I made my own aluminum mounting plate for my router which will end up in my future table top.
I cut the plate with a table saw, then cleaned up the edges with my router. OK, ...so I now have a nice pretty and square plate.
I'm curious about a couple of things.
What's the "typical" radius of a store bought insert plate's corners? Mine it totally custom, so I suppose that's not really an issue.
I have a 1/2 inch bit with a top mount bearing. If I use that bit to round the aluminum plate's corners, will I also use a 1/2 inch bit to cut the corners into the table top?
I'll need to make patterns of course to round the plate and then to cut the hole in the table top.
A half inch bit will cut a 1/4" radius in the table top.
......... so when I round the corners on the aluminum insert plate, I assume that I need to make the pattern with a 1/4 radius and that I can use the same 1/2" top mount bit to make the cut.
I'm just trying to wrap my head around making inside and outside corners that mate.
I cut the plate with a table saw, then cleaned up the edges with my router. OK, ...so I now have a nice pretty and square plate.
I'm curious about a couple of things.
What's the "typical" radius of a store bought insert plate's corners? Mine it totally custom, so I suppose that's not really an issue.
I have a 1/2 inch bit with a top mount bearing. If I use that bit to round the aluminum plate's corners, will I also use a 1/2 inch bit to cut the corners into the table top?
I'll need to make patterns of course to round the plate and then to cut the hole in the table top.
A half inch bit will cut a 1/4" radius in the table top.
......... so when I round the corners on the aluminum insert plate, I assume that I need to make the pattern with a 1/4 radius and that I can use the same 1/2" top mount bit to make the cut.
I'm just trying to wrap my head around making inside and outside corners that mate.
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