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What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal?
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On 9/12/2013 8:32 AM, Michael wrote:
What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. 1/4" or thicker aluminum. When I think of "sheet metal" I think of stuff far to thin to properly support a router. |
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On 9/12/2013 7:32 AM, Michael wrote:
What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. Solid Pnenolic |
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On 9/12/2013 5:32 AM, Michael wrote:
What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. Why make your own ??? http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shops...ate_kit_anchor or http://www.ptreeusa.com/routerPlates.htm Those inserts are very important. You can't make a decent one for $30. |
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On Thursday, September 12, 2013 9:54:14 AM UTC-5, Pat Barber wrote:
On 9/12/2013 5:32 AM, Michael wrote: What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. Why make your own ??? http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shops...ate_kit_anchor or http://www.ptreeusa.com/routerPlates.htm Those inserts are very important. You can't make a decent one for $30. I'm too cheap to pay that much for a table plate. |
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On 9/12/13 7:32 AM, Michael wrote:
What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. phenolic resin -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:44:52 -0500, -MIKE-
What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? phenolic resin Can you say why? I always disliked the thickness of phenolic resin. Yes, that thickness assists in keeping something like a router in place, but the weight of most routers was sufficient in keeping any metal plates in place for me. |
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:54:14 -0700, Pat Barber wrote:
Those inserts are very important. Well, yes, but you don't need to buy one. I took the baseplate off my router and put a bushing in it to match the router plate opening. Centered the router to the plate just fine. Of course, you have to be sure your router is centered in its base plate to start with :-). -- This message was for rec.woodworking - if it appears in homeownershub they ripped it off. |
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On 9/12/13 9:54 AM, Pat Barber wrote:
On 9/12/2013 5:32 AM, Michael wrote: What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. Why make your own ??? http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shops...ate_kit_anchor or http://www.ptreeusa.com/routerPlates.htm Those inserts are very important. You can't make a decent one for $30. No, but you can make two. :-) I got 3/4' Phenolic sheet from Woodcraft for (if memory serves) under $25 and made two router insert plates. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:32:49 -0700 (PDT), Michael
wrote: What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1o-QKriBM $7 acrylic plate sold as trivet. Haven't tried it, mine is a Lee Valley round phenolic plate: http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...=1,43000,51208 But that used to cost a whole lot less. Today I'd be looking elsewhere. |
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Pat Barber wrote: You can't make a decent one for $30. ------------------------------------------------- Michael wrote: I'm too cheap to pay that much for a table plate. ------------------------------------------------------ As Ben once said, you are being penny wise and pound foolish. Lew |
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On 9/12/13 11:18 AM, Jim Weisgram wrote:
On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:32:49 -0700 (PDT), Michael wrote: What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1o-QKriBM $7 acrylic plate sold as trivet. I often use those solid plastic cutting boards for making jigs. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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On Thursday, September 12, 2013 5:32:49 AM UTC-7, Michael wrote:
What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. Old school approach is to use a piece of an old laminate counter top. New school, visit Woodpeckers and spend $100 and get a full set of inserts along with it. |
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"Michael" wrote in message
What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Please totally forget about MDF. Ditto particle board, wafer board, OSB and fiberboard. Suitable materials would be phenolic, polycarbonate, aluminum, iron. -- dadiOH ____________________________ Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race? Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change? Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net |
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On 9/12/13 11:41 AM, SonomaProducts.com wrote:
On Thursday, September 12, 2013 5:32:49 AM UTC-7, Michael wrote: What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. Old school approach is to use a piece of an old laminate counter top. New school, visit Woodpeckers and spend $100 and get a full set of inserts along with it. There's something to be said about going totally ghetto and working with it for a while to determine what you really want and need before spending the cash. I built quite a few large bookcases with all the molding and trim work using my router screwed to the bottom of a makeshift 1/2" melamine table top. I screwed fences and feather boards right down to the melamine. :-) Doing it like this helped me determine which of the shiny, expensive router table features were 'necessary' and which were window dressing. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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On 9/12/13 12:04 PM, dadiOH wrote:
