Has anyone ever heard of someone making a router table out of Granite
counter top material??

Would work fine. Post pictures when done.
"BD" wrote in message
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Has anyone ever heard of someone making a router table out of Granite
counter top material??

Oh I would love to, just don't know how I would cut slots or install T
track if needed
CW wrote:
Would work fine. Post pictures when done.
"BD" wrote in message
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Has anyone ever heard of someone making a router table out of Granite
counter top material??

"bdeditch" wrote in message
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Oh I would love to, just don't know how I would cut slots or install T
track if needed
CW wrote:
Would work fine. Post pictures when done.
"BD" wrote in message
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Has anyone ever heard of someone making a router table out of Granite
counter top material??

Somebody who makes granite table tops might know.
Perhaps multiple passes with a wet saw aranged to cut a groove would work
(eventually anyway).
Jim

Jim wrote:
"bdeditch" wrote in message
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Oh I would love to, just don't know how I would cut slots or install T
track if needed
CW wrote:
Would work fine. Post pictures when done.
"BD" wrote in message
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Has anyone ever heard of someone making a router table out of Granite
counter top material??

Somebody who makes granite table tops might know.
Perhaps multiple passes with a wet saw aranged to cut a groove would work
(eventually anyway).
Jim

all of the tools for working wood have stoneworking equivalents. t
slots could be cut with a waterfeed diamond router.

granite doesn't have the tenstile strength of wood or iron. t slots
would be in danger of breaking off if a lot of upward pressure was
applied, like using the slot as a clamping fixture base. a plain slot
would be more likely to survive used as a sliding jig guide only.

granite has really good wear characteristics, and it is pretty rigid,
so if you can avoid the brittleness of it you could have a really sweet
router table. I'd pass on the slots. instead, have it cut with the 2
long sides accurately parallel to each other and makes sleds that
straddle the whole table.

the hard part will be getting the drop in recess made.

"BD" wrote in message
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Has anyone ever heard of someone making a router table out of Granite
counter top material??

No. My guess is that without access to a lot of specialized cutting tools,
this is a bad idea in practice. You could probably buy a nice top for less
than paying to get a granite one cut the way you want. And I know you could
build a nice top for less.

todd

My thoughts... Granite and sharp router bits doesn't seem to be a match
made in heaven. I try to be careful with my bits, but if they hit a formica
or wood table, they're not going to get nicked.

My router table top also gets used for other things, like an assembly table
or whatever else I need it for. I wouldn't feel comfortable putting down a
hammer or something like that on a granite table. It would probably be fine
unless I actually dropped the hammer on it, but the noise would make me
nervous each time, I think.

In summary, it would probably work ok (IMHO), but I wouldn't go out of my
way to make it happen. The hassles of shaping/assembling it, the worry of
putting tools on it, and all the rest of it would outweigh the benefits like
it's mass, flatness, etc.


Clint

"BD" wrote in message
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Has anyone ever heard of someone making a router table out of Granite
counter top material??

BD wrote:
Has anyone ever heard of someone making a router table out of Granite
counter top material??

Doesn't seem very practical. It's going to be a huge PITA to cut out
the area to drop your mounting plate into. It's so easy to get a sheet
of 3/4 plywood and put some formica on it.. why go through all that
trouble?