I received a E-Letter from FineWoodworking about a Horizontal Router Table.
I posted in Knots, some years ago, of one I made. The one in the E-Letter from FineWoodworking looks very much like the one I posted in here.
This is NOT a negative comment to his/her table!
In fact I like it! He/she moves the router fixture.. Mine moves the table on 3 axis with a manual vertical/tip movement of the router.. I think that maybe moving the router is better than moving the table.
See link: https://www.finewoodworking.com/item/27161/homemade-horizontal-router-table
I do not see where/if the table in the E-Letter allows the router to tip up/down on the Vertical. This feature can make many profiles with common bits that would require a special ground tool…
I use mine often and have no plans to change what I have now. I DO think that moving the router and not the bed could be a better option.
I would say to the maker.. GREAT work!
I cannot find my old post to link to….
Edit: I found my old link of what I made..
I would think that mine or his/hers would be a great addition to a shop that likes to use a router.. I DO!
See picture 11 of 11 for the tiping action. I found that I need wood clamps to hold the fixture tight if i tipped the bit..
Anyway you go.. A fun project and not that expensive to make. It works!
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HZ Router Tables
Yes, lots of cool router table projects out there. Thanks for posting the link to your project from the archives.
Anyone else made a simlar one?
-Gina, FineWoodworking.com
Gina.. I am thinking on this...
I use mine mostly for making profiles. I do NOT have a handle (Joy stick.. simple to do) to move my table. I set the 'stops' and away I go to working.
Now, all I need is a home made power feeder for the sticks I profile!
I find mine as useful as my table saw and my drum sander.
Not a everyday tool but useful for what it can do.
horizontal is cool
The horizontal router mentioned in the FWW newsletter is cool, as is your earlier version, Will. They approach CNC without having the computer or the numerical coordinate system. Tilt would be an interesting added feature, especially if conbined with some sort of "transmission" (wooden gears, of course) to coordinate combinations of movement and direction.
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