Project:MFT - workbench

ProjectInfoBox MFT - workbench
Status:	planned
Initiator:	Nibuzz

Idea:

I want to build a portable workbench. This workbench is for small projects at home, when I want to do some small cuts. The workbench should be possible to store away on the wall of my small garage.

It should hold:

- A small bench router that is hight ajustable from the top (of course with a switch that is easily excessible

- A wabeco drill and router

- A Rail Hinge for my track saw

I also want 20mm Benchdog-holes to hold things in Place, for example a small vice and if I need a bigger one.

Creation Steps / Process

First Step: Drilling and routing the Benchdog-holes:

Using a 3D printed Template:

I started drilling holes for the Benchdogs. My learning was that the 3D-printed Template I used: [...link...] is not stiff enough. I should have estimated that, because I used PETG for duribility because it is more flexible than PLA, but on the other hand it is not realy stiff.

Using a lasercuted Template:

I plan on cutting a template on the lasercutter so I have a bigger template that is easy to rout with a handheld router, while also being precise and reliable.

There are two ways to do this:

1. Lasercutting a template that has 20mm and using a router bit that has a bushing for a flushcut (this method is pretty easy, but has the downside that I would have to buy a flushcut-bit since it is not availiable in the space)
2. Lasercutting a template that is bigger than the actual holes and using a copy ring. My handheld router has a copy ring that is 17mm wide. If I am using a 12mm bit, than i have to make the holes of the Template:
   • Offset=(17mm−12mm)/2 ​=2.5mm
   • Template hole diameter=desired finished hole diameter+2×offset
   • Template hole diameter = 20mm + 5mm = 25mm

Using a copy ring is a little bit more difficult, but has the upside of not being depended of the quality of the fushcut routerbit

Drilling out the holes:

It is relativly time consuming manualy routing out the holes. It is easier to drill out the holes using a drill with a portable drillpress. If you clamp a plate against the workbench top you don't risk that they "ausreißen".

Routing the Corners:

Of course the last step is routing out the corners of the Benchdog holes.

Third Step: Making the Routertable adjustable

I am using a very old Router, a Bosch POF 500 A that I got from my grandfather. It has a