![]() Photo 21 shows the MDF base pattern taped to the drawn outline on the insert plate being used as a template to drill the fixing holes. Now use the pattern or sole plate as a template for drilling the fixing holes. (If you are uncertain of whether your tape will hold fast, work on the smooth upper surface of the plate). Use a fair amount of the tape to ensure that the plate does not move while you are drilling it. If you have not got a base pattern remove the sole plate from the router and tape this to the drawn outline. If you have previously made an MDF pattern of your router base attach it to the pencilled outline on the insert plate with double-sided tape. Photo 20 shows the insert plate with the outline of the router base, in the desired alignment, drawn round it. Photo 19 shows the router, aligned in the insert plate, with the outline of the base being drawn around it. When you are satisfied, draw round the router base with one of those pens or pencils that write on anything. with the lead-in pin holes to the right when installed. Make sure that the router is in the correct position for when it is inverted in the table, and that the plate is right way round i.e. Rotate the router until it is positioned to your satisfaction i.e. This locates the router dead centre with regard to the cutter aperture. Now stand the insert plate face down on two battens to raise it clear of the bench surface and place the router on it with the guide bush in the aperture. Photo18 shows the router fitted with the 30mm guide bush with masking tape to make it a snug fit in the insert-plate aperture. You can make it a tighter fit in the 31mm aperture by wrapping a piece of masking tape around the flange. The DW 625 has a 30mm guide bush as standard. The plate has reducing rings to cater for different diameter cutters. This works, but I have an alternative method which I prefer. The instructions advise you to remove the sole plate from your router, centre it on the moulded rings, tape and clamp it to the plate and use it as a template to drill the router fixing holes. These are to help you mount your router centred on the insert plate aperture. The plate has a number of concentric rings moulded in the underside. These holes are placed in the standard Elu/ De Walt/Trend positions, so a plate drilled to take the 625 will also take a number of other models. Our router is the De Walt DW 625 which, in common with a number of other models, has three 6mm tapped holes in the base for attaching to a table. The present task is to drill the plate with the appropriate fixing holes for the intended router. ![]() The insert plate used for this table is the US-made Trend phenolic plate, for which the table top was recessed in a previous section. BUILDING A ROUTER TABLE – PART SIX Photo 17
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