Greg, you can make your own plate. Aluminum is easy to drill and shape. Check your phone book or online for a metal supplier. Transfer the holes from your current plate, center punch and drill. This is easy to do and you will take pride telling others you built your own.
1 - 8 of 8 Posts
Hi Greg
Just drill the holes in the Alum. plate to fit your router
You will need to made a quick jig to get the router on dead center of the plate.
Like the one in the snapshot below, once you have the jig made, then find 3 screws that are the same size to hold the router to the base plate(black part) ,remove the heads and grind the screws to a sharp point then hand screw them into the base, then chuck up the jig and set it into place on the new Alum. plate,tap the screws with a hammer (with care ) this will mark the point you will need to drill the new mounting holes in the Alum. plate (use a 1/8" bit 1st) and then counter sink the holes and then drill them out to the right size on the top side of the new plate..
To grind the screws down to a sharp point, just use your battery drill with the screws chucked up and use the belt sander or grinder.
Bj
Just drill the holes in the Alum. plate to fit your router
You will need to made a quick jig to get the router on dead center of the plate.
Like the one in the snapshot below, once you have the jig made, then find 3 screws that are the same size to hold the router to the base plate(black part) ,remove the heads and grind the screws to a sharp point then hand screw them into the base, then chuck up the jig and set it into place on the new Alum. plate,tap the screws with a hammer (with care ) this will mark the point you will need to drill the new mounting holes in the Alum. plate (use a 1/8" bit 1st) and then counter sink the holes and then drill them out to the right size on the top side of the new plate..
To grind the screws down to a sharp point, just use your battery drill with the screws chucked up and use the belt sander or grinder.
Bj
Attachments
Greg
Just some more to look at
http://www.woodpeck.com/aluminsert.html
http://www.woodpeck.com/blankphenolicinsert.html
http://www.woodpeck.com/inserts.html
Bj
Just some more to look at
http://www.woodpeck.com/aluminsert.html
http://www.woodpeck.com/blankphenolicinsert.html
http://www.woodpeck.com/inserts.html
Bj
Hi Frank - Welcome to the forum
I seriously hope they have solved the issue by now, the thread is 4 years old:dirol:
Just a note though. I don't particularly worry about the holes being perfectly perpendicular as I drill them a tad oversized and use counterbores with pan head screws instead of countersinks with flat head screws. This gives me a little wiggle room in case I have missed the center a little bit.
1 - 8 of 8 Posts
