Hi Phil I have a set of Incra rings but they only have a hole for the router bit. I like the idea of the extra holes for better dust collection.

 

Yeah, you have the stock ones that come with the lift.

 

Phil
Do you recall if you can buy the insert rings indivully. I have two sets of the standard ones, but only use about three of them.

I experimented by drilling holes in one of the standard ones nne, and like you said, it made a world of difference as did drilling holes in my zero clearance TS insert for that matter.

Jerry

 

Phil
Do you recall if you can buy the insert rings indivully. I have two sets of the standard ones, but only use about three of them.

I experimented by drilling holes in one of the standard ones nne, and like you said, it made a world of difference as did drilling holes in my zero clearance TS insert for that matter.

Jerry

Yes, www incrementaltools.com has them.

Somebody else might be cheaper...

 

I wish Woodpecker Tools would make something similar for their plates.

 

An ebay seller has the set for $48 and free shipping.
Search "incra cleansweep".

 

Phil I bought those last year . Maybe I better test fit them and see if there ok now that mentioned some of yours didn't fit properly
Incredible that a company could screw that up this day and age with the technology available

 

Yeah, it's a little surprising. I don't think it's the size because I tried grinding them smaller and it didn't help. Once they said they were sending replacements, I stopped trying to make them fit and went back to making saw (er, router) dust.

 

On the price, I got a discount offer from them (10%) so I went with incrementaltools.com. They really are the online arm of incra as the products I have bought from them all shipped from the Incra Shipping Department. Part of the good service I got was that they had my name and address already. I don't think they would discriminate against other sellers but I bet it wouldn't go as fast. We are only talking a few bucks difference. If it was 20 or more, I'd be shopping around.

I couldn't find them on amazon but carbide processors has them even cheaper. I know people like their service.

 

Man, that's tempting. I watched a video on it this morning. I would have to decide if I was going that route now, as the Kreg plate I use has a different corner radius, and I'm in the middle of designing a new table.

I suppose I could always make a new top later...

 

Unless you are using a Rockler/BenchDog plate, your opening is going to be 11 3/4" x 9 1/4" so any non-Rockler plate will fit.

It's really cool to see that plume of dust get sucked down the hole.

 

As far as I am aware, the Kreg plates have different corner radii.

 

I have a Rockler table and plate so to make the Incra work I will have to somehow route out a new hole to accept the Incra plate. They make a Incra Router table adapter that bolts on underneath the table to make the ledge for the plate to drop on to so hopefully I'll be able to take advantage of their Clean Sweep rings/plate.

 

Woodpeckers Micro Adjust

 

Man, thanks! There is some really neat stuff out there. It's hard to choose what to get, or which way to go on building a new router table.

Bryan

 

I finally took a look at the WMA. Looks like a really nice piece of engineering.

Comparing it to the LS positioner, I see a number of differences. Probably the biggest is it doesn't have the repeatability of the Incra. The WMA looks to be more substantial than the LS positioner - solid aluminum block and brass guides. It looks almost indestructible. The Incra is extruded aluminum. The WMA has 2 threaded lock downs - it's not going to move, period. The Incra is held down by 4 (or 6) bolts but has a long arm - pretty solid but not like the WMA. The WMA microadjust is a knob where 1 full rotation is 1/32" (but no scale to know how far you've gone). In Incra's favor though, you get 1/32 inch "coarse lock" adjust, .001" incremental microadjust via a click wheel (actually, 1/1024"), a movable magnetic scale and room for 4 additional scales which can include templates. The repeatability means you can use the LS to make all sorts of joints with a high degree of precision. I think the Incra LS is easier to install (4 holes vs 2 T Tracks) and the LS system looks a bit cheaper than the superfence + micro adjust.

If I hadn't used the LS positioner, the solid engineering of the WMA+superfence would make me take a much closer look. In the end though, I probably would still pick the LS since you get a lot more than just microadjust.