Making acrylic router base plate DIY
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- For making this base plate I use cast acrylic, it is more durable than extruded acrylic and better in processing.
An idea for making this acrylic base plate was inspired by Dave Rhoten channel:
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I was really enjoying this.. when you started polishing the edges.... perfection!
Just what I needed! I recently bought a 2 foot wide by 4ft long 1/4 inch acrylic sheet to make sub-bases for my set of various routers. This video is well sequenced, easy to follow and has excellent image quality . I can now make my base;s with extreme confidence. Thank you thank you. I look forward to watching further episodes.
Thanks man! I'm glad the video is useful to you :) that means a lot to me.
Not sure why, but the little handles just tickled me to death! As others have said, the absence of "artful videography" is so refreshing. Will definitely make at least one now that I see how it's done.
A very nice job there and the buffing of the acrylic was an eye opener for most who are thinking of doing the same.
Thanks Cliff :)
Respecting the trade…awesome work!
I rarely comment on videos, but this was exactly what I was looking for. I'm about to create a base plate for my router, and have been wondering how i can sand/clean the edges to get the nice clear look. Your video showed me the way. Thank you for the great video.
No, thank you for great comment :) You can use a bit thinner pmma, I used that because I had it.
I like to polish the edges of acrylic with a torch.After sanding it comes out real nice! Your way worked great too just might save a a little time!
Yeah, a little more time... ;) unfortunately I always burn something with a torch.
Beautiful accesory for palm router. Looks better than OEM items. Thanks.
Thanks too!
Better than store bought job well done
Some really fine work done here. It should add a lot of great utility to this router. Have fun with it and be safe ... cheers!!
Великолепно! Вы настоящий мастер!!!
VERY well done... the video as well as the project. Very educational without clutter and talking.
Thank you for a great comment!
Best base plate video iv seen so far . hope mine turns out as nice .
Do not worry, this is super simple project, only polishing requires a bit of patience, unless you have a polishing wheel above 100 mm in diameter (of course on a bigger machine ;) ). However, small is useful for finishing the hole.
Thanks. I got plenty of scrap acrylic from a friend, I use some to make these.
Thank you for sharing! I have a same router and will be planning to duplicate this! AWESOME
Thanks for watching and kind words! :) Have a fun work!
Wons ! The best ' router based! Great DIY's video ! Number one ' !
Great video! I'm building one. Love the dramatic ending. Cool!
Friggin brilliant 👏 awesome job
Wished my husband thought of it. Lol
Thanks for the video...helps me understand more
Thanks David for comment! :)
The idea is wonderful. . . With the acrylic you see what you are doing. But over time the piece will get scratched. But congratulations and success in the posts.
Very nice presentation. Thanks for sharing this diy. I have a router that needs a new base plate and you have given me some excellent ideas. Regards.
Thanks, I'm glad I could help! :)
Excellent..! The all round best of its kind. Thank you.
Thanks Gerald!
Great job..thumbs up for the fly flick
Super job buffing it
- EXCELLENT job ! ! !
nice quality workmanship well done and great idea
Thanks!
I keep watching your video, its so
Beautiful. I'm going to share with everyone I know. Again well done. BE PROUD
Tahnk you :)
Perfecto. Gran idea y mejor acabado. Gracias. Tienes un like y un nuevo suscriptor.
Muchas gracias Javier! :)
Really nicely done.
Fantastic work.
Tanks from Sardinia italy
Thanks from Poland! 🙂
Very, very well done - looks fantastic!
Nice job. Just had to build a couple bases
Nice job. Got me thinking about trying that myself. Thanks.
Mate that looks factory made....Great work buddy...
Thanks! :)
Fantastic job! My respects to an excellent craftsman.
마음에 드네요.한번 만들어 보겠습니다.
if you blast the sides with a butane torch they will take on a glossy appearance - just don't melt it in the process.
I've tried this technique before, but the acrylic always "bubble" around the edges. Later, I found out that acrylic absorbs moisture and must be dry for such a treatment.
Thanks for comment!
Top quality work. 👍👍
Thanks!
