I have the PC 3.5HP plunge base router.Originally Posted by Allen Bookout
I have the PC 3.5HP plunge base router.Originally Posted by Allen Bookout
The truth is always visible but often not seen.Measure twice, and cut--WAIT!-- better measure again then cut once, twice or whatever it takes to fit.
Here is a link to a table built in Canada. I have seen them and the quality is quite good for the price. He is very good to deal with.
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/abarb/
CPeter
That is the srariest use of a tool that I have eaver read about.Originally Posted by Allen Grimes
You say that the guy is your ex-teacher. I would think that, with tool use like that, his chances of also being also ex-this-world are quite high. As long as it's him that goes and not one of his students, we could regard this as natural selection in action.
Last edited by Frank Pellow; 01-20-2006 at 10:31 AM.
Thanks for starting this thread Dennis. I am still not sure whether or not I even want a router table (remember the recent accidents that were reported here). But, if I do get one, John Harden's approach is probably the one that I will take,
Thanks for puting that idera into my head John.Originally Posted by John Harden
I use the term teacher lightly. I learned practicly nothing useful from the guy at all. Everything I've learned has either been from books or the internet.Originally Posted by Frank Pellow
Anyway, one of his students recently had an accident, he somehow managed to cut his forearm open with a chisel. It was the teacher who actually told me about it when I saw him on the street and he was laughing about it saying that the guy was too dumb to be in his class.
I tried to tell him on many occasions that his practices were dangerous, but me being the student, he just ignored me or laughed it off. Needless to say I left that class, but it still gives me chills to know that some of the things Ive done in that class could have caused me to lose a finger, or even an arm.
By the way, I did talk to his superiors and they dont seem to care either. The laws here are basicly non-existant when it comes to stuff like that so there is no worry of him ever getting sued. All I can really do is recommend that people find another teacher.
The strange thing is, he says hes been WWing for 10 years, and he does still have all his fingers.
I vote for build as well.....
I built this one using a rockler top, extended the top with melamine (sp) and used an old kitchen cabinet for the base. The fence is a Freud with zero clearance inserts. I wanted to build Norm's table or a variation of it but I couldn't see throwing this cabinet out.
hth,
John
Last edited by John Dingman; 01-20-2006 at 10:31 AM.
Woodworking:
"It's not just a hobby, it's an adventure."
Looks like great minds think alike
I was torn between buying something and building something, thinking I could save money if I bought something nicer off ebay but in the end a big discount at amazon (fence and insert) got me to do it myself. I bought the freud fence and rousseau insert. And then I bought a PC router (690rlvs) because the router I had didn't have a removable baseplate! (skil). One thing, those bits are sharp even when they're not moving. I whipped my hand across the insert to see how flush it was and forgot there was a bit sticking up. Ouch. Seems to work great and the freud fence hooks to my shop vac and almost completely eliminates dust, even on mdf, and the adjustment on the fence is very fine.