Hi,I'm Frank from Dallas, I'd just started last year on the woodworking hobby.
I have a Ryobi BT3100 table saw (lots of uses for me; my son thinks my hobby is cutting wood) and a Dewalt 3-pack 618 router (no usage to date, hence my interest in this forum). While I had built and mounted the router to the aux. table in the table saw, I haven't gotten any worthwhile projects to work on it. I then came across the woodworkingchannel with the 2 router guys and it piqued my interest .. and triggered a big buying pang
I'm thinking of:
1. oak park router top (I'll build the stand myself).
Question: it looks rudimentary. The fence doesn't allow any featherboards?
Is it safe?
Is one tied to all oak-board accessories for other projects? e.g. can I build my own box-jig to go with it or do I have to buy the ones from oak-park?
2. I only saw half of one router show, so this question might be off-base.
Q. Is the show an advertisement for the oak-park system? or alternatively, is it possible to build one's own useful jigs following the show? If so, I intend on getting the DVDs from the site (seems a bargain at ~$20 for 4 DVDs?).
The resolution in the internet broadcast is too grainy for my mole-like eyes.
3. Does the oak-park folks send any discount coupons in the emails?
I sign up for it from one of the links in this site but haven't received any.
4. OFF-Topic (to moderator or person(s) that started this forum)
The application of whuffies (users' credit) in this site is interesting. Is there any info on why this is done and how useful it had been?
Thanks for your time.
I have a Ryobi BT3100 table saw (lots of uses for me; my son thinks my hobby is cutting wood) and a Dewalt 3-pack 618 router (no usage to date, hence my interest in this forum). While I had built and mounted the router to the aux. table in the table saw, I haven't gotten any worthwhile projects to work on it. I then came across the woodworkingchannel with the 2 router guys and it piqued my interest .. and triggered a big buying pang
I'm thinking of:
1. oak park router top (I'll build the stand myself).
Question: it looks rudimentary. The fence doesn't allow any featherboards?
Is it safe?
Is one tied to all oak-board accessories for other projects? e.g. can I build my own box-jig to go with it or do I have to buy the ones from oak-park?
2. I only saw half of one router show, so this question might be off-base.
Q. Is the show an advertisement for the oak-park system? or alternatively, is it possible to build one's own useful jigs following the show? If so, I intend on getting the DVDs from the site (seems a bargain at ~$20 for 4 DVDs?).
The resolution in the internet broadcast is too grainy for my mole-like eyes.
3. Does the oak-park folks send any discount coupons in the emails?
I sign up for it from one of the links in this site but haven't received any.
4. OFF-Topic (to moderator or person(s) that started this forum)
The application of whuffies (users' credit) in this site is interesting. Is there any info on why this is done and how useful it had been?
Thanks for your time.