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Thread: Mitre Track or not????
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5th April 2005, 12:29 PM #1
Mitre Track or not????
Call this market reserch or just wanting some input, whatever?? We are selling a Engineered Router Table Top machined to take the Woodpecker Lifts & Plates plus the tracks to adjust the fence with, we have also included a Mitre Track slot in front of the router to allow the use of a mitre gauge. The question is;
Who uses a mitre gauge or any other item in the mitre slot?? 2 posible uses come to mind 1/ a fixing for a feather board, and 2/ tenoning etc.
Your thoughts pls.
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5th April 2005, 12:37 PM #2
I personally wouldn't want a mitre slot at all. It runs the risk of filling up with chips, dust etc.
I can do featherboards easily enough with a clamped on piece of timber with hold-down's attached and jigs for the rest.
BurnBurn
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6th April 2005, 12:32 AM #3
Definately need them for cutting the ends of stiles with matched cutters on RP doors.
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6th April 2005, 01:43 AM #4
Why not just a T-square jig?
Burn
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6th April 2005, 07:35 PM #5
Because there is always a chance the piece/t-sq jig could pivot against the fence.
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9th April 2005, 04:50 PM #6Intermediate Member
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Ditto, styles for raised panel doors
Cheers
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9th April 2005, 05:47 PM #7
I haven't to date, but am about to stick some sail track on the Penultmate Router table for featherboards etc.
The purpose of the Penultimate table is to try one of everything before I build the ultimate one!
I am going to try a sail track on the fence to slide jigs from there so I don't have to worry about a parallel fence, but if your system has a parallel fence, I suspect a mitre track could be useful.
Cheers,
P
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10th April 2005, 01:47 AM #8
On the other hand why not just go around to your mates house and use his jig... LOL
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11th April 2005, 05:48 PM #9
IMHO
It's better to have it and not use it than to have a NEED for it and NOT HAVE it
Personally when I eventually make myself a router table, that is one important item I would include. Maybe even more than one track!Kind Regards
Peter
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11th April 2005, 06:10 PM #10
IMO, the mitre slot is unneecessary on a router table. When using rail-and-stile bits, I just use a rectangular piece of MDF to push the workpiece past the bit. This keeps it square and minimizes tearout.
Rocker
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12th April 2005, 12:38 AM #11
Yeah thats what I've done too... but using my large dia rail/stile bits the fence faces are parted about 60mm, if your wood is less than 80mm wide there is always a chance that it can pivot and it does this easily no matter how hard you hold the backing plate/mdf. It soon can put a damper on your day...
Im installing one ASAP, just going to be a pain to line the fence up square with it!....................................................................
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12th April 2005, 01:35 AM #12
I use my mitre track, but this is only possible because the fence on my router table is always parallel to it (router table is set into tablesaw extension, and the router fence is attached to the tablesaw fence).
Regards from Perth
Derek
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12th April 2005, 06:43 AM #13Originally Posted by Harry72
Rocker
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12th April 2005, 09:17 AM #14
There are three reasons why I wouldn't put one in:
1. They are unnecessary. You can use a sled or some other device that rides along the fence or the edge of the table.
2. They fill up with crap and are likely to lift your workpiece off the table.
3. They may cause the table to warp (I read this one in a book on routers. I suppose it depends on what the table is made from - the authors Fred Matlack and Bill Hylton were anti-mitre slot)."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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12th April 2005, 10:16 PM #15Originally Posted by silent
Rocker, it can pivot I have clamped the pieces to the mdf backing plate... but theres still the chance the whole lot can pull away from the fence.....................................................................