Where can I get a router plate for an old Rockler #1 table?

[Rich Engelhardt]

I have one of the older Rockler #1 tables with the 8x11 plate.
The plate I have is predrilled for a Freud 1700 VCEK.

The Freud seized up on me today and I'm afraid it's on it's way out.
Since the Freud in no longer made, I don't want to buy another one.

Failing finding a #1 plate, who makes a decent plate?
Is the Kreg any good?

[George Bokros]

Rich,

You can easily enlarge the plate opening to fit the larger plate. As for a recommendation depends on how inch you want to spend. I would invest in lift if I were you.

Woodpecker makes a great lift. The Kreg lift looks to me to be the same as the Woodpecker.

What router are you thinking about as a replacement.

[Rich Engelhardt]

George,
I'm thinking about the big Triton.
It's supposed to be a good value & very well thought of by the people that use it.

I'd love a lift, but, I'm afraid it's priced out of reach.

This whole replacement router thing came about all of a sudden.
I ran the rails and stiles and the Freud worked fine.

I stuck in the big panel raiser bit and ran a couple of sample/test panels.

3/4 of the way through the first real panel, the Freud started to lose power.
It managed to make it through the panel - but - just by the skin of it's teeth.

Everything was red hot so I let it all cool down for an hour.
When I went to remove the bit, the shaft was frozen.

I pulled the bit & turner it on and it just hummed.
I put the wrench on the collet and tried to force it to move. At first it was frozen, then something felt like it went "snap" and it turned.

I turned it on and off a few times and dialed the speed up and down. It seems to be working right now.

If it quits again when I put the big bot back on, I'm afraid I'm looking at a new router.
I'm just going to go with the Triton (IIRC, I believe I mentioned something about that the other day @ lunch).

[Kevin Womer]

I don't know why the Tritons aren't more popular. They don't require a lift for a router table. For the price of a lift you could own a couple of routers. Mine is great in my table I just wish I had gotten the bigger (3 hp) model.

[Rick Potter]

Can't you redrill the plate for a PC 690 or whatever?

Rick P

[Rich Engelhardt]

Possibly.
Thanks for the suggestion!

[David Delo]

Rich,

I have an extra plate that might be what your looking for. It's about 1/32" shy of 11" and a couple 32nds shy of 8". Let me know if this is the size your looking for. Label is faded but plate is flat and unused.

295850

295851

[Rich Engelhardt]

David,
Yes - that's the plate.

I'm sort of stuck in between things right now though.

I'll keep this in the back of my mind until I figure out what direction I'm going to end up going.

[Bob Wingard]

DON'T continue forcing your router to run as it is ... pull it apart, and check/replace the bearings as needed. It is the single, most common problem with routers, and, in most cases, not too difficult to repair. I'm not very familiar with your particular unit, but they all share a lot in their disassembly.


This may help ...

http://www.manualslib.com/manual/53642/Freud-Tools-Ft1700vce.html#manual

[Wayne Jolly]

Aside from David's offer, have you contacted Rockler?

Wayne

[Diana Kane]

Hi David-Any chance you still have this plate? If so how much do you eat for it?

[Cary Falk]

Can't you redrill the plate for a PC 690 or whatever?
Rick P


This is what I would do.

[Jim Becker]

Can't you redrill the plate for a PC 690 or whatever?

Rick P
Exactly the same question came to my mind...

[fRED mCnEILL]

For Christmas I bought my son a Bosch 1617 router that has a built-in lift mechanism that you can adjust from above the table.I bought an undrilled Bench dog plate and drilled the holes for this router.
Last year I bough the same plate for my old Hitachi router. It was predrilled for another router but I just drilled new holes. I like the Bench dog as its 1/4" aluminum and its cheap. Works like a charm.