ER 10 Undertable Router Mount
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:24 am
Close to needing to do some router table work on my Candle Lantern project. Since I don't have a router table, I modified my ER 10's table to hold my router (this is my $8.00 craigslist router). First step was to make sure that the router would clear the tie bar.
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Once I was sure that the router cleared the tie bar, I used the router base to help locate the approximate center of the table insert slot, then marked it with a magic marker. Once centered, I marked the location of the holes for the #10 mounting screws.
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Once the four holes were marked, I used a hand dril to make the four thru holes in the router base. I then used the Mark 5 in drill press position to drill a pre-tap holes in the bottom of the table, setting the quill stop to stop ~1/8" short from going through the other side. I first drilled and tapped one hole using a 10-32 bottom tap, inserted a screw and tightened it so that I could then align the other three holes with the table so that I could mark thier hole locations. This ensured accurate alignment of the four thru hole to the table surface.
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Mounted the router with 10-32 x 3/4" trimmed head hex machine screws with lock and flat washer.
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Once I was sure that the router cleared the tie bar, I used the router base to help locate the approximate center of the table insert slot, then marked it with a magic marker. Once centered, I marked the location of the holes for the #10 mounting screws.
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[ATTACH]7845[/ATTACH]
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Once the four holes were marked, I used a hand dril to make the four thru holes in the router base. I then used the Mark 5 in drill press position to drill a pre-tap holes in the bottom of the table, setting the quill stop to stop ~1/8" short from going through the other side. I first drilled and tapped one hole using a 10-32 bottom tap, inserted a screw and tightened it so that I could then align the other three holes with the table so that I could mark thier hole locations. This ensured accurate alignment of the four thru hole to the table surface.
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Mounted the router with 10-32 x 3/4" trimmed head hex machine screws with lock and flat washer.
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