It's a no brainier if I'm willing to pay $60-$80. Rockler and MLCS are more cost effective but are they OK for occasional use. Which is the best cheapest? I have a Router Boss and I still need a more conventional router table occasionally.
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It's a no brainier if I'm willing to pay $60-$80. Rockler and MLCS are more cost effective but are they OK for occasional use. Which is the best cheapest? I have a Router Boss and I still need a more conventional router table occasionally.
I simply just bit the bullet and sprang for a Woodpeckers and a full set of Woodpeckers inserts & the MDF template to enlarge the opening in my Rockler #1 router table..
http://www.carbideprocessors.com/woo...-bosch-dewalt/
I believe Tom and crew @ CP still offer a 10% discount to SMC members.
Yeah it's more than Rockler & MCLS - and a bunch of others - - but - - man oh man is it ever so sweet to run stock across the table and not have it hit a "speed bump" and hang up (like my Rockler plate did).
You could order the plate for the Grizzly router table (part PT10432047). It's phenolic and not predrilled, but it's also only $17.19
I’ve had a couple of Jesse plates over the years and have been happy with them.
I've had a JessEm MasterLift for close to 9 years. Worth every penny I spent on it. I just bought the MasterLift II and all the inserts as an upgrade. Man is it sweet with some major improvements.
Now I'm tempted to order the variable speed Pow-R-Tek Router with remote control box...
Just went through this, myself. I ended up buying a piece of 1/4" aluminum from the local welding shop, cut it to fit on TS, cut a 3-1/2" hole in it with a hole saw on drill press, and used that for the router plate. To get it flush with the router table surface, I mixed some aluminum powder with epoxy, put a dollop on each corner, then filed to height. For the ZCI inserts, I cut out several circular pieces of 3/8" polycarbonate on bandsaw, and used the router table to rout a rabbet around the perimeter of those. Took a bit of fiddling, but I need to learn to use the router table anyway!
I got a nice black anodized aluminum plate from peach tree for about 50.00 a few years ago. It had the leveling screws and was flat.
This is one area that you may not want to save money.