Jason Morgan
03-23-2006, 10:30 PM
Some of you may remember a few weeks ago when I was bending your ears about how to size a router table. Well, I went for it and went big big. Here is an update.
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Carcass size is 26" deep by ~36" tall by 40" wide, made out of birch ply and edge banded in maple. The bays on the side of the dust port will allow for three 4.75" Tall x 12" Wide x 22" deep drawers on full extension slides on each side. Thinner drawers like a tool box. I may make 3 on one side and 2 on the toher, but havent decided yet. Anyway, in the bottom bays will be two larger drawers to hold other routers and the PC dovetail jig.
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Another shot of the front. I copied dust collection from Aaron Montgomery. One 4" hose (bottom port) that will draw from the underside of the table top and from another 2.5" hose (top hole) that will go to the fence. A solid door will be fill the hole. Never understood the clear doors on router tables. When you are routing, you should be looking at the bit and your fingers, not the router under the table (although Im sure it looks cool sucking up all those chips).
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Here is a shot of the new M12V that will go in the table on the Woodpeckers Plungelift. BTW, the Rockler table that its sitting on will be be going up for sale soon if anyone is interested. Im selling the whole kit and kaboodle (fence, top, plate).
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Here is a shot of the top (not the whole thing). The whole top is 44"x30"x1.5" made out of two layers of MDF. I decided to leave the MDF top alone (no formica overtop) and put many coats of wipe on urethane (not on there yet). My outfeed table is made this way and has held up great. The top is edgebanded in maple and I even managed to get a piece with some curl on the front edge (dont know if you can tell from the pic above). If things get too beat up, I can put formica on later and chamfer the edge. As you can see, the cutout for the top is not perfect. I got the radius too sharp by not setting things up right. That was a big pain and an even bigger mess. If someone ever comes up with a formula for MDF that machines into chips instead of into powder, they will be a millionaire. I was pleased with the way the miter track came out. That was two side by side dado cuts on the TS. Let me tell you lugging that top across the TS was a little challenging, but it came out nice and even across the full length. I like the way the gold from the Incra miter track matches the Plungelift. Im thinking brushed brass hardware will tie it all together.
Thanks for looking, Ill post another round when I get closer to finishing.
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Carcass size is 26" deep by ~36" tall by 40" wide, made out of birch ply and edge banded in maple. The bays on the side of the dust port will allow for three 4.75" Tall x 12" Wide x 22" deep drawers on full extension slides on each side. Thinner drawers like a tool box. I may make 3 on one side and 2 on the toher, but havent decided yet. Anyway, in the bottom bays will be two larger drawers to hold other routers and the PC dovetail jig.
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Another shot of the front. I copied dust collection from Aaron Montgomery. One 4" hose (bottom port) that will draw from the underside of the table top and from another 2.5" hose (top hole) that will go to the fence. A solid door will be fill the hole. Never understood the clear doors on router tables. When you are routing, you should be looking at the bit and your fingers, not the router under the table (although Im sure it looks cool sucking up all those chips).
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Here is a shot of the new M12V that will go in the table on the Woodpeckers Plungelift. BTW, the Rockler table that its sitting on will be be going up for sale soon if anyone is interested. Im selling the whole kit and kaboodle (fence, top, plate).
34686
Here is a shot of the top (not the whole thing). The whole top is 44"x30"x1.5" made out of two layers of MDF. I decided to leave the MDF top alone (no formica overtop) and put many coats of wipe on urethane (not on there yet). My outfeed table is made this way and has held up great. The top is edgebanded in maple and I even managed to get a piece with some curl on the front edge (dont know if you can tell from the pic above). If things get too beat up, I can put formica on later and chamfer the edge. As you can see, the cutout for the top is not perfect. I got the radius too sharp by not setting things up right. That was a big pain and an even bigger mess. If someone ever comes up with a formula for MDF that machines into chips instead of into powder, they will be a millionaire. I was pleased with the way the miter track came out. That was two side by side dado cuts on the TS. Let me tell you lugging that top across the TS was a little challenging, but it came out nice and even across the full length. I like the way the gold from the Incra miter track matches the Plungelift. Im thinking brushed brass hardware will tie it all together.
Thanks for looking, Ill post another round when I get closer to finishing.