Router Table
This tool is not ready for use yet since not all commissioning steps have been completed. The process is also tracked on GitHub. Feel free to contribute to making it usable, any help is very welcome!
| Task | comment | Status |
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| Name the tool: | Router Table/Westfalia Universal Frästisch Nr. 64 56 97 | done |
| Take a picture | - | done |
| Find the manual as PDF | See infobox | done |
| Documentation | For the moment only the Kingcraft Router is compatible. | done |
| Print QR-Code | use the wikicrawler | done |
| Introduction | added to Handheld Router Introduction | done |
| Security Check | Are all fences included? We should add a clear mark for the feed direction & make push blocks. Martin: We should also add an emergency stop which can be triggered using a foot similar to what the Table Saw has. Martin: Emergency stop added and attached to the router table. I would say it can be used now |
pending |
| Test | Martin: It was tested together with Lukas and worked fine. | done |
| tool's name, owner and approx. value | Owned by Martin, data provided to Lukas with the Dauerleihgabe Form. | done |
| Last step: make it available | physically and in the wiki - then delete this template | pending |
| ToolInfoBox Westfalia Universal Frästisch Nr. 64 56 97 | |
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| Synonyms: | DE: Frästisch, Oberfrästisch |
| Type: | tool mount |
| Material: | wood |
| Used with: | routers, push blocks |
| Location: | wood workshop |
| Access Requirements: | upon personal introduction |
| Manual: | Westfalia |
A router table turns a handheld router into a stationary tool. The router gets attached to the router table upside down in order to enable the workpiece to be fed through the router (as of this, it is for a router what a table saw is for a circular saw).
It is very important to realize that the exposed router bit is not only dangerous because of its sharp edges, but also because it can rip the workpiece out of your hand and let it fly across the workshop. To make sure that you are in control and not the router, ONLY feed workpieces through from the right to the left side if you are working in front of the router bit and vice-versa! You should understand why this is important after getting the router introduction.
Please also see Project:Router Table in case you are planning to build your own.
Compatible Routers
- KingCraft KBF-1050E (loaned from Martin)
More to be determined...
