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 GREAT TABLEJan 04, 2002
Needing to replace my old router table, I must have looked at every table available before settling on the Bench Dog. In use for approximately a year in my home shop, it has proved to be a high quality, well designed piece of equipment.At the time I bought the top, I didn't have an extra $150.00 for Bench Dog's cabinet, and made one from MDF that works fine. One thing to note if you build your own cabinet, Bench Dog states in their manual, that to maintain the warranty, you must use their mounting hardware and their mounting method when installing the top to a custom cabinet. This is a fairly simple procedure, and a good diagram is provided for locating the bolts and cross dowels provided. Two features that are a real plus: 1. The double track along the front edge. One fits a miter gage, the other a t-slot for feather boards. The Bench Dog fence that is available for this table has the same t-slot for mounting feather boards, guards and other accessories. Good by to clamping feather boards to the edge of the table. 2. The insert plate is mounted nearer to the front edge rather than in the center of the tabletop. I thought this was an odd design until I found out the reasoning behind it. It is about 8" from the front edge of the table to the center of the router bit, and from the rear edge it is about 16". This feature allows you to have your work up close when working on smaller pieces, working from the front side. By flipping the fence to face the rear of the table, you can work on the wide side (back) of the table. I've found this extra width ideal when working on cabinet doors.
Concerning the insert plates, I've read of problems encountered with acrylic plates sagging under the weight of the router. So far,I have used only the phenolic plates supplied by Bench Dog and have had no sagging problems with these. My router, which is listed at 12 lbs, spends most of its time hanging under the table. No sagging problems to date.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Router table top.Mar 29, 2007
By Cris P. Myers
This seems like a nice table top and works fine. I am a little disappointed, however, by the poor quality fit of the edge molding and the metal cap at the end of the miter slot.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great top, solid mountingFeb 16, 2007
By J. Hill
I have been very happy with this top, which is solid and flat. I built the router table in the book, "Building Woodshop Workstations by Danny Proulx ", and modified the plan the fit this top. The top mounted in a solid manner, and the resulting router table has been great to work with. I am using the Bench Dog aluminium pro plate with my Bosch 1617 router. All of the leveling screws and mounting hardware allowed to align everything flush with the top. I have been very happy with all of the Bench Dog products, including their perfect feather boards, and Pro Fence that I am using with this table,
6 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Emphasis on FunctionalityAug 28, 2004
By Marc Ruby™
"The Noh Hare™"
Simple approaches are often the best. Laminated MDF makes up what Fine Woodworking has called one of the best-machined tops you can buy. A solid aluminum front track provides both t-bar and t-slot. And is currently packaged with an undrilled insert plate.
Engineering includes adjustable width for the t-slot, and twelve point leveling for the insert. The latter can be something of an irritant when you are trying to level a pro-lift and 7518 class router. Fortunately it's an ordeal that one has to face only once. Unless you like to use a variety of inserts, which I don't recommend.
Assembly takes less than an hour. The top expects to be used with Bench Dog's 36-inch ProFence, but any edge mounted fence, like the Jessem Mast-R-Fence should work, given some determination.
[Part II of 'How to Build a Really Expensive Router Table']
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Nice table topJan 18, 2008
By Gordon E. Ross
"Coffee Dude"
fits a variety of routers. My only complaint is I had to shim the miter track and accessory rail to be flush with the table top. Shimming hardware / material was not included.
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