In the process of building my own router table - so far going pretty good but ran into an issue with the insert plate last night. I made a template out of mdf for the router plate that was pretty close to snug - barely any movement in it. Due to a lack of tools and scrap I had to sort of jerry rig a clamping system to get the template secured to my table top which already had the laminate on it. Since the only top bearing flush trim bit I have is 1" tall I had to put some small 5mm scraps under the template (found out the hard way that my eyeball measurement wasn't accurate and now have a small extra cutoff in the top - not big enough to care really but the perfectionist part of me is a little irked). So with this setup the issue i have is that 1 - while routing the edge either along the back or front of the plate in relation to the table the clamp setup i had somehow slipped roughly 1/16th of an inch so now with the plate in there it can shift back and forth about that amount. I'm not sure if that is an issue or not. The 2nd problem I didn't notice due to the mdf dust is when routing along the right bottom corner area (approx 3 inches from front towards face and about a few inches along the front face from right to left) the 5mm spacer board must have been pushed away allowing the router to plunge down slightly further - guessing about 1mm-ish.
I was planning on not using the leveling system as the plate is 1/4" in height with a slight dip 3/8" in (Rosseau plate), however, now the bottom right corner is slightly recessed. I'm not sure if this will be an issue as sliding wood across different areas of the plate is smooth everywhere except there for around 2 inches and based on where the fence is there shouldn't be any wood sliding across that part. Since this is my first experience I was wondering what the pros thought related to the approx 1/16th inch sliding ability front to back and the slight dip in the bottom right corner.
I could install a single leveler in the bottom right corner i suppose or put some sort of bondo/wood filler and sand it down or re-flush trim it, I just don't know if that's necessary. Looking for opinions and potential problems here that I might be unaware of.
Thanks!
I was planning on not using the leveling system as the plate is 1/4" in height with a slight dip 3/8" in (Rosseau plate), however, now the bottom right corner is slightly recessed. I'm not sure if this will be an issue as sliding wood across different areas of the plate is smooth everywhere except there for around 2 inches and based on where the fence is there shouldn't be any wood sliding across that part. Since this is my first experience I was wondering what the pros thought related to the approx 1/16th inch sliding ability front to back and the slight dip in the bottom right corner.
I could install a single leveler in the bottom right corner i suppose or put some sort of bondo/wood filler and sand it down or re-flush trim it, I just don't know if that's necessary. Looking for opinions and potential problems here that I might be unaware of.
Thanks!