I can appreciate your happiness James, simple is so often the way to go. Whilst the fence shown is adequate for many operations, I would suggest that you make a tall one to enable the rest of the operations to be performed more easily and accurately.
It sits about 50mm lower than the old old on and is more comfortable to use. (and I still have all the advantages of the Triton router)
The table is now the first thing I see when I open the shed and will be very easy to carry over to the car port to make sawdust if the weather is not the best.
I still have the aluminum fence for the old table and will make a higher face for that out of 18mm mdf.
It works, that is why I use it. If the fence is clamped to the table like this one, it makes perfect adjustments for the normal OP fence and the spacer jigs.
I don't think it would be a good idea if your fence was secured via T track.:nono:
Good score James
I have a set of those same benches. Damn good little fold ups for the money IMHO.
I got mine from Harbor freight for around $12.00 each on sale last year I believe.
They are gray and black but the same horses though for sure.
Love it James! I'd thought of trying something similar. I quite like the idea of extra inexpensive router tables set up for particular jobs, so ready to use quickly.
I, too, am a great fan of the cheap workmate clones. They are very versatile and great for portable bases.
I bought another at Lidl yesterday but it is much more complicated and has T-slots instead of holes. Feeling in the right mood after coming home from the restaurant last night, I started assembling it, but I'm still working out the last bits. Apart from the fundamentals, the top is quite different. If I finish assembling it later, I'll post a picture.
When I bought it, I figured that, if nothing else, it could be a source of T-Slots, which are otherwise difficult to get down here.
I, too, am a great fan of the cheap workmate clones. They are very versatile and great for portable bases.
I bought another at Lidl yesterday but it is much more complicated and has T-slots instead of holes. Feeling in the right mood after coming home from the restaurant last night, I started assembling it, but I'm still working out the last bits. Apart from the fundamentals, the top is quite different. If I finish assembling it later, I'll post a picture.
Well, I still haven't finished assembling it. I realised today that it came with two moving jaws and no fixed one, so I'll have to go back, but it's only across from the office. I'd thought my inability to work it out last night was due to a surfeit of our excellent local wine!
However, I'm hugely impressed with the thing. It is quite different from the usual ones and fantastic value. It was, like 30 bucks, which I'd thought a little dear but I now think it's very cheap for what it is. It's a shame the pictures in the eight language instructional manual are so dark or I'd post them. The leading edge of each jaw is an aluminium extrusion that allows you to run a router/circular saw/jigsaw across between the jaws and it has a facility for clamping a board beneath it so that it is a fully functional dado jig/crosscut saw or jigsaw jig. I've never seen this design before. It seems to be made in Germany and has been very well thought out. Not bad for something out of a discount grocery chain.
More when I've completed it and then I'll do some pictures.
Clamping your fence to the table top means no restrictions on positioning. You can purchase UHMW from any plastics supplier. Oak Park adds the safety guard, chamfers the edges and cuts the clearance channels in the fence.
My B&D 626 Workmate is too narrow to take the DW625 in the router table and too low if I take off the 2 jaws. I may look out for a cheap folding table. I do have a picnic table, and a set of metal locking/folding leg hinges though.
You're quite right Bob, the table came with two sizes and I've made a few more from Perspex to give zero clearance with various size straight cutters.
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