"John L. Poole" wrote in message
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I'm building a router table, have my aluminum plate that will attach to my
3 HP router and then rest in the tabletop on a ledge. (I'm building Pat
Warner's fence featured in Fine Woodworking Magazine and at his site:
http://www.patwarner.com/routerfence.html -- by the way the cost of the
materials other than wood or MDF was approximately $130)

I'm wondering if other tables have a design element where the plate is
secured from moving upwards. From the various designs I have reviewed and
the tables for sale I've seen in catalogs/online, I do not recall seeing
anything that secures the router plate/route assembly to the table top.

For those who have router tables, is your plate assembly secured somehow
to the table it is resting in to prevent the entire assembly from moving
in an upward direction?

Seems to me an aggressive cut could cause the assembly to climb. Pat
Warner's table design has his router bolted. Maybe I've missed something
on these table inserts?

John
I haven't seen such a problem on my Rockler table. The table relies on the
weight of thr router (more than the plate) and the weight of the plate to
keep everything in place.
Jim