"Michael" wrote in message What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Please totally forget about MDF. Ditto particle board, wafer board, OSB and fiberboard. Suitable materials would be phenolic, polycarbonate, aluminum, iron. I would take polycarbonate out of that mix. It's too "melty" for my taste. And I hope you meant 'steel' instead of iron. :-p -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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Jim Weisgram wrote:
On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:32:49 -0700 (PDT), Michael wrote: What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1o-QKriBM $7 acrylic plate sold as trivet. Haven't tried it, mine is a Lee Valley round phenolic plate: http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...=1,43000,51208 But that used to cost a whole lot less. Today I'd be looking elsewhere. Man - the prices on those has skyrocketed! Here's an alternative that I found on ebay... http://www.ebay.com/itm/ROUTER-TABLE...item19d12aeed0 -- -Mike- |
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:31:29 -0500, -MIKE-
my cutting will be done with smaller bits. If I have a larger bit to use, I like to raise it up through the plate, while running, while it cuts its own hole through the plate. That's a good point, something you can't/shouldn't do with a metal place. I never thought of that, guess it's the closed equivalent of zero clearance insert. |
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:58:59 +0000, Edward A. Falk wrote:
How much is your time worth, and would you rather spend it woodworking now, or making jigs so you can do woodworking later? I thought making jigs *was* part of woodworking :-). -- This message was for rec.woodworking - if it appears in homeownershub they ripped it off. |
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On 9/12/2013 8:15 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:58:59 +0000, Edward A. Falk wrote: How much is your time worth, and would you rather spend it woodworking now, or making jigs so you can do woodworking later? I thought making jigs *was* part of woodworking :-). Making a nifty jig can be as satisfying an accomplishment as making the project. |
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On Thursday, September 12, 2013 7:04:18 AM UTC-7, Leon wrote:
On 9/12/2013 7:32 AM, Michael wrote: What kind of material do you prefer? Solid Pnenolic (Phenolic plastic, like linen-reinforced Micarta, is a pretty good rigid choice). You can duplicate a base plate pretty easily, by chucking a dowel in your router, and using a solid-carbide router bit in a second router, with the same diameter as the dowel. The trick is, to mount the base-plate material, form a center hole by plunge-cutting, then making a pin-router jig of router #1 with a dowel and the holed but uncut baseplate, and cut it with router #2 which has a fully-formed base plate. You can put a collar on the dowel to guide an oversize circle cut, making a large circular baseplate. I've done this with phenolic (to make a matching-diameter baseplate for a small router), but it should work with aluminum as well. |
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"Michael" wrote in message ... What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. Michael, Give Pat Warner's site a look http://www.patwarner.com/ and look under "Understanding Routing" and Router Table for some excellent advice and ideas. I built the fence he did an article on in FWW and it is a workhorse although it is a bit heavier than the one he shows now. I'm just a hobbyist but two kitchen's worth of cabinet doors, drawers and moldings plus an arched panel 36"x80" (really heavy) door for a family member were all made using Pat's designed fence and some other add-on's for router work I've purchased from him. His site is one hell of a great resource and his products are quality made - plus he's always been helpful with any questions I've had. Bob S. |
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On 9/12/13 2:58 PM, Edward A. Falk wrote:
In article , Michael wrote: What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. I've used both polycarbonate and mdf. I prefer the poly, but if it's not available, I make do. But I don't think I'll be doing it any more. As other posters have pointed out, store-bought router bases aren't all *that* expensive. How much is your time worth, and would you rather spend it woodworking now, or making jigs so you can do woodworking later? Making jigs when I'm not woodworking. :-) They usually end up better than store bought, you get the satisfaction of building it yourself, and you learn techniques and processes that translate to woodworking. Plus, once you have one, you make others for other tasks. I have about 5 different router plates for different task, some make from phenolic, some poly-carb, some plywood. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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On Thursday, September 12, 2013 6:32:49 AM UTC-6, Michael wrote:
What kind of material do you prefer? 1/4 inch MDF, polycarbonate, some type of sheet metal? Thanks. "Hockey glass" - several years ago, they changed the glass on our towns ice rink And I scored a couple sheets out of the dumpster - 12mm lexan(?). Remove the router base plate and use it for a mounting hole template. Now you can centre the hole for the bit and use the guide bushings and bits of your choice (I used the Freud FT2020 guide bushing set - these are the Porter Cable style guides)to do the hole. Some careful thought and you should be able to jig your way through |
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