Planning my miter station build, and the miter saw will be in a 30" wide cabinet, sitting between 2 - 2' wide base cabinets on each side, so total width of the station will be ~10 1/2'. On the left end I want to place the router table. The countertop depth is ~29", and I plan to have a set of various 15" deep upper wall cabinets above, that will be ~16" of clearance above the base cabinets.
Plan to use a JessEm - Rout-R-Lift II Router Lift For 3-1/2" Diameter Motors, so the size of the plate is ~ 10" x 12"
My Questions are-
how far back should I place the router plate? I assume as long as I keep the center of the plate (bit center), ~2 inches just forward of the upper cabinets, it should avoid most issues with obstruction with uppers, but also give me enough support in front of the plate. So if I placed it leaving 12" of space between front edge and center of router plate, is that sound reasoning? What am I missing?
Also, want to add a measuring tape with stop block for the miter saw. Planning to have that run about 5" behind and parallel to front edge of the countertop, which would place it an inch/two forward of the router plate.
Is this all sound reasoning? What am I missing? I am not that familiar with router table setups, so not sure what other factors I am not taking into account. TY so much for any input!! Dave