Farmer Giles
The biggest tool in the box
I have an Axi radial arm drill that needs a new home in the workshop, and I have an old trend craftsmen router table that I rarely use as I find it a bit basic and awkward to use.
So, I thought I would build a new cabinet combining the two functions, I'll sell the old router table/cabinet and buy an insert and router lift. The radial arm drill can be offset from the centre slightly so it doesn't drill into the insert but they can share the same fence, t-tracks and table etc.
I have plenty of depth so I can put the drill base behind the fence and when not in use the whole drill head can be swiveled through 90 degrees out of the way.
Anybody done anything similar? I like to plagiarise all the best ideas before moving to beer mat and pencil
Cheers
Andy
So, I thought I would build a new cabinet combining the two functions, I'll sell the old router table/cabinet and buy an insert and router lift. The radial arm drill can be offset from the centre slightly so it doesn't drill into the insert but they can share the same fence, t-tracks and table etc.
I have plenty of depth so I can put the drill base behind the fence and when not in use the whole drill head can be swiveled through 90 degrees out of the way.
Anybody done anything similar? I like to plagiarise all the best ideas before moving to beer mat and pencil
Cheers
Andy