Jason White
02-27-2010, 3:22 PM
Thanks for the input from others on building a fence for my router table!
After 2 or 3 "prototypes," I now have a good, rock-solid fence for the cast-iron extension wing that doubles as a router table on my Grizzly cabinet saw.
The face is a single piece of 1-1/8" thick red oak, which I secured to a plywood "sub-fence" attached with connector bolts and T-nuts. I routed a dado in the oak to accept a Kreg T-track slot for mounting featherboards. I attached the whole thing to my tablesaw fence with a couple of Rockler auxiliary fence clamps.
All in all, it works great! Dust collection is good when connected to my Festool vac. I considered a split-face, but didn't really see a need for it.
My biggest problem was squaring the face with the cast-iron table, which I shimmed at the top with some blue painter's tape. Not very pretty, but it does the job. If anybody has a better option, I'm all ears.
I covered all wood with two coats of Watco "walnut" Danish oil that I found on clearance at Home Depot. I think it makes the red oak look nice, but not the birch plywood (a little blotchy). I'll likely add a coat or two of poly or wax on top of everything to keep the wood stable and the face of the fence slick.
Whad'ya all think?
Jasonfe
After 2 or 3 "prototypes," I now have a good, rock-solid fence for the cast-iron extension wing that doubles as a router table on my Grizzly cabinet saw.
The face is a single piece of 1-1/8" thick red oak, which I secured to a plywood "sub-fence" attached with connector bolts and T-nuts. I routed a dado in the oak to accept a Kreg T-track slot for mounting featherboards. I attached the whole thing to my tablesaw fence with a couple of Rockler auxiliary fence clamps.
All in all, it works great! Dust collection is good when connected to my Festool vac. I considered a split-face, but didn't really see a need for it.
My biggest problem was squaring the face with the cast-iron table, which I shimmed at the top with some blue painter's tape. Not very pretty, but it does the job. If anybody has a better option, I'm all ears.
I covered all wood with two coats of Watco "walnut" Danish oil that I found on clearance at Home Depot. I think it makes the red oak look nice, but not the birch plywood (a little blotchy). I'll likely add a coat or two of poly or wax on top of everything to keep the wood stable and the face of the fence slick.
Whad'ya all think?
Jasonfe