Posted on Horizontal Router Table/Slot Mortiser Ideas???
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#1 posted 463 days ago |
HalDougherty, Mine is very similar to the MLCS design. The only real difference is the way the router is held in place and the location of the locking screws. I do like the garagewoodworks model, which is similar to that made by Matthias Wandel, but I’m not sure I want both the X-Y axis and the Z axis all to be at the router. I designed mine so that I could stand in front of it, hence not needing a ton of room to stand beside it. I almost feel as though I would rather the table move for the X-Y axis, but I wonder if there may be some advantage I’m unaware of in having all the movement at the router? I do like the steel rods and bushings over drawer slides 10 to 1, no question in my mind it’s a better, more reliable system (bearings are going to start sucking fast once they get gummed up with dust and debris). Horizontal Mike’s system also has merits, though I would like to sway from the T-track sliders, which is what my mortising table slides on. I’m really thinking a table that uses steel rods with bushings for the X-Y axis and then using a router lift similar to that on the Garagewoodworks model would be ideal. We’ll see. Thanks -- Kenny |
