In article ,
Tom Watson rejects lurkdom and writes:
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 13:19:29 GMT, Unisaw A100
wrote:

snippola

ditto

just like that it hit me. "The ultimate router table is a
Delta 3/4" Heavy-Duty Shaper".

Ayup and that's a fact - at least it used to be (see below for opinion
modification).

As on owner of a Norm's It Might Be A Sewing Cabinet model and
TURT, I say call a TURT a TURT.

Last up was the top. The truth of the matter is, I wanted
to do a 2-layer MDF top banded with maple and faced with
some gray/grey plastic laminate but being the frugal (so far
$50) type I used an old butcher block top. It got ripped
down into 2 1/4" strips and along with some alder got
re-glued, planed and sanded into what I will call a 2" thick
homage to the vintage machines who's working surfaces were
made up of maple and apple. In the end I'll find out if
this is folly (warping) but for now I remain satisfied. It
is not the same as the top on the late Roger Cliffe's
shaper.

I saw it. The cool thing about that top is that you can clean fish on
it, which I can't do on my TURT.

Ain't nobody gonna clean fish on the late Roger Cliffe's shaper.

How long will it take St. Susan to
notice her cutting board has gone missing, Keeter?

The top has been routed for the router lift. I did this in
two steps. The first being the "to size" recess that
actually fits the insert and the second was an offset
opening (to make the lip for the insert) which I also routed
using a larger collar. I hate the fact that most people
make a nice rout in the top and then hack up the interior
cut out with a jigsaw/Sawzall/drilled corners that never
align leaving a skanky edge. A minor thing but an attention
to detail that separates us from the heathens of the world.

Yes indeedy, Gawd and yer Aunt Martha will know that you done
peckerwood work instead of acting like a mechanic. Good on ya.

For the life of me, I never could figure out all the hand wringing
and hair pulling over putting in a base plate. How hard can it
be to accurately cut out a rectangle and route out a recess?
I somehow managed to squeek by without gasp! plans or
templates. Of course, here in rec.hell we don't have such
niceties.

Handi Box (a place to plug in the router). The top can
stand to use a coat or three more of finish (shellac).

Yabbut, whatcha gonna do when you spill your martini?
Guess you'll look kinda silly, eh?

I'd lean towards balsamic oil and vinegar, it'll add just the right
dash of piquance to the fish and it's more edible even than shellac,

I'm not sure fish from the Milwaukee area would be edible either
way.

to hook up dust collection. The interior of the router
compartment will be lined with Homosote to try and deaden
the sound/make it less noisy.

One of the Good Things (tmMS) about a TURT is the sound: not
a screemin PC banshee, but the low pitched purr of a gigantic
kitten ready to bite off any wayward body parts. I have
a particular profile in one of those aluminum (aluminium?)
insert-tooling heads that gives me sphincter cramps every
time it's fired up. I use it mainly to scare off nosey
neighbors.

Pictures posted on a.b.p.w.

An right nice picatures they is, too.

I don't get those porn newsgroups, but I did have the pleasure of
seeing Keeter's MDF TURT in a proto stage. Definitely has a
certain panache ... panash ... Ah hell, it looked pretty cool.

Good Job, Keeter.

I'll second that.

--
Jeff Thunder
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
Northern Illinois Univ.
jthunder at math dot niu dot edu