Axminster Workshop Folding Router Table Kit

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The principal feature is the folding stand made from heavy gauge steel section with a black powder coated finish. If you want to use it in our router tables, the router base and/or table insert plate needs to be drilled for mounting. The fence is made from a rigid steel back plate and uses a pair of aluminium alloy 'T' tracks incorporating metric scales meaning that it can be precisely located on the table surface. Deluxe Bench Top Router Table Large mounting plate 307mm X 229mm fits most 1/4" and 1/2" routers Sturdy construction Large and easily removable mounting plate Dust extraction port with an additional adaptor 2x Large Feather boards Please note this is for a table only, no router is included. I think you will find that you will utilize it just as much as added table top space for assembling as for routing.

The table you describe, custard, is very similar to what I've done with the bandsaw table I think, MDF framed with hardwood. Trend Base Configuration (TBC) features 3 screw holes for easy, direct mounting of Trend T8, Trend T11, Trend T14 and other compatible routers. Thanks to their smaller footprint, they can be safely stowed out of harm’s way – allowing you to utilise your space wisely. The router table is 1 1/4" thick with a top layer of formica and pivots on two arms held in place by 1/4" cabinet bolts which screw into threaded inserts in the main table top. When it comes down to it, in the end the router table collapsed or not will be the depth of the router mounted in it, by the table width and length, so it will end up being this sort of bulk: http://www.

To grip the top in the Workmate base, I attached a pair of clamp blocks wider than my router on the underside of the top. These are the complete plans to build this unique table and include all of the information needed to build your own, including hardware lists and sources of the parts used. Finally, the fence detaches from the top to become the handle for transporting and storing the table.

Since those days, counter top manufacturing has evolved and laminate trimmers are seldom used for the purpose they were designed, but there are still good uses for these smaller router versions.The sheep material always stuck out over the edge so that it could be trimmed off even with the edge of the counter, and this was the original purpose of the Laminate or Trim Router. Tall Fence Locking Knobs with user-friendly, oversized grips that sit above the fence for easy operation and prevention of knuckle injuries.

For my top, I selected 17 x 12 inches, and as for the height, all that really matters is that your trim router fits underneath with a bit of room, and if you have a battery operated unit, you may need a bit more height. The first thing I did was measure the thickness of the plastic material I was going to use for the base and make sure that the depth of cut was slightly deeper that the plastic because the leveling screws would be needed to make sure the base was set properly. You don't need a fancy split fence and for a small router like this, dust control would be nice but not crucial because you will never be hogging out large volumes of wood . I'll often do this (with a couple of small push sticks) for small workpieces that are tricky to secure otherwise.If you expect to get lots of use out of the table, making a laminate top would make the table top last longer that an un-laminated top. Axminster Tool Centre Ltd trading as Axminster Tools is a credit broker and is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. One thing about the open below any chips not caught in the vacuum will be on the floor easy to sweep up and not into the shelves below as in a conventional table. If I make one I'll want it to attach to the MFT and I think I've found a way to do that but it involves some fiddling. After the cabinets were made and installed, the counter tops and the back of the sheet laminate material were coated with contact cement and bonded together.