Derek Cohen
02-26-2023, 9:43 AM
The Hammer K3 slider ...
https://i.postimg.cc/L6hNJDzn/Hammer.jpg
Two years ago I completed a new router table and fence in the outfeed of this saw ...
http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Powered%20Tools%20and%20Machinery/RouterTableAdventure_html_m6b18e260.jpg
For a while I've been meaning to change the way the fence is adjusted. Here it is running on a track, and the tall knobs clamp it down. But the downside of this system is that there is no micro-adjust.
Today I got around to modifying the router table fence by connecting it to the rip fence ...
https://i.postimg.cc/dVRyBcM0/1.jpg
The router table fence was built out of 8040 extrusion, and the side supports are 8020 extrusion attached with brackets ...
https://i.postimg.cc/LX5g2qJq/3.jpg
The side supports are connected to the K3 rip fence track. This makes it a simple matter to loosen and remove until needed ...
https://i.postimg.cc/7LmJF1Z8/2.jpg
The fence is not only linked to the rip fence, but also adjusted by its micro adjuster. Not only that, but there is a Wixey digital gauge, and this both aids in monitoring the amount of adjustment, as well as marking a position and returning to it ...
https://i.postimg.cc/CKFfrrYs/4.jpg
Regards from Perth
Derek
https://i.postimg.cc/L6hNJDzn/Hammer.jpg
Two years ago I completed a new router table and fence in the outfeed of this saw ...
http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Powered%20Tools%20and%20Machinery/RouterTableAdventure_html_m6b18e260.jpg
For a while I've been meaning to change the way the fence is adjusted. Here it is running on a track, and the tall knobs clamp it down. But the downside of this system is that there is no micro-adjust.
Today I got around to modifying the router table fence by connecting it to the rip fence ...
https://i.postimg.cc/dVRyBcM0/1.jpg
The router table fence was built out of 8040 extrusion, and the side supports are 8020 extrusion attached with brackets ...
https://i.postimg.cc/LX5g2qJq/3.jpg
The side supports are connected to the K3 rip fence track. This makes it a simple matter to loosen and remove until needed ...
https://i.postimg.cc/7LmJF1Z8/2.jpg
The fence is not only linked to the rip fence, but also adjusted by its micro adjuster. Not only that, but there is a Wixey digital gauge, and this both aids in monitoring the amount of adjustment, as well as marking a position and returning to it ...
https://i.postimg.cc/CKFfrrYs/4.jpg
Regards from Perth
Derek