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Peter Pedisich
09-05-2005, 11:12 PM
Hi,
Some pics below of a router table I made about four years ago. I used it a lot this weekend, warmed up my DW618!
The fence I designed and built from 8020 extrusions, the base is made entirely of scraps from a cabinet shop (saved from the landfill!) and the top I designed and made a CAD dwg and had it run on a cnc router with a benchdog acrylic plate. $175 total cost in parts and it weighs just under 200lbs
It took a long time to design, build and set-up:eek: , if I had to do it again now I'd just buy a full table from either Bench Dog/Sommerfeld/Woodhaven/Lee Valley.
But...I did learn a lot from the experience, and it sure beats watchin' TV!!:D
Thanks for looking,
Pete
Bernie Weishapl
09-06-2005, 12:04 AM
Peter that is a awesome looking table. Looks rather sturdy and ready for some hard use. Beautiful.
Bernie
Norman Hitt
09-06-2005, 12:45 AM
Nice job, Peter. Where did you find that kind of extrusions for your fence?
Peter Pedisich
09-06-2005, 9:35 AM
thanks guys,
the extrusions are from 8020, they are on the web (from ohio, i think) they are also sold by reid tool and mcmaster carr.
pete
Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan
09-06-2005, 2:27 PM
Hey that is neat!
I used a very similar thing on my router table....
http://www.ablett.jp/workshop/images/router_table/rt_new_x_holder.jpg
My router table saga... (http://www.ablett.jp/workshop/router_table.htm)
The stuff that I used is only one "X" and it is actually for shelving, but it works!
Cheers! :D
Steve Aiken
09-06-2005, 3:07 PM
Peter, I found the 8020 website, but what parts, exactly, did you use? Looks like a slick setup.
steve
Peter Pedisich
09-06-2005, 3:17 PM
Steve,
I used the 10 series extrusions..1010 / 1020 / 1030
They are the inch series 1x1 / 1x2 / 1x3...
Also available in metric 25 series (for 25mm)
You may see the 15 series, that is 1.5" and too big for this application.
I also used their 'L' brackets and corner gussets to keep things square.
Pete
Steve Aiken
09-07-2005, 12:01 PM
Did you use the extrusions to fabricate the fence itself? It looks like a really nifty fence setup.
Steve
Peter Pedisich
09-07-2005, 10:39 PM
Steve,
The fence is all 8020 aluminum extrusions, check out this page...
http://www.8020.net/T-Slot-4.asp
If you pm me I could send you more photos, a dwg and parts list for the fence.
But like I said, a Bench Dog fence is better and less $$:D
Also, Lee Valley has a great setup...Jessem...Incra...CMT
Lastly, take a look at the post from earlier today on Router table dust collection. Awesome dust collection ideas, way beyond mine.
Pete
Corey Hallagan
09-07-2005, 10:51 PM
Awsome job on the router table Peter! Great looking, solid, I am sure you will get tons of use from it!
Corey
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