Mounting my new router

[stevenkimbell59@gmail.com]

hate to sound like a newbie, but i need info on mounting my new router. i have accepted the responsibility of owning a new Milwaukee 5616-20 router. (Some people have children, some have pets, I prefer tools, it is my burden.)

Anyway, i am not new to tools, but sort of new to GOOD tools. I bought a BT3000 a while back, but never tried to mount my router since it was a cheap Skil model. It finally died (what am i saying? it had less than 10 hours use when the motor self destructed!) and gave me the opportunity to cry to my wife for a "real" one. Hence the Milwaukee.

I have read about adapter plates and other suggestions on the forum. i need specifics. I have the plunge base for hand held use and would like to mount my fixed base for table use on my BT3000. Where do i start to make my new child, i mean tool, comfortable and functional?
Thanks for any info.

[LCHIEN]

you leave a rather broad question so I'll answer broadly and you can request more specifics.

FOr the BT3000 and BT3100 you would do best to have an adapter plate. They come with the BT3 router mounting kit, original cost was about $60, they can be found for less on t e-bay.

Or you can make your own. The original is aluminum but 1/4" plywood would be OK.
Look at the bottom of the BT3 auxiliary table (the one with the router hole in it).
You see a rectangle with two corners cut off (like a house) under the router hole. The plate needs to fit in this depression. Three countersunk holes in the top of the aux table mount this plate. The aluminum plate is tapped but you can use flat head machine screws and either bolts on the bottom of the adapter or use threaded inserts in the plate you make. Nuts will take more hands to install but the 1/4" wood might be too thin for threaded inserts.

Once you install the plate to the aux table you need to carefully mark the location of the center of the router opening. This is a tricky thing but works best if its well centered.

After marking the center remove the adapter plate and mark a circle around the center, I think the Bolt center Diameter of the mounting holes for popular Porter cable and Bosch routers is common, but you need to find the BCD of your Milwaukee. Remove the scuff plate off the bottom of your router and make sure the holes (usually three) lie on this circle.

Now drill a hole a bit larger than the hole in the top of the aux table at the center.
Finally, figure out what orientation (rotation) of the router you want and ley the scuff plate at that orientation and mark the mounting holes. Drill them through and countersink from the what should be the up side of the plate.

In use, use those three holes to hang the router (no scuff plate) from the plate, then place the plate under the aux table and use the three holes in the aux table to hang the plate under the aux table.