Louis Brandt
09-29-2009, 10:04 PM
Hello,
I have a question about router table fences. Do most of you use one piece fences or two piece fences on your router tables? Being somewhat of a router novice, I elected to buy a router table instead of building one, so I bought a Bosch table that has a one piece fence. That is, the outfeed side of the fence cannot be adjusted relative to the infeed side, except to add a shim to it.
My understanding is that whenever you are putting something like a bullnose on a piece of stock, that you need to have to outfeed fence slightly forward of the infeed fence to allow for the fact that you’ve reduced the thickness of the stock along its total height.
My Bosch table has a one piece fence, but I’ve looked at expensive router table fences in Rockler catalogs, and as far as I can tell, most of those also use one piece fences, even the higher priced ones.
So, my question is, what type of fence do most of you use, and can a one piece fence be used (with a shim) to do an effective job when you are doing, say, a bullnose?
Thanks,
Louis
I have a question about router table fences. Do most of you use one piece fences or two piece fences on your router tables? Being somewhat of a router novice, I elected to buy a router table instead of building one, so I bought a Bosch table that has a one piece fence. That is, the outfeed side of the fence cannot be adjusted relative to the infeed side, except to add a shim to it.
My understanding is that whenever you are putting something like a bullnose on a piece of stock, that you need to have to outfeed fence slightly forward of the infeed fence to allow for the fact that you’ve reduced the thickness of the stock along its total height.
My Bosch table has a one piece fence, but I’ve looked at expensive router table fences in Rockler catalogs, and as far as I can tell, most of those also use one piece fences, even the higher priced ones.
So, my question is, what type of fence do most of you use, and can a one piece fence be used (with a shim) to do an effective job when you are doing, say, a bullnose?
Thanks,
Louis