The router table IS DONE!!! pix

[Imadunatic]

well allright, I cannot verify that its the biggest, but its alot bigger then what i had, on to the pix:


i blasted a hole thru with the jigsaw and then came up with this fly by night setup to get my rabbet relatively square to the rest of the world, it worked supprisingly well, I roughed with a 1" straight bit then retooled to a 1/2" bit (to get the corner rads right) and did a finish pass,


Not too bad for an ameteur like myself, im pretty happy with it,


same riggin to cut my miter slot and my fence track slots,


heres the finished product, looks good and solid as a <s>chevy</s> rock


I didnt update the other post because it already loaded slow enough for us dial up peeps, sorry about that,

thanks for looking
kevin

[JR]

Sweet!

[monte]

Lookin good Kevin!

[Ken Massingale]

Now ya done it! I have to copy that. ;&gt
Great idea, great work.
ken

[Jim Boyd]

A K.I.S.S. classic!

[lrogers]

On man that is nice! That big green machine sure feel right at home hanging under it.

[Otter]

Looks Great

[Jim-Iowa]

That looks great! Boatloads of space to work on that flattop.
Hmm, pun intended it does look like an aircraft carrier deck!

[Imadunatic]

finally had a reason to use it tonight, i made a miter sled for it,
and a plywood spacer so i could mount my miter slot to the right of my blade on the BT, next in line: HAH tenoning jig with fine adjustment, lol

kevin

[mater]

Very nice. You did a great job.

[Pappy]

Looks good, Kevin. How much room do you have on either side to work long stock?

[Imadunatic]

quote:Originally posted by Pappy

Looks good, Kevin. How much room do you have on either side to work long stock?

well, i have 53 1/2" to the left (and im counting the top of the BT as well) and 60" to the right, i have yet to need all of it.
all of the stuff for the tenoning jig ive just been feeding towards the back of the bench, as all of that stuff is pretty small, and the bench is 44" deep.

As a side note, all of my recepticles are in my ceiling, and as it turns out i managed to put one right where i cant reach it, no matter which side of the bench im on, i have to crawl up on top of the bench and plug stuff in, its defininately on the list of things to fix,

Anybody have a suggestion for a router table switch, im thinking relatively inexpensive here, (READ: cheap) its more of just a pain to have to dang near get under the bench to turn on the big green machine, let alone the safety implications of not being able to reach the switch,

I really appreciate any and all suggestions,

thanks
kevin

[Stan]

quote:Originally posted by Imadunatic
Anybody have a suggestion for a router table switch, im thinking relatively inexpensive here, (READ: cheap)

I just use a power strip, leave the router turned on and use the power strip switch as the 'on/off' switch.

[Imadunatic]

quote:Originally posted by Stan

quote:Originally posted by Imadunatic
Anybody have a suggestion for a router table switch, im thinking relatively inexpensive here, (READ: cheap)

I just use a power strip, leave the router turned on and use the power strip switch as the 'on/off' switch.

What a fantastic idea, i already have one i need to mount, i think i'll just mount it to the underside of the bench and then its right there, thanks for the idea,

kevin

[WEG]

Hi Kevin;
The power switch is a cheap alternative to a switch, but keep in mind that you want to avoid using the power switch for other "things" because it's handy. You may just find yourself turning on the router when you least expect it or want it to happen! Now how do I know about this... hmmmmm [)]
I would suggest you get a real switch. They really aren't all that expensive.
WEG