router table pics

[Peter Pedisich]

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]

Peter that is a awesome looking table. Looks rather sturdy and ready for some hard use. Beautiful.

Bernie

[Norman Hitt]

Nice job, Peter. Where did you find that kind of extrusions for your fence?

[Peter Pedisich]

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]

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]

Peter, I found the 8020 website, but what parts, exactly, did you use? Looks like a slick setup.


steve

[Peter Pedisich]

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]

Did you use the extrusions to fabricate the fence itself? It looks like a really nifty fence setup.

Steve

[Peter Pedisich]

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]

Awsome job on the router table Peter! Great looking, solid, I am sure you will get tons of use from it!

Corey