Excellent!👍
Муха-самый важный элемент этого ролика!👍🔥
😂
Very nicely done and a great idea.
Thank you.
I thank you for watching and comment! :)
Very nice job, I'm needing rather a lot of practice to reach a fraction of that skill level but very informative, thank you.
You probably underestimate your abilities. In my opinion, the most often lack of skills or tools is not a problem, the problem is moving the ass and starting work ;)
Thanks for comment!
Brilliantly made, man.
Thanks man!
Excellent build video
That's pretty....a beauty
Thanks 🙂
Awesome job
Beautiful!!
Wow, really cool. Love the video, the project turned out awesome. I’m gravitating toward some router carving...... this would be really useful. Thanks for the vid.
I am very happy that the video is helpful and thank you for the comment!
Will not work against a guide. Works very well for free hand routing.
Great video...🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊
Eres mucha pieza maestro gracias
Cool !!!
Very nice!
Great work
Very nice and well done
Thank you! :)
Excelente trabajo, felicitaciones. Un Abrazo
Brilliant job
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT
because the plates are usually non transparent it makes the critical placing and routing of the quad or thruster future fin boxes on surfboards so much more difficult as you cant see shit undernearth . it was blind guess work but this is going to help so much .From the front you can see an extended pencil line mark thanks so much first time router
@@briantrend1812 thanks for comment! Eric Rhoten went a step further with adapting the router to such work, the base has a cut hole on the other side, thanks to it has more light on the work surface. You can see it on one of Eric's video ua-cam.com/video/13oJ1mcJDKw/v-deo.html. In addition, it has a base plate made of thinner acrylic than mine, which also improves visibility a bit.
Using a drill as a handheld lathe...Genius!
I saw it somewhere else ;D
perfection
Spot on, just bought some Perspex to do the same build as this.. I was wondering how I could get this done.. and then came across your excellent vid. Subscribed. 👍🏼
Even got the Makita router the same too..
Yeah, it's good stuff :) have fun at work and thanks for sub!
CatLighting👍🏼 got the base done today. I’d send you a pic if I knew how.
Awesome! My email is in About tab on channel site or you can post a pic on facebook CatLighting site, everybody interested will be able to see it there :)
Soooooo Awesome!
Yes and that good
Nice one
Nice job mate well done
Thanks!
Nice Job, 💯
It show-cases beautifully but does it work? I was wondering why there wasn’t a straight edge on one side. Could you show us a demonstration please. Thank you. Great work.
Thanks! :) This plate is for freehand routing, it has to fit into the hands, it does not need a straight edge. I will try to upload the video from my work some time.
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Thank you!
TOP * BEST OF 💯 ***
Thank you! 😁
Cool ideas, great video so I've subbed to your channel can't wait for more of your videos
Cheers
Tim from Wood4nothing
Thanks Tim :)
Cheers!
Great video. The humorous and informative dialog was by far the best part. Without that the video would be a waste of time.
Yeah, but sometimes I think I talk too much...
Seriously, you would not listen to my talking in English. I need to go to a course or something.
Nice job beautiful
Thanks John!
Excellent video - now, where can I find acrylic on top of a mountain in the Philippines???????
I might just make my own ... yours looks thicker than Rhoten's. I have a TAP Plastics near me so it's easy to pick a piece of acrylic out of the scrap box. Two reasons why I may make my own instead of just buying from Rhoten: The knobs he uses are just cabinet knobs and I think I'd like wood ones. And I think I want to use countersunk screws (classic conical heads) instead of "counter drilled" or whatever they stock ones are, because I feel the conical counter-sunk holes will create less stress in the acrylic. So I buy 4 screws at OSH, big deal.
Every reason is good to do something yourself :) My base plate is thicker because I only had 10 or 4 mm acrylic, so the choice was obvious. But if I had a bigger choice, I would take 7 - 8 mm. At 10 mm acrylic the inside hole looks a bit too "deep".
Nice Job .
Thanks 53tboy!
Awesome
Nice job....
Thanks Chris!
