Howard Rosenberg
03-30-2006, 12:21 PM
Hi all -
The time has come - I need to make a fence for my router table.
Clamping straight sticks down aren't part of the landscape this year...
I can envision the first part.
It's the scond that part eludes me.
Kinda ironic after all these years of looking at other people's router fences.
The first part will be the basis for the front scarificial faces.
- nothing fancy - just glue & screws
- L-shapped - probably 4" on the table and 5" vertically
- I'll use a fly-cutter to cut a 3" hole
- four braces in back to square things up
Not too exotic.
The second part -
- front faces to be sliding sacrifical faces - I want to get REEEEAL close to the bit
- I envision bolts holding them to the main fence - I want slide shims in for edge-jointing
My questions are -
- should I route a groove into the first face and countersunk holes in the sacrifical faces
- this'll let me use a regular bolt and knobs on the back
- what is the best way to hold feather boards to the fence - clamps or t-tracks in one of the vertical arts
Thank you.
Howard
The time has come - I need to make a fence for my router table.
Clamping straight sticks down aren't part of the landscape this year...
I can envision the first part.
It's the scond that part eludes me.
Kinda ironic after all these years of looking at other people's router fences.
The first part will be the basis for the front scarificial faces.
- nothing fancy - just glue & screws
- L-shapped - probably 4" on the table and 5" vertically
- I'll use a fly-cutter to cut a 3" hole
- four braces in back to square things up
Not too exotic.
The second part -
- front faces to be sliding sacrifical faces - I want to get REEEEAL close to the bit
- I envision bolts holding them to the main fence - I want slide shims in for edge-jointing
My questions are -
- should I route a groove into the first face and countersunk holes in the sacrifical faces
- this'll let me use a regular bolt and knobs on the back
- what is the best way to hold feather boards to the fence - clamps or t-tracks in one of the vertical arts
Thank you.
Howard