Edward Morimoto
03-02-2021, 4:03 PM
Thanks to the forum for being generous with their opinions for my pending router table build.
So based on that input, I am planning on building the base cabinet myself and, despite some folks' belief of its limited utility, I will have a miter slot in the top. Given that I should be able to use the latter for featherboard mounting, is there ANY reason to leave much of a top overhang? My kneejerk thought was to size the cabinet leaving maybe 1 1/2" - 2" of overhang but that would be to allow for some clamping area. For the life of me, I cannot think of any cases where I would want/need to clamp something down to the router table (unless its being used for some other purpose), in which case I might enlarge the base cabinet dimensions and just leave a small reveal for aesthetic purposes.
Any reasons to think otherwise?
So based on that input, I am planning on building the base cabinet myself and, despite some folks' belief of its limited utility, I will have a miter slot in the top. Given that I should be able to use the latter for featherboard mounting, is there ANY reason to leave much of a top overhang? My kneejerk thought was to size the cabinet leaving maybe 1 1/2" - 2" of overhang but that would be to allow for some clamping area. For the life of me, I cannot think of any cases where I would want/need to clamp something down to the router table (unless its being used for some other purpose), in which case I might enlarge the base cabinet dimensions and just leave a small reveal for aesthetic purposes.
Any reasons to think otherwise?