Need ideas for Biesemeyer-mounted router table fence

[Jason White]

Have tried a couple of prototypes, but none are ideal.

Looking for a simple router table fence design that will easily attach to my tablesaw's Biesemeyer fence. My router table is a cast-iron extension wing and clamping a fence to the table doesn't work well (though I can do it in a pinch).

Please share pictures if you have them. Thanks!

Jason

[Jeremy Gibson]

Jason, I made a split style router fence that I clamp to the right side of my table saw fence to use with my extension table mounted router and it works great.

Here's the original post with pics - http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=28574

I even wrote up a measured drawing. If you're interested, PM me and I'll send you the PDF.

[Jason White]

Nice!

What about aftermarket fences (factory-made)? Anybody here find a way to attach one to a Biesemeyer?

Jason


Jason, I made a split style router fence that I clamp to the right side of my table saw fence to use with my extension table mounted router and it works great.

Here's the original post with pics - http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=28574

I even wrote up a measured drawing. If you're interested, PM me and I'll send you the PDF.

[Jim O'Dell]

Get a couple fence clamps like these from Rockler.138206 Should be able to adapt just about any router fence to the Biese with them. Even if you have to scab in a piece of 3/4 on the router fence to hook on to. Jim.

[Kyle Iwamoto]

I used a pair of Grip-tite fence clamps. Hard to tell from the pic, but it's a 3 sided box, I jointed 1 corner, ran the unit through my drum sander to be square. Butchered up a shop vac floor sweep for the dust collection. This is the first picture, I had to seriously modify the bit cutout area. Sealed the vac area with Great Stuff. I also rabbeted the bottom for a place for dust to go.
Works pretty good, made 4 raised door panels, 1 of the 16 corners has an air gap.

Hope that is what you're thinking of.

[scott spencer]

Jason - My current RT fence replaces the face of a Jet Exacta II and works out pretty well. I bought this as an aftermarket item, but it's not too hard to build something similar.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/hewood/RT/rt003.jpg

Here's one that I built a couple of years ago...6" clamps hold it to the fence:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/hewood/RT/GIlayout1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/hewood/RT/GIlayout2.jpg

[Jason White]

Scott, who makes the one on your JET?

Jason


Jason - My current RT fence replaces the face of a Jet Exacta II and works out pretty well. I bought this as an aftermarket item, but it's not too hard to build something similar.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/hewood/RT/rt003.jpg

Here's one that I built a couple of years ago...6" clamps hold it to the fence:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/hewood/RT/GIlayout1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/hewood/RT/GIlayout2.jpg

[Matt Meiser]

Here's (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showpost.php?p=540002&postcount=5) the one I made. I added a dust cover/port and later converted to the Rockler clamps Jim posted which are easier. And even more recently I built a standalone router table because having the router in the extension table meant knocking down the setup to use the saw. I'm keeping the TS mounted stuff for when I want two setups because it does work well other than that inconvenience.

[John Lohmann]

I got a HTC HMS-400 for $19 when htc had all their stuff on sale last year. It's similar to what Scott showed. here's a link showing it. http://woodworking-n-more.com/Tools.aspx

[Jason White]

Do you like it?

Jason



I got a HTC HMS-400 for $19 when htc had all their stuff on sale last year. It's similar to what Scott showed. here's a link showing it. http://woodworking-n-more.com/Tools.aspx

[Josiah Bartlett]

Sorry I don't have a picture available right now, but I drilled and tapped the top of my fence (the Shop Fox Bies clone) to fit a Rockler T-track. It just so happens that the top of the T track is flush with the tops of the faces, so I can use it to clamp all sorts of plywood fixtures and hold-downs to my fence. The fence has lots of metal in it and it threads nicely. I used 10-32 threads. I use an H shaped piece that sandwiches the fence on both sides and has holes for T-bolts to fit in the slot. I built up the table saw side as a sacrificial dado fence and the router bit side as a sacrificial panel raising fence. The nifty part of building the H shaped sacrificial fence is that I can leave the clamp bolt loose and use it as a sled. It works great for end grain operations and raising vertical panels.

Now I drilled and tapped the table to fit the split fence from a Delta shaper so I don't use the Bies as a router fence much but I still use it for the table saw.

[Dan Friedrichs]

Jason, I made a split style router fence that I clamp to the right side of my table saw fence to use with my extension table mounted router and it works great.

Here's the original post with pics - http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=28574

I even wrote up a measured drawing. If you're interested, PM me and I'll send you the PDF.

Jeremy,
That is REALLY cool! I'm saving those pictures and will definitely be using some of your design ideas. Thanks for sharing them.

[John Lohmann]

I don't know, I still haven't made a table saw extension yet, for $19 even if I don't use it I'm not out much. Before I spent much on one I think you would want to see it in person. Ideally it fastens with clips that slips over screw heads screwed into the fence. You can find the manual for it a HTC's web site. I don't think I would destroy your fence for it.

[Salem Ganzhorn]

Get a couple fence clamps like these from Rockler.138206 Should be able to adapt just about any router fence to the Biese with them. Even if you have to scab in a piece of 3/4 on the router fence to hook on to. Jim.

Jim, I have some of these and I am not so sure it would work. They don't clamp the board reliably at 90 degrees. Maybe it is just mine, or maybe I drilled sloppy holes but I am not so sure. I don't think the clamp applies pressure on exactly the same height on both sides. If you have a UHMW PE fence (like you do now :)) clamping it down hard results in rotating sacrificial fence (because the UHMW PE compresses).

<edit> after reading the rest of the posts it looks like more than one person has been successful with this. I will go take another look at my clamps and see what I am doing wrong :).