On Sunday, April 28, 2013 10:39:58 AM UTC-4, woodchucker wrote:
On 4/28/2013 10:13 AM, willshak wrote:

On 4/27/2013 11:39 AM, woodchucker wrote:

On 4/27/2013 2:58 AM, wrote:

On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:52:15 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet

Can be made to fit almost any existing router table. Open up the

possibilities for new router profiles!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a88f1pv6jM



Very cool and well thought out fence you got there Brian..... If that

thing was aluminum...... you might be the next competitor with Incra!



+1. I could see it selling very well.





Sorry, but I don't. I would think a tilting router base would work

better. The gap at the bottom shows no support and that is a minus.



How about a small chamfer on the back to lower the fence front when it's

angled?

It's for a router. How thin would the work be to be able to use a router?



It's not the fence, its the workpiece. It is off the table where it is

being cut. , I would rather have the piece sitting on the table.


Also - You are always going to have an opening in one of the workpiece contact planes. There is no way around this if you want your router bit to make contact with the work piece. Two contact planes (router table surface and fence) are all that is ever required to stabilize the work piece. In a normal, non-tilting fence, you still only have two contact planes and an opening for the bit. Nothing has changes but the tilt angle.




Secondly, with it off, I could not put a zero clearance insert in there.

While not necessary, it's more controllable. I realize a CNC router

doesn't have zero clearance. But there are definitely times you need it.



Brian's works, and works well, but it is a little bit of a compromise

for this reason. In his example it makes it difficult to determine depth

and height. If the piece lies flat on the table you know the depth and

height.







Sorry Brian, I didn't mean to rain on your parade. But support is

everything, so is contact, its good, but not great.



I have seen tilting router supports for sale, and a nice home made from

Matthias. I would not use the gear that he used, but I might use the

screw drive that he had, just coupled differently.











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Jeff