Router Table Build - Segment Two: Table Top Hardware Installation

[@jamesr5106]

I like your outlook on your different small imperfections

[@teton99]

Really great info on both these router table build videos. I like your approach/methodology to building this as well, thinking of how we can use these techniques in future applications as well. Both these videos should have higher views for that reason alone. Thanks for the info and the method!

[@jameslund221]

Man I envy your shop, you got everything a guy could want. I’m working out of my clients garage. I do his lawn and I’m building a shed in the backyard so he lets me use his garage.

[@dpbjlee83]

I built my router table 6 months ago out of MDF and it is already sagging - will be making your table design this coming week - Thanks for a great video

[@1deerndingo]

That was good. It showed a lot of skill tips. I don't want a router table but the info in this video had all sorts of good info.

[@wortheffort]

Thanks

[@navret1707]

When I built my router table I used the distance from the track to saw blade on my table saw as the offset for t-track on the router table. Has worked so far.

[@CarAudioInc]

37:00 had me dead lmaooo your expression, great videos dood.

[@tonyborzumato8510]

On the new router table top I'm building, I am installing a t-track AND a miter slot along the front edge, for maximum flexibility in what I can use - the miter slot will be very useful in coping cuts, using a miter gauge. The t-track can be used for featherboards, hold-downs, and the like. I know you just "eyeballed" the location of your t-track, but when I was laying out my design, I realized that the t-track has to be close enough to the router bit to allow the accessories and fixtures to allow them to work with workpieces that may be very narrow, up to about 8 inches in width. The miter slot was not as critical, as the miter gauge can be fitted with an auxiliary fence to get the workpiece closer to the bit (and even double as backer board if desired). One way to avoid edge-chipping on a laminated surface (formica or melamine), is to use one the outer blades of a dado set to make a very shallow cut through the laminate. Use one blade for one side, and the other blade for the opposite. This works because the teeth on the outer dado blades are beveled in one direction only, to make clean cuts on that edge. Just my 2 cents worth.

[@glyndevonport7802]

One method to minimise the chances of chipping the laminate surface is to first pass the board over the table saw with only around 0,5 to 1mm (1/64 to 1/32in) of the blade showing before making the full depth cut. This essentially scores the surface at a very low angle, as with a utility knife. Whereas the full depth cut has a lot higher angle of attack, which is pulling the laminate surface away from the wood substrate.

[@hansborgdesing]

Good video. I enjoyed it! 👍

[@wortheffort]

Thanks

[@mountainviewturning5319]

Bar stools router table looks great 👍

[@hassanal-mosawi6049]

Thanks for sharing that, well said!

[@williamhoward8319]

i ordered my templet from infinity with mega planer bit and 3/4 bottom clean out bit with pilots for boath

[@johnfithian-franks8276]

Hi What about the underside, will that pick up moister, after all you were the one to tell us you live in Texas and the humidity is very high out there.

[@loucinci3922]

Looks good.

[@Ibaneddie76]

That's funny I'm the complete opposite, I love using power tools particularly routers and am not as fond of hand tools because you constantly need to stop and make sure your edges are maintained! I recently became obsessed with this one draw knife that Pinnacle released a few years ago, the blade is super sharp and holds an edge for a long time and I've been using it to rough shape hard maple guitar necks.

[@louieliu5626]

Your video is very helpful. Could you tell me what kind router bit did you use? Straight bit or something else?

[@TallerValderrama]

Hola amigo!! To avoid the chipping on the melamine, one option is to make a "cut" with a carpentrer´s knife or sharp knife, along the dado and not more than one mm deep. It needs a bit of calculation and more work but it improves the chance to save the board.

[@glennsiegel60]

Hey Shawn, do you have stock in blue tape? I do love you man you're great! I have one of your t-shirts with a picture of a hand plan why did you stop making them?

[@thomasarussellsr]

Reduce the chipout by scoring the cut with a sharp knife before useing the power tools. Just a thought. Tape off the channel and paint in the chips with some white-out or acrylic paint, if it bothers you. All in all, great looking router table top. How much do the lift and channels cost for those of us that would have to buy them?

[@wortheffort]

Those were Rockler Items.

[@dougberrett8094]

Here is a way to “measure” an unknown radius. Draw a line across the radius. The more radius you have included the better. Next draw a line from your first one to the radius at the widest point. This line must be perpendicular to the first line. Measure the length of the first line. Call it “d”. Measure the length of the second line call it “t”. The radius is then calculated by this formula. R=(t^2+(d^2/4))/2t. The accuracy is dependent on how carefully the measurements are taken.

[@ryano1361]

Scribing the radius on the t-track would probably be a little easier if you flipped it over. That way there would be one continuous line to follow instead of 2 segmented ones.

[@davemartin1534]

I want you to know I give you my 2 cents worth by just watching the adds on this video. Hey it's the least I can do during this hard time with the corona virus.. I would like to help you and your school out more but sad to say I am living on social security n a few $ missing would b missed. Anyway keep up the good work n may you b blessed by doing so.

[@wortheffort]

Thanks

[@vincentpillay3408]

The wonders of blue tape: protecting the surface, holding templates, shunning and back in the day it would have been VHS

[@vincentpillay3408]

Shimming

[@stepanova8]

A combo blade is the wrong blade to cut laminate. Use a finish blade. Between that and using painters or frog tape, you'll get a perfect cut with zero chip out. Then run a light file over the edges because it's going to be sharp!

[@randalllasini8772]

At the 38 minute mark. It’s a 90 degree angle not a 45 degree. But love the project, thank you.

[@milltek2]

what happened with the videos of the new workshop??

[@wortheffort]

See Instagram

[@williamhoward8319]

i used melimine and 1/2 ply wood on my table

[@jameslund221]

You need to get a deal with 3M for all the blue tape you use. lol

[@somebodypeculiar]

And he needs to buy some 3" wide tape, if only to save time.