Thread: GMC powered router table

check out the recent thread in this forum entitled 'Help please'. It has a brief discussion on this machine.

I looked at the picture on the GMC site. Is the top plastic ?!!!!! Should be great for curved fixtures.

Derek

Fence is. Top isn't.

Hi all,

Bunnies for price not service or advice.

The Hitachi TR12 setup is the way to go.
I could swear there are wheels available for your current setup. ???

Depending on the model you can either fold the legs up (or remove the legs and store them in their designated place), leaving the Hitachi TR12 mounted and then hang the whole thing up (or lean it against a wall).

From your profile at 33 you should be able to handle this. (Physical condition not withstanding.) I'm 41 and toss it around like a football.


Friend of mine (not true, I have no friends) purchased the GMC based on price.

After discussing a few problems he had the chace to return it but declined. Who knows.

Anyway, these are the points I remember in his words:

1. "It screams like a banshee. Made my eyes roll up."
2. "It's plastic."
3. "You have to move the fence to change the bit height."
4. "Height adjustment is with a key (like an angle grinder) from the top"
5. "Router is fixed." (not removeable for handheld work)
6. "Fence is fixed." (can't adjust the opening for the router bit)

I had the Bosche GOF (Bunnies) and it screamed like a banshee.
I now have the 1300 ACE (Bowens) (2 years before the Triton Router) an' it ain't quiet.

I've got the GMC Drill Press and just purchased the GMC Belt and Disc Sander. Both at the $99 mark. And will upgrade when the need (when they stop working) arises and finances permit.

Hope this helps

Barry, thanks for the reply. Sorry about the delay, but my original post on this topic followed my 'upgrade' to the latest edition of Norton SystemWorks - which includes 'Password Manager', a fiendish device which won't let you log in to anywhere until you set it up properly! I didn't have it set up right, but persistence on my part and patience on Neil's got me sorted out. Now I am back to my original username etc - and you can see from my correct profile that I'm 68 years young. I also have emphysema and a buggered back, which is why I have problems lugging my router table out of storage, setting it up under the carport which is my workspace, and putting it away again when the job is done.
Having said that, I'm starting to collect material to build a modified version of Bill Hylton's 'Floor Standing Router Table'. Part of the modification will be a set of industrial casters, which will allow rolling instead of lugging - a much better proposition!
Thanks to your (and others) advice I've dropped the though of a GMC device...
The 'Ideal Router Table' thread is a good one, and I hope to post details of any progress there.

Johnno

Johnno,
Just an aside regarding castors - I too was after some to make some of my stationery items moveable/mobile and had been hunting around for castors for some time and the reason for my delay in purchasing was the overbearing price some stockists (inlcuding that waskally wabbit) were asking.
Went into $uperscheap the other day with a mate as he needed some bits n pieces and lo and behold they had all sorts there locking and non locking for quite reasonable (cheap) prices. Ended up bought a heap and they all work fine - all are ball bearing fitted and turn very freely even with some weight on them etc. Something you may consider when you go looking for your castors.