Originally Posted by
Dean Moldenhauer
Thank you, Chris. That gives me some more to go on. The idea of the cnc spindle and VFD sounds intriguing, but I’m not sure what kind of Pandora’s box I’m opening there with the upside-down orientation, water cooling, etc. I will do some more web-surfing to see what I can find on that application. Sounds like it’s a lot quieter which is one of the main benefits.
Seems like the AUK/Swiss Tec has been used quite a bit in Australia and the UK (hence the name I guess). So are the actual router motors pretty good and this was just a problem with the speed control, or are the router not so great from the start.
When it comes down to it, I likely won’t be changing speeds all that often, so easy accessibility to the speed control maybe isn’t that big a deal. Seems like tons of people use these routers (PC, DeWalt, Triton) in their tables every day without the access being a big deal. I’ve got some time, I’ll keep checking things out and see what I decide on.
thanks again for the help,
Dean
Dean, I will PM you a link to an ongoing thread in the Aussie forums as the archaic rules on linking here do not allow me to post it and you can't argue with a brick wall.
The link goes to a router table one of the members made about 12 months ago. It uses a conventional router and has totally eliminated dust extraction issues which is a first as far as I am aware. I have recently excavated that thread as it was always the OP's intention to use a CNC spindle instead of a router. There are air cooled spindles that do a good job with no issues and simplify things as well. The big advantage of using a spindle is that you save a truck load on the lift as it is not needed due to side mounting of the spindle and the top becomes far simpler and can be lifted. Ignore the talk of the digital control of fences and lifts if that is not your thing and just use a typical manual control. The AUK motor came about (I think) due to there being no 240V router motors available for the rest of the world to use so I am not surprised that its existence is not known in the US, you guys simply don't need it.
Chris
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