Hi Corey
Not to sure yet on the Bosch round plate yet,not to sure how big it is in dia. I wanted it for the Bosch guides most or less but I think I'm going to use the PC plate because I have about 50 or so of the PC type brass guides that will just pop in, the top is 1/4" thick plastic the same as the PC plate and again I'm not sure about the Bosch one, don't have in my hands to check it out, the PC one has 3 holes that I'm looking at and the Bosch as 4 in sq. pattern I think and I want the router to pop out of the top easy without hanging on any part of the router, I could just put in the PC plate and be done with it but every time I do that type of stuff,
it always works better to just wait until I have the parts in front of me...
I going to do the plastic 1st then use the plunge router and go around on the inside of the hole and offset it by 3/4" or so so it has a lip to sit one and be flush the the white plastic...when the router is in place..
The power switch will be in a elec.box on the inside of the cabinet and the switch will be sticking out so I can just flip it off from the out side of the box and a outlet box will be on the insdie of the box so I can plug the router into it...and maybe plug the vac.into the outher outlet so it comes on when I hit the switch for the router...
Top will be 16" wide and 22' long with the router off to one side of the center and to the front a bit so I have a long side when I start the pass on the stock...once it's by the bit it's job is done more or less...
I still need to do the math on the fence so I can use it from the front or the back side of the cabinet and the fence can be fliped around to work both ways on the swing type fence, the holes need to be dead center for it to work right without any new holes or a jaming on the fence...
Can't wait to get it done now that I have it started but I guess I'm in a hold pattern and it will give me time to work out all the details....measure 3 times and cut it once thing.
The one I like the best is I CUT IT 3 Times And It's still to SHORT
what am I doing wrong ? ? ?
Bj
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Originally Posted by challagan Thanks Greg! Bob, that looks great. So you are not going to use the round base from Bosch right? Also those screws in the Bosch that hold it to the plate are very soft. I like the exterior switches as well Bob, but you may night need one for the Bosch... it is so close and handy the way it is and if you plug it into another switch it won't be as handy to pull up and change bits etc. like Bob and Rick do. Something to think about anyway.
I wanted to do white plastic laminate on my top as well but the local HD doesn't carry it anymore and Menards only carries the expensive granite looking stuff in big sheets. So I did otherwise. What are you going to use to make your hole? What size is your top going to be? Won't be long and there will be a new table in the Bj shop!
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