FOR SALE : Router Table...withdrawn, not for sale

[woodbloke]

Having seen the excellent table at Wizer's bash yesterday, I've decided that I'm going to sell my existing one and construct another bigger one later on. I have no desperate need of a table for the remainder of this year, so this is the second item up for grabs (K419 has already gorn)

As can be seen from the pics, it's made from 12m ply, the top is 18mm marine ply with proper Formica laminate. The weight of the router is well supported underneath with substantial cross braces and it has four drawers and a cupboard for assorted routering bits and pieces.

Comes complete with a fully adjustable fence, hood, Ax mitre fence, phenolic insert, hardboard cover and yellow Ax featherboard. Sold with NVR switch.

Router not included

Looking for £150, PM if of any interest. Needs to be collected from Wilton - Rob

 

[woodbloke]

Difficult to know what to price this sort of thing at, but open to sensible offers? It needs to go to a good home or it will be broken up later on which seems a shame as it's a decent, fully functional table...if a little on the small size - Rob

 

[big soft moose]

I cant fit the table in my shop but if you do wind up breaking it up i'd be interested in the router plate and the nvr

 

[woodbloke]

As there's little interest in this, I'll withdraw it for sale and make a new top with the Axminster Router Raiser in it and a new super guchi fence. Apart from Simon's Altendorf, that router raiser was the classiest bit of kit I saw at Tom's bash..muchly impressed. Phenolic insert and other bits sold later on - Rob

 

[WellsWood]

... that router raiser was the classiest bit of kit I saw at Tom's bash..muchly impressed....Rob

Agreed Rob, a truly super piece of engineering. BTW, sorry we never got round to playing with scrapers - there was so much going on I clean forgot to get them out #-o

 

[Oryxdesign]

I think I'm going to buy one of those too. What is a guchi fence?

 

[Oryxdesign]

I think I may buy it with the Bosch router in it, does anyone have any experience of this?

Simon

 

[woodbloke]

I think I'm going to buy one of those too. What is a guchi fence?

Guchi - all singing, all dancing, full adjustable, fully featherboarded etc (similar to Colin's at the bash)

Mark - I only remembered about the scrapers when I got home - Rob

 

[Matt_S]

I was very impressed with that router insert as well - and also the table design was of interest to me. I've only just got my first little table and having seen lots of WIPs. I had always thought a "good" router table was a complicated thing with tracks in it.

 

[wizer]

I did like that raiser but it's not cheap. I'm going to see how the Freud works out first and then go for a proper raiser later.

Colin's fence was interesting but I still prefer SteveM's version with the micro qdjustability. The full length feather board was a good idea tho. I might nick that.

I was right at the back when Colin was doing his demo so I missed most of it

 

[woodbloke]

I did like that raiser but it's not cheap.

Tom - I think for the price (£163) it's very good value when you weigh it up against the cost of say, of LN handplanes. I had a close eye ball at it and it's a superbly engineered bit of kit - Rob

 

[StevieB]

Agree - it was extremely well engineered. The only thing I wondered, and forgot to ask Colin, was about the amount of backlash in it. It seemed to raise and lower the bit extremely fast and I wondered how micro-adjustable it was if you wanted to raise or lower by a tiny amount.

Steve

 

[wobblycogs]

I've been seriously tempted to get one of those Axi router raises but not having seen a review around these parts I've been putting it off (and I'm down for a static plate on the group buy thread as well).

As I have a birthday ccasion4: coming up I might drop some hints to LOML. It'd be great if I could tempt someone to jot down a few words about it's good and bad points frist though.

 

[Harbo]

Woodbloke wrote

Apart from Simon's Altendorf, that router raiser was the classiest bit of kit I saw at Tom's bash.

What about the Veritas dowel maker?

A cheaper alternative is the RouterRaizer which used to cost about £60?
I have had one for a number of years fitted to my DW625 and it works really well. Not as sophisticated as the Axi one (which looks like a copy of the Jessum?) but it's rock solid in use. Steve M uses one too.

On another note, Colin stated he did not like the enclosed American style tables as they did not provide enough air? As somebody who has made an enclosed type table and never had any problems with it, can anybody else explain what problems they might have?

Rod

 

[woodbloke]

What about the Veritas dowel maker?

Rod

That was clever too Rod and would be useful if I used a lot of dowel...which I don't. If a lot of my work was in dowel construction (ie using a Joint Genie or similar) then it would be a very economic way to make dowel - Rob

 

[PeterBassett]

It just might not provide enough air for cooling the motor.

Depends if you always run it with an extractor to the box or not. You could put a one way vent (flap of rubber) in the box to allow air in but not out.

Pete

 

[Harbo]

Mine is based loosely on a Norm design with extraction at the fence and from the Router cabinet - air comes in through the cabinet door and therefore passes over the Router?
So I cannot see what problem it could cause - plus the dust and shavings are better controlled?

Rod :?

 

[paulm]

Mine is based loosely on a Norm design with extraction at the fence and from the Router cabinet - air comes in through the cabinet door and therefore passes over the Router?
So I cannot see what problem it could cause - plus the dust and shavings are better controlled?

Rod :?

Likewise Rod, there is no overheating issue in my experience also, and no reason for there to be such a problem.

I like the Axi plate, it's a fine bit of kit, but can't justify it as I use a cordless drill with a socket to rapidly raise or lower the Trend T11 in the table and then pop the hand adjuster on for fine adjustment, very fast and efficient as is.

The Extreme Extension mounted in the collet was the other thing that transforms a table in use, absolutely brilliant in use, pricey at around fifty quid or so, but wouldn't contemplate life without !

Cheers, Paul

 

[Matt_S]

Tom, what's the SteveM design? Tried a search and that name as author didn't bring up any results?

 

[Harbo]

Matt - Steve Maskery of this parish.

Probably in Vol 1 or 2 of his "Workshop Essentials Jigs & Accessories" DVD's?

Rod