoping to avoid that expense. #coronovirus #underemployed
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