Router Table Fence Rebuild

Dan Mooney

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When I built the router table onto the tablesaw I thought why reinvent the wheel, so for a fence I built one the slipped over the tablesaw fence and I clamped it in place

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I very soon discovered the folly in that. As soon as you get a set-up on the tablesaw, you have to move the fence to route something and vice-versa.
I couldn't justify buying another biesmeyer fence, so I thought I'd try to build one.

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I seems very stable and firm, we'll see how it bears up with use.

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Suggestion!!!

if your gonna make that new fence why not have both ends of it anchor solid? i dont think you will be happy when yu have one side solid and start making a cut to find the pushing agains the infeed side has moved your fence enough to affect the cut your after..trust me .. never leave a side loose on routing a piece of stock that has to be right..
 
if your gonna make that new fence why not have both ends of it anchor solid? i dont think you will be happy when yu have one side solid and start making a cut to find the pushing agains the infeed side has moved your fence enough to affect the cut your after..trust me .. never leave a side loose on routing a piece of stock that has to be right..

I have the workbench back there that would interfere with the end of fence unless the fence is up close to the bit

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I may add another clamp tho just in case. That's one of the reasons for posting these pictures, I know you guys have my back to find any possible problems.
 

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in that setup you show now you cant anchor it solid unlees you clamp it to the bench but if you move it forward like for most cuts you can make a angle iron piece along the back side of your table extension to clamp to..
 
Dan thats genius. I was sold on the first version and had filed it away as my future way to go. :) So boy am i please to see the sequel. Could easily have missed it. Thanks for this fantastic idea. Using the track and all.

And given what Larry has added i am now able to take it into account for my outfeed table build.

I noticed on the new Kreg router table complete with fence they now make a big deal of the locking down on both ends with their T style fence and lock down on other end.

You could solve your problem of locking down the other end easily with the Kreg method or something like it. Take a look at this video it shows their fence and you will see a T type track of something like it that is on the rear of the work surface with a knob to tighten up the locking position one the fence has been set in place.

Your improvised fence is a winner.:thumb::thumb::thumb:
 
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I added the Angle Iron as suggested by Larry, I think this will be just the ticket! :thumb:

Thanks Larry, and thanks for the positive comments from everyone else!


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