Router Table WIP

[Gary]

Looking good Martin.

Just one question though.

Where's it gonna go when you've finished it?

 

[motownmartin]

I just viewed the thread 5 times on the trot so I could say I was the 10,000 viewer..... :lol: :lol: \/ \/ \/

Congrtulations your Lordship, your reward is to send me a selection of 1/2" router cutters :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[motownmartin]

Looking good Martin.

Just one question though.

Where's it gonna go when you've finished it?

Dunno Gary, my Son has just gone back to uni so I might have to put it in his bedroom :wink:

 

[Lord Nibbo]

Looking good Martin.

Just one question though.

Where's it gonna go when you've finished it?

Dunno Gary, my Son has just gone back to uni so I might have to put it in his bedroom :wink:

Tell your swmbo the forum says it needs to be acclimatised and tested in the warmth of the living room :lol: :twisted: :lol: :wink: I've got an extra bedroom to put you up for a few days if she gets nasty..... :lol: 8)

 

[motownmartin]

Looking good Martin.

Just one question though.

Where's it gonna go when you've finished it?

Dunno Gary, my Son has just gone back to uni so I might have to put it in his bedroom :wink:

Tell your swmbo the forum says it needs to be acclimatised and tested in the warmth of the living room :lol: :twisted: :lol: :wink: I've got an extra bedroom to put you up for a few days if she gets nasty..... :lol: 8)

:lol: :lol: :lol: do you also have a life support machine

 

[motownmartin]

It' complete at last.

Some pics

In it's final position, until I do some long pieces, it's a good job I put some wheels on it.

The Woodpecker table insert, this was quite easy to fit with a template, I cut the hole about 1mm deeper as the plate has 8 leveling screws.

The triton router in situ

How easy is this to change the cutter, no more skin taken off my knuckles :lol:

The dust extraction hose fitted to the wonder fence

Some feather boards fitted when cutting smller/narrow items

The right angled sled for doing the dovetail and finger joints

Thanks to all who helped me with suggestions, thanks to Lord Nibbo for sending me the plans and thanks to Gary for the sarcasm :lol:

I hope you enjoed this thread and I hope some of you got something from it.

All the best

 

[Paul Chapman]

That looks great, Martin =D> Did you buy that Woodpecker insert plate over here?

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[motownmartin]

That looks great, Martin =D> Did you buy that Woodpecker insert plate over here?

Cheers :wink:

Paul

Yes paul, I got it via woodworkers workshop, it cost a fortune but for peace of mind worth it for me.

After all the waiting for the incra and woodpecker I wish I had gone and bought direct from the USA, woodpecker themselves charged a small fortune for shipping, then you get hit for taxes when it arrives, so that counted them out.
I did find a company that were reasonably priced on the shipping but they didn't have correct size incra positioner, I did actually order the 25" positioner fro them (Eagleamerica) but overnight I realized it would be too big, I phoned to cancel the order.

 

[Fecn]

Where do I find the smiley for envy?

That looks absolutely superb!

Well done Martin! How long until you finish my one?

 

[Chris Knight]

Martin,
That looks really great - very stylish too.

 

[Lord Nibbo]

Seeing that fence has made me quite :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: =D> =D> =D>

 

[Fecn]

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Yeah.. that's the smiley I was after

 

[CNC Paul]

Hi Martin,

That looks extremely NICE, is there any movement in the fence ?


CNC Paul

 

[motownmartin]

Hi Martin,

That looks extremely NICE, is there any movement in the fence ?


CNC Paul

Paul, if I grab the outermost point of the fence and put a fair bit of pressure on it, there will be about 5 to 10 thou of movement there, I am very suprised at how sturdy it is.

 

[motownmartin]

Where do I find the smiley for envy?

That looks absolutely superb!

Well done Martin! How long until you finish my one?

I'll swap you for that CNC machine :lol:

 

[motownmartin]

Seeing that fence has made me quite :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: =D> =D> =D>

Cost £300 but I reckon it will be worth every penny

 

[LWS]

Martin - I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this topic and many congratulations for a job well done.

As the owner of two router table systems who is unhappy with both I intend to be a bit of a sheep and make one of these. Please can you advise me of where to source the plans in the UK? Thanks.

One other query.. I can see that the Incra fence dust extraction will work okay but what about dust from the router box within the stand? How is that extracted?

By the way the two table systems with which I am unhappy are the Veritas complete system and a sliding carriage cast-iron table from the Woodcut Trading company (exactly the same as the Fox one that Rutlands sell. If anyone wants to buy the cast iron one I will sell it cheaply to a forum member.

 

[motownmartin]

Martin - I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this topic and many congratulations for a job well done.

As the owner of two router table systems who is unhappy with both I intend to be a bit of a sheep and make one of these. Please can you advise me of where to source the plans in the UK? Thanks.

One other query.. I can see that the Incra fence dust extraction will work okay but what about dust from the router box within the stand? How is that extracted?

By the way the two table systems with which I am unhappy are the Veritas complete system and a sliding carriage cast-iron table from the Woodcut Trading company (exactly the same as the Fox one that Rutlands sell. If anyone wants to buy the cast iron one I will sell it cheaply to a forum member.

Hi LWS

Many thanks for the kind words.

This table is based on Norm's Delux Router Table, a fellow forum member gave me the plans but I have passed them to someone else.

There is another extraction port at the back of the table but I only pipe up one, it all depends what i'm cutting, to be honest if I had the both operating at the same time I don't think it would be strong enough as I only have a small extractor, besides the wonderfence is removed for some operations such as joinery, I use the wonderfence for shaping and rebating edges, it takes away the chippings with ease.

If you would like to sell your router tables it's best to put up a message with for sale in the title then people will contact you if interested.

 

[motownmartin]

When you say you used sealant, do you mean you actually fixed it down to the MDF with sealant?

Cheers

Mike

Sorry Mike, I think I missed this first time round, yes it's glued on to the mdf with silicone sealant.

 

[motownmartin]

I noticed this week that my table top was dished by about 1mm, not much but enough to muck up any precision joinery.

I think this has happened due to me not fixing any laminate to the underside of the table top allowing the moisture to swell the mdf, I thought that by using the sealant rather than glue it would have allowed the boards to expand equally or it may be still settling down.

Anyway, I had to find a way of combating this, I thought maybe I could build some jacking devices for the centre compartment, I bought some angle iron and some 8mm nuts and bolts, but I didn't get a drill bit

First of all I had to fix the top to the cabinet very securely, I used some 1 1/4" batons and screwed through to the cabinet and the top.

Then instead of making the jacks I cut some thin slithers of wood and inserted these between the inner cabinet and the table top.

I don't know if this pic shows the result very well, I should have done a before and after.

As flat as a Pancake, might still do the jacks at a later date, they should give me adjustment if needed.