Josh Bowman
03-18-2011, 6:18 PM
I am not associated with the Keen company. I bought the Keen Dust Router trying to tame the mess my router table makes. The installation on my Bench Dog lift went very smooth. I didn't even have to drill holes! I was able to use 3 of 6 holes used to hold the throat plate down, I just had to clean them up with a #6 tap, since I was putting the screws from underneath. The system is simple, it has a sheet of very heavy clear flexible plastic with a Velcro ring and hole in the middle to except the rubber cup that the router bit penetrates and is where the vacuum connects. The Velcro on the cup is sewn to the edge of the cup and simply sticks to the flexible sheet that is fitted and screwed to the bottom of your lift. Hoses, tees and fittings are provided to pull dust off of your fence and adapts to a 2 1/2" shop vac hose. The flexibility of the cup and sheet allows the router to be raised up high enough to change bits. I was a little worried about nicking the plastic sheet material with the shaft wrench, so I heated it up and bent it into a Z shape. Now it works great.
If like mine you can not bring the hose from underneath to the fence, from the back of your router table, you will find to route from the side will require extra hose....not included. Other than this, it's a great design. I use to spew dust 3 or 4 feet in front of my router table, now I only get some fuzzy stuff as the the bit enters the wood for a dado that is blown about 6 inches in front of the bit. And the dado is no longer packed with saw dust after the cut. The unit is a pretty good value for 40 bucks.
BTW, my router no longer gets doused in dust.
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If like mine you can not bring the hose from underneath to the fence, from the back of your router table, you will find to route from the side will require extra hose....not included. Other than this, it's a great design. I use to spew dust 3 or 4 feet in front of my router table, now I only get some fuzzy stuff as the the bit enters the wood for a dado that is blown about 6 inches in front of the bit. And the dado is no longer packed with saw dust after the cut. The unit is a pretty good value for 40 bucks.
BTW, my router no longer gets doused in dust.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31%2BhddCG96L._SL500_AA300_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21OLUOfb2jL._AA300_.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21rmLEPDsML._AA300_.jpg