Re: My Router Table... 52K warning

do you have a router insert plate?

Re: My Router Table... 52K warning

No sir. But i'm planning to use 3/8" thick acrylic sheet. Or aluminum if I can find one. Where did you buy your triton router sir?

Re: My Router Table... 52K warning

No sir. But i'm planning to use 3/8" thick acrylic sheet. Or aluminum if I can find one. Where did you buy your triton router sir?

I got that from Florida when my wife went there to visit her sister. I made a plate out of aluminum, bought in Binondo area and it was a good first router plate.

I even made a homemade dovetails jig that worked well...

Re: My Router Table... 52K warning

The triton sure is a nice looking router! I got an AEG one, it suffices for my woodworking interests (guitar building, mostly. I have YET to make ONE furniture!) The router table will be my first woodworking project outside of luthiery.

I made a plate out of aluminum, bought in Binondo area and it was a good first router plate.

Will try aluminum, if that's the case. MAybe it's even cheaper. I understand you can get a thinner plate that's just as strong as a thicker plate of acrylic. Are aluminum plates flat? Or do they still need machining?

Re: My Router Table... 52K warning

The triton sure is a nice looking router! I got an AEG one, it suffices for my woodworking interests (guitar building, mostly. I have YET to make ONE furniture!) The router table will be my first woodworking project outside of luthiery.

Will try aluminum, if that's the case. MAybe it's even cheaper. I understand you can get a thinner plate that's just as strong as a thicker plate of acrylic. Are aluminum plates flat? Or do they still need machining?

basically they are flat, but it is always best to have it checked and corrected if nec. making that plate set me back a little over 2k. so if you can get something like a phenolic plate online, it should be better. how many screws does your AEG router have on its base plate?

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how many screws does your AEG router have on its base plate?

Only 2, i guess. 2k for a plate is prohibitive!! 🙂 What about acrylic sheets? 3/8" should be stiff enough for a 4kg router.Will the 3/8" added to the router base affect the "reach" of bits?
Browsed through your old posts and saw your pipe clamps. where did you score those sir?

Re: My Router Table... 52K warning

sir timber,

I got meself a square foot of 3/8" acrylic. I just hope it will hold my 4kg router. What do you think of the maktek router you had before the triton?

Re: My Router Table... 52K warning

sir timber,

I got meself a square foot of 3/8" acrylic. I just hope it will hold my 4kg router. What do you think of the maktek router you had before the triton?

I had it mounted on a homemade aluminum plate (Maktec) and from experience, using acrylic on it will make the plate sag. Maktec tends to generate heat on long runs and I believe the material you chose will not hold flat very long.

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Wow...very nice...am a newbie here in this forum and i really appreciate on people sharing their thoughts and expertice in their field...Thanks

Re: My Router Table... 52K warning

I had it mounted on a homemade aluminum plate (Maktec) and from experience, using acrylic on it will make the plate sag. Maktec tends to generate heat on long runs and I believe the material you chose will not hold flat very long.

Goodness. and i thought it could hold a ton! I hope it won't before i could buy aluminum plate for it.

Re: My Router Table... 52K warning

as you wish JayL, here is the picture log of RT.
I started the RT building the table top using two sheets of 3/4" MDF glues and screwed together, then edge banded with 1" hardwood and stained with walnut stain. corners are finger jointed for durability and strength...

good day sir,

just wanna ask what tool is that you use to fasten the mdf together.. the big metal clamp thing... where can it be purchased?..

thanks

mark

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Mark,
the MDF is fastened using glue and screws, the clamps hold only the edge-bands while it is being glued. The clamps ate 32" long ones and is branded as "Richa, made in Germany" and can be found in the Binondo area.

Re: My Router Table... 52K warning

Mark,
the MDF is fastened using glue and screws, the clamps hold only the edge-bands while it is being glued. The clamps ate 32" long ones and is branded as "Richa, made in Germany" and can be found in the Binondo area.

Re: My Router Table... 52K warning

timber,

what type of board did you use for this? marine ply or yung normal lang?

Re: My Router Table... 52K warning

timber,

what type of board did you use for this? marine ply or yung normal lang?

marine iirc. but it doesn't matter whether it is marine or not...