"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 10/01/2012 09:12, TMC wrote:

"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 08/01/2012 23:19, TMC wrote:

"Osprey" wrote in message
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On Jan 8, 10:16 pm, "TMC" wrote:
has anyone used one of these and are they any good

http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster...l-router-fence...



I made my own out of MDF ... why not make your own ... will be exact
size you want then.

I took advice form some guys here who had done this ... and made mine.

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/x...fence-rear.jpg
http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/x...ence-front.jpg

Since pics were taken ... complete it to have ...

Added melamine faced ply faces to the vertical section .. these allow
wood to slide easily and will be replaced as necessary, split so I can
offset when needed.
extract hose port fitted to rear box.

I also made up a truing jig, so I used my router with a wide bit and
made sure horizontal face and vertical face were true and exactly 90
degrees ... although 1" MDF should have been true, I think my gluing
up & biscuit jointing had put some stresses in it, and it had warped a
little, less than a mm, but it was easy enough to correct.

I built my Table with TREND router table insert plate ... well worth
the cost, my TREND T11 has a great micrometer adjustment, that works
from above table when Router is in place.

yep thats the sort of thing I had in mind to make I was looking for the
T bolts and knobs when I came across the axminster one hence the
question

I have the Freud 2200 1/2 inch router with the micro adjuster I will
need to turn it from below but it is easy to do

On that point, remember to leave enough height to get your mit in to
twiddle it. Its a bit close on mine!


I was thinking of a full height table rather than a bench top one so
height should be no problem although I could be persuaded otherwise

I was thinking that the router table is quite high when on a 400mm high
bench top stand although having said that it would be no higher than the
planer table on my bench top planer thicknesser

Pros and cons anyone?

I use a trend table, which is reasonably tall, although only just enough
for comfortable use with the freud. I have a permanent based fixed to this
with a cross bar on the underside. This then clamps into a workmate on its
tall setting. That gets the table height up to chest height which is
reasonably comfortable work on.


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so well high then and much higher than any of the ones in the online videos

incidentally did you have to drill the trend plate for the router fixing
screww or did they match up with the trend ones?

Also (and I have not even looked ot the router and how it would fit to a
plate) did you remove the black plastic from the router base plate prior to
fixing on does it fit straight on

Regards