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1. 
   SCFrankland | Apr 25, 2002 09:17pm | #1

   I put mine at the end of my table so I can work at it comfortable from the side.

   Scott C. Frankland

   Newfoundland Wood Worker

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   theRev | Apr 26, 2002 01:36am | #2

   Birk

   I put mine in from the end about a foot and in the center of front and back. Make sure that when you route for the plate that you get it the right depth. It's pretty easy to make it too deep and leave a lip for material to catch on when you pass it thru.

   Scott

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   silver77 | Apr 27, 2002 07:15am | #3

   Birk- a few router thoughts you may know

   I agree- about 1' in from end and centered...

   -drill 3 holes in your unisaw fence to add a 1"ply fence to use with your router. The fence is the greatest safety feature I know of for the table. Try to always bury your bits at least halfway in the fence-

   the bearing should be just a hair proud of the fence. Makes for safe and efficient routing

   -I attach a piece of 11-1/2 square 3/8" lexan to my router then rout

   that into table. Can also be used to advantage when freehand routing

   because of the wide base. No brainer method to set depth of cut-sit router on 2 pieces of material that are the same thickness as router insert. Set bit to just scratch table=righton depth

   hope this helps...

   silver

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   jeffn7 | Apr 30, 2002 05:37am | #4

   I put my router lift at the end of the table, centered front-to-back. I was concerned about stressing the table with my PRL and 7518 router, so I built a cabinet that installed under the extension table. It's worked out really well, not only have I used less floor space for my router table, but I still have bit and accessory storage.

   I have attached a picture, please excuse the 'rough' look, I was going to laminate some formica on to match the saw tables but haven't got around to it yet. Although, I am pretty proud of the drawer fronts I whipped together out of some scrap cherry pieces. I also made the fence, used the cutoffs from the lower shelf (it's shorter with the cabinet installed) for the adjustable faces... nothing goes to waste around here.

   Finally, for lower support under the cabinet, I cutoff the original delta table legs and reused the adjustable feet.