@woodtechs
Will anyone be in tomorrow afternoon/evening to help with an issue on the router table?
I am cutting mitre angles, and I am finding that the top of the table is actually sloping by a couple of mm.
Regardless the issue is that when cutting a mitre with a 1mm edge to enable a good fit, the first half is 1mm and the second half is closer to 3mm.
This obviously means no good fits.
I will look tomorrow at ways to boost up one side in an attempt to level but would appreciate a bit of help by someone who knows the table well
Also I have heard roominations of a new router table
I would happily put time and money towards this, if someone could point me in a direction to help make it happen?
I’ve built a router table before, I have time this weekend if there’s anything that needs doing?
How big/long are the mitres you’re trying to cut? We have a mitre jack for use with a hand plane which gives really excellent results sneaking up on the last couple mm fit.
We are looking at building something better long term but there are a few things to sort out before then (including clearing the storage by the doors) so it’s not a quick project unfortunately.
I actually have to make a large amount of 200 x 350mm boxes for a project, so was hoping to use the router table for convenience.
I will take a look tomorrow at trying to fix the router table
For that sort of quantity, depending on your size it may be worthwhile dialling in the table saw and cutting them on that with a sharp blade. I did a box on it quite a while back with not bad results, but I wouldn’t want to do it for small parts.
Cheers for the tips Ed,
Yeah I’ve tried on the table saw this method before,
Problem is even with feather boards the smaller pieces start to push away from the fence.
I’ve thought about it more and I’ll put a feather board above the workpiece on the router table, that may stop the piece riding up a mm or 2.
Potentially could cut the pieces vertically instead of horizontally on the router table as well.
Since the router bit is housed within the cast iron plate I can’t imagine it has sloped, more likely the workpiece is riding up slightly
Yes exactly, I am using a 45 degree chamfer bit to cut them each end on boxes.
It seems to be a good way to cut them when you have many mitres to cut. Once everything is dialled in, it’s more efficient and safer than doing them on the table saw. Plus smaller pieces etc 200 x 350mm rectangles do better this method then on the table saw.
I had solid results last night actually.
I rigged up a a very simple fence on top of the current one, I was finding the old fence was cutting into my workpiece and creating an imperfect line.
I used a feather board coming down from the top which also had good results.
The difficulty comes from trying to keep the original edge on the top of the mitre, any amount of excess pushing or cutting from the fence will ruin it.
I’m in on Friday and over the weekend if you’re around then?