Router table fence upgrade

[Carl Beckett]

To all you router table experts: I have an incra fence on mine. It is the LS. I like it, but there is no overhead dust collection port.

Have any of you added DC to this fence and can share pics of how you went about it?

I might upgrade the fence, but would keep the positioning system. Am open to other brands/styles of fence if they integrate well, anyone mix/match incra positioner with another brand fence?

[ChrisA Edwards]

If you already have the Incra LS Positioner, you can get the Incra Wonder Fence, if has dust collection built into the fence.

Are you extracting any dust downwards?https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcRqsAFN-U_ca0xOX_XOJNUP5yfqmO3lLPiNclREN_B6D8fdxbXNdw&usqp=CAc

[Carl Beckett]

Yes this is the most likely option. Just wasnt sure there were many other options, since the LS positioning attaches right where a dust collection box/fitting would be on other systems. I liked the way some of the others have sliding wooden fence, and wasnt sure about this design where the dust gets pulled down a hollow channel.

So was just wondering other options.

I do have the router in a cabinet underneath and pulling the DC through that in parallel. It seems better to pull as much dust and chips out from above as possible.

[ChrisA Edwards]

If you have the Incra Cleansweep plates, with dust extraction underneath, you'll get 99% of shavings.

I also have the Woodpecker Fence, which has a 2.5" dust port directly behind the cutter. I also have a 4" port below the router and vacuum on both of these ports when applicable.

Both the Woodpecker and the Incra allow you to easily mount a wooden fence when necessary.

With the WoodPecker, you would need a new table top or would need to route some T slots to hold the fence.

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Here I have the sacrificial wood fences on
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