Woodworker's Journal 2009-33-6, страница 38

** You're ready to perform run-of the-mill routing jobs, plus a host of angled cuts and modified profiles that your ordinary router table just can't do. **

The router plate consists of two 18"-long, 9"-wide pieces sandwiched together: a l/4"-thick plywood, melamine or tempered hardboard face piece and a l/2"-thick MDF or plywood backing piece (pieces 6 and 7). In the center of the face piece, drill a 2"-diameter hole for the router bit. Now remove the sub-base of the router you'll use with the horizontal table, center it on the hole in the face piece, and clamp it down (make sure to orient the sub-base so that the router's final mounted position on the router plate will locate the On/Off switch facing upwards, for easy operation). Go ahead and chuck a self-centering bit (these have a spring-loaded guide sleeve that centers the bit in a hole) in an electric drill and, using the sub-base's mounting holes as a template, bore the router mounting holes through the face piece (large photo, left). Countersink the holes for the mounting screws so their heads will be flush with the surface of the plate. After sawing a hole in the center of the backing piece large enough to clear your router's base (photo, top left), carefully align and glue the backing and face pieces together.

Tip: To keep two flat surfaces being glued up from sliding around when you apply clamping pressure, drive a couple of small brads in one surface, then clip them off nearly flush; the nibs "dig in" and keep parts from sliding.

Next, drill a hole in the router plate for the hanger bolt that allows the plate to pivot Gocated as shown in the Drawing). Fit a router with a circle jig and 5/16" straight bit set to cut all the way through the plate. Set the circle jig so that the distance between the pivot pin and the centerline of the bit is exactly 16'/!>".

Using the router's sub-base as a template, drill holes through the router plate's face piece with a self-centering bit (center). To make clearance for the router, use a jigsaw to make a circular cutout in the plate's backing piece (top). Cutting a radiused slot through the plate will require a circle-cutting jig attached to a router (bottom).

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December 2009 Woodworker's Journal