Stuart Welsh
03-10-2015, 12:47 PM
I'm building an extension for my TS that will house a Porter Cable 75182 mounted in a Woodpecker PRL-V2 lift. I've completed the extension and am ready to laminate the top. I'm curious as to what is the best order to follow:
Laminate the top before routing the recess for the lift or…Rout the recess then laminate and follow up with a trim of the laminate to the recess?
My initial thought was to laminate first and then rout the recess but I was just told by a Woodpecker rep to rout then laminate. That seems counterintuitive. I'm concerned that the bit will grab at the loose laminate suspended over the recess and cause cracking. In addition if I rout the recess to the right depth for the lift plate and then laminate I have just now made the lift sit too low in the hole.
Opinions?
Laminate the top before routing the recess for the lift or…Rout the recess then laminate and follow up with a trim of the laminate to the recess?
My initial thought was to laminate first and then rout the recess but I was just told by a Woodpecker rep to rout then laminate. That seems counterintuitive. I'm concerned that the bit will grab at the loose laminate suspended over the recess and cause cracking. In addition if I rout the recess to the right depth for the lift plate and then laminate I have just now made the lift sit too low in the hole.
Opinions?