Lou's Poor Mans Router TAble

**NewLou** · 11th March 2007, 04:39 PM

Gidday

I was lucky enough to salvage half a table top..............Not knowing quite what to do with it I knocked up my first router table from nothing but Shop scraps.

Shes got:

1. 3HP dusty that works a treat
2. Above table bit change
3. Fence with T-Track so that I can set up stops etc.

Theres a pic of my very first moulding

I plan to make a torsion box underneath to eliminate any flex and get some zero clearance plates from professional woodworkers supplies for my various collection of bits.

TAkes 5 minutes to set up................n clamps directly to my workbench. The great feature of such a rudimentary system is that she can all be neatly packed away.

A godsend when floorspace comes at a premium.

Regards Lou

**martrix** · 11th March 2007, 04:58 PM

Gday Lou, good idea. I haven't built myself a router table and something like that would be handy.
What router have you got in it?

Did you lose much suck when you reduced the 4" down?

**NewLou** · 11th March 2007, 05:06 PM

Gidday Matrix

Got the little triton set up which is an awesome router. I got a 3HP Cyclone n to let you know how effective it was I took the photos straight after completing the moulding.

Virtually no Dust!...................but I suspect a lot of the 1micron particles escaped I'll check her in an hr or so to see if theres a fine layer of dust on the table.

I'm going to test out a baffle system that I plan to use on my dedicated table that I'm presently designing n plan making in the not to distant future

So at this stage my Rigs going to be for all the testing of my ideas. SO far So Good!

REGards Lou

**dazzler** · 11th March 2007, 06:47 PM

Well done.

What did you finish the top with

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Dont worry about the 1 micron stuff. Mum always said what you cant see cant hurt you

**bookend** · 12th March 2007, 02:59 AM

Where did you get the plastic attachments for your fence and dust collecter pipe Lou?

**niki** · 12th March 2007, 05:01 AM

Nice job Lou

That tells you that you don't need "Kuchi-Muchi" designed and built router table (or any other jig) to make a nice work.

From my experience, all those "temporary" set-ups remain "temporary" for many years...at list in my case.

When you make your "permanent" router table, if you want to prevent sagging, have a look at this post
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f44/router-lift-46004

When the router is not in use, you can just put the cross-rail (this one with the screw), I know that you don't need the screw for height adjustment but you can put a piece of wood between the rail and the router so the router will be supported by the cabinet and not on the table-top (or the "insert") screws.
You don't have to lift the router so much, just 5~10 mm to take the weight of the router.
I made it like that and no sagging for the last 8 years and my router is attached to "Floor Panels".

Regards
niki

**Knurl** · 12th March 2007, 08:42 AM

Nice work NewLou. Excellent job. That router table must be the most highly-polished I've ever seen. Couldn't you find a better use for such a "clean" and polished piece of timber, than to drill holes in it? What sort of timber is it?

**NewLou** · 12th March 2007, 02:12 PM

LOL

M8 shes just a bit a chipboard with some thin veneer slapped over the top.....................cheap n nasty!

I put some wax on it to help stock slide over the table which may have added to the gloss but up close shes really nothin special.

Although I guess I could of used it to make something I just couldn't bring myself to make something outta such crappy material (its just me .............I hate chipboard)

Needless to say I'll get much more outta it using it as is!

Bookend All the dusty equipment came from carba-tec....................check out there latest cattledog pg: 27
Regards Lou

**NewLou** · 25th March 2007, 07:19 PM

Gidday

MAde a zero clearance insert for my router table today. Just some masonite roughed out on the bandsaw then final dimensioned on a drill press drum sander................easy as!

To make sure shes perfectly level I went over it with a few scrapes from a card scraper...................N theres ya apples

REgards Lou

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