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1. 
   charlesstanford | May 17, 2006 09:29pm | #1

   I'm not a big fan of Grizzly, but with that said I would dedicate a router to the table. 

   You need two routers, one for free-hand use and your table mounted unit.

   Mount the router, get everything aligned and all that stuff and just leave it.

   
   

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   Edited 5/17/2006 2:29 pm ET by charlesstanford

2. 
   dgreen | May 17, 2006 09:32pm | #2

   Buy an extra base and just switch the motor when you need a handheld

3. 
   mudman | May 18, 2006 07:46am | #3

   dgreen has a good idea. I'd add that instead of those clamps you could screw the router directly to the table far a better perminate instalation.

   Mike

4. 
   pmmatty | May 18, 2006 02:52pm | #4

    I stupidly bought that table a couple of years ago and hated the thing from day one.  In my opinion the whole thing was junk.  It however has served me very well as a very sturdy table for my mortiser and grinder.  The shelf underneath is handy for collecting dust.  I went back to the router insert on the table extension to my table saw.  PMM

5. 
   forestgirl | May 18, 2006 04:51pm | #5

   Dgreen is totally on target -- an extra base.  I have the Veritas steel router table top, and before I dedicated a big Freud router to it, I had a PC690 mounted in an extra base.  See here for their design.

   I took one look at the Grizzly table the last time I was at the Bellingham showroom and knew it wasn't for me.  Way to awkward.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   

6. 
   Tezza | May 19, 2006 02:45am | #6

   I have used this table for 3 years and it is great, I do have a dedicated router for it, as taking it on and off is a real pain.
   I also replaced the fence with a shop made one as the gap between the table and dust port at the back reduced dust colletion when the fence was moved back, but with the shop made one the dust port is only 4in from the fence. But the only real answer is to get a dedicated router.

7. 
   TrueGentleman | May 19, 2006 03:34am | #7

   Thank You all for your ideas and help.  I really appreciate it. 

   I think I need to bite the bullet and dedicate a router to the table...  I also think I will need to replace the fence too.  I shop fence will work much better.