Thank You for this fine video. I wish you were my neighbor so I could learn a lot from you. I am in my 80th year, and really enjoy seeing new approaches taken by craftsmen! I came from a time when all of this was not available, so it just makes life much sweeter to be so privileged.
THANKS SO MUCH KENT for a magnificent removable, portable, storable, and nice router table on a Workmate 400! Very good implementation. May I suggest you to make your own table inserts from several plies of fiberglass Circuit Board material glued together with epoxi... Those end up being very stiff and easy to make. The first one I made, was to replace the very flimsy insert on my inexpensive table jigsaw, which was made form cheap plastic and flexed too much! Since it was kind of thin, I reinforced it by placing fiberglass cloth plies between the PCB plies, and it ended up very stiff and precise. Best wishes! Alfredo M. Claussen, Mexico City.
I love my Workmate but i always thought it was too low to route comfortably, so I have my router in a stand that i clamp to the top of the Workmate. So much nicer to use that way.
Exactly how I was thinking of doing mine!! I am also wondering if I can make the router insert interchangable with a circular saw insert.....two tables in one maybe?
My idea is for THREE in one: Circular saw, Router and Jigsaw... Plus, the back plank used with the router as a guard, can hold a hand plane as a planer, specially if used with a wider plane like the Makita 1912B (4 3/8"knives); Which would make a FOUR tool compact bench... But for utmost versatility, an extra plank can hold a bench press drill!
@@g040700 Yes, and I am in the process of fabricating two more planck bases: for a bench drill and for attaching a belt sander at 90 degrees to the bench. I recommend searching for the excellent videos of JSK Koubou, a person that builds all kind of bench tools from hand power tools, using HMR ("High Moisture Resistance" MDF) and a high dose of intelligent design! Another site to look at is "hackaday.com" 18 THOUGHTS ON “EQUIPPING A WORKSHOP USING PLYWOOD AND HANDHELD POWER TOOLS”, and also Matthias Wandel on RU-vid.
The original router plate was made from 1/4" plywood. The dimensions were somewhat arbitrary but I traced the router base mounting holes to align the ply to the router, then traced the plate on the table to cut it out so it could recess into the 3/4" table. I installed 1/4" threaded inserts www.amazon.com/Furniture-Threaded-Insert-Nutsert-Connector/dp/B07Q6HKK45 into 3/4" plywood mounted below the table at the corners and mid points and ran 1/4" bolts into them as levelers. Hope that answers your question.
Pity about the music/noise I would rather listen to the narrative or the sound of working machines. Why do you think it is necessary to play your kind of music I just have to turn the noise down. Shame spoils the show!