Top
Good skills
Great job....Thank "U"
No no no, I thank "U" :)
Hi from Baku Azerbaijan! Bro I maked same one same copy this base too :))))))
That's great! Greetings from Poland :)
Ooooo shiney
Awesome!!
Very nicely done video. Can I ask what the angled recess if for in plate.
Thanks
Mike
simple and effective
Thanks Silvio Nunes!
Nice
Thank!!!
Thank you :)
Amazing 👍Great idea
Can we use with GKF600 bosch router
The manufacturing process is similar for every router.
looks really good I have made one of these a little while ago. great job mate but isn't the Perspex a little too thick because your losing quite a lot of depth there. I used 5mm thick Perspex for mine and used some chrome handles off a wardrobe works really well. anyway great job all the same
Definitely too thick! But I was in an emergency and I made of the material that I had at hand. On the plus side, I have now where to build lighting :) just mill a few grooves under the base and ready to mount LEDs.
you could also build guide rails into it as well , great job. 5* @@CatLighting
@@fx1c333 quite a good idea :)
good day.
I am new on your channel I came across it by chance and I subscribed right away I am number 801 haha .
I'm curious about the rest of the content on your channel .
With kind regards Hollandduck from the Netherlands
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Big greetings from Poland :)
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finish the edges with a torch to avoid all the hand polishing.
I do not have hand to the torch, I will always burn something and the acrylic has bubbles on the surface :/ I need practice.
I hope you made sure the screws lined up before getting it to the polished stage.
Yes, I checked. Without it, I could have a depressing end to the day.
Fantastic work, great video.
Just wondering.... Won't the acrylic pick up scratches from the work surface over time?
Of course there are scratches, but it's a tool for the job ;)
Thanks for your comment!
@@CatLighting You have inspired me to build one. Thank you for sharing your know-how.
very nice………
Very thanks :)
Cool
Great video, i figure one will need extra bolts screws as some are bound to get lost with changing plates, do you know what size they might be?
Thanks! The screws are M4 and with such thickness the plates are about 15 mm long, but I think 12 mm (about 1/2 in) would also be enough.
Thanks for that instructive video, do you think could do the cutting en drilling needed for this with a dremel tool also?
You're welcome, thanks for watching! :)
Unfortunately, I have no idea how dremel works in acrylic, I never tried. But I suspect that it will be hard because dremel has quite high rpm even at the slowest speed. For example, on CNC at 5000 rpm and 1/8 cutter I need to have a very sharp cutter and cool the acrylic in the processing area so that it does not melt.
It's just my guess, maybe it will not be so bad in this case, you need try to know :)
What a fantastic design for a base for a trim router to help with control and accuracy! Great job! If I may ask, what did you use to polish/buff the edges clear? Not the hobby drill, but the sanding disc in the drill? Thank you very much!
This is a disk cut from the felt and attached to the tip, which is normally used for cutting discs. This disc is the maximum size that will pull this drill. I cut them myself because those in the sale are too small or too large.
Thanks for the good words! :)
Catlighting Could you please expand on this answer? Id really like to do the same with my projects. Maybe a vid?
Basically, it looks like this: You cut out a felt with a diameter you need, in the middle you make a hole for the screw to fasten, put the screw and attach it to the tip that you attach to the tool. If the felt circle is inaccurate (the tool vibrates when turned on) or it is too big (the tool has no power to reach full speed), you can smooth/trim the circle by clamping the tool in a vise and carefully collect excess felts from the rotating circle with a sharp knife. In the last phase you have to be very attentive, if we enter the felt with a knife to quickly, it can be taken out of hand.
I hope that you wanted an answer like this and everything is understandable because I'm poor with English and I have to use a translator ;)
Catlighting an excellent response. Thank you. Just watched another UA-cam video where someone was pushing actually he used 600 then 1200 period then 2000 grit sandpaper turned out looking pretty good. HTH
And this is a great method! Maybe 2000 will not give a shine, but you can end up with a higher gradation or you can hand polish using a polishing paste for car (after 2000 grit it should go fast and smoothly).
Where did you get the plastic inserts for the bolts???
What was that specific compound you used to brush the acrylic clear and how long did it take? Looks like the sun was going down ha.