Woodworker's Journal 2004-28-6, страница 26

Turn your spare router into a versatile milling machine featuring.: easy and accurate depth of cut, super-easy fence adjustment, and above-the-table bit changes.

LA 11 of the horizontal routers X A. I've seen have maximum adjustment between the bit and the table of just a couple of inches. This limits work on thick stock, panels, wide boards and other workpieces. I decided to avoid this limitation by going with a rotating fence, rather than simply moving the router up and ^: down. That way, I could

take advantage of the unique geometry of an arc.

The motor is mounted on a moving sled which provides incredibly quick and easy bit changes above the table. It also lets you adjust the depth of cut in a couple of seconds. The rotating horizontal fence delivers a huge range of bit-to-table adjustment: you can center the bit anywhere from almost 8" above the table to an inch below (which is great for working with wide bits), and change the setting in seconds. Add sliding tables to the machine, and you can nibble away a deep mortise or long tongue without ever adjusting the fence or bit height.

The author has so far discovered that his milling machine will form a corner bridle, comer half-lap, standard dado, rabbeted dado, keyed miter, loose tenon, mitered half-lap, mitered siip joint, rabbet, round mortise, shouldered dado, slot dovetail, splined miter, tapered finger joint, through mortise, a tongue and groove... and he's still working on finding its limits.

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