harry strasil
01-03-2010, 6:08 PM
I have had a router mounted under the left wing of my shopmade table saw since I built it in the mid 70's. I had a problem with router chips all over the place and made a one side open V shaped box that I could mount to my rip fence that I had a hole for my shopvac hose, it got about 85% of the dust/chips. But I was always careful to clean the air intake slots on the router so that it would have plenty of cooling air.
I have tried mounting a container around the router under the table with a shop vac attached, but the air slots plug really fast when using it, so I gave that idea up to save my router from the smoke demons.
My Question is how do those with similar enclosures deal with the router motor inlets closing with dust and chips?
I have tried mounting a container around the router under the table with a shop vac attached, but the air slots plug really fast when using it, so I gave that idea up to save my router from the smoke demons.
My Question is how do those with similar enclosures deal with the router motor inlets closing with dust and chips?