How to build the Ultimate Workbench - part 8 - Work Surface and Router Plate Installation
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- Опубліковано 27 лют 2018
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Hey folks! We arrived at the part of this project I was the most nervous about...Installing the work surface and embedding the router plate into it - and make it fit! Hope you enjoy :)
This is the eighth video in a longer series about making a versatile Workbench/Workstation. This project is especially awesome for small workshops but the general construction methods can be used for any size wood shop!
Here´s a short list of tools that I use or that went into the workbench. These are affiliate links that will lead you straight to the amazon page of the item.
Amazon USA:
My integrated Router:
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Kreg Routerplate (predrilled for my integrated router) - now black
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Kreg Routerplate - not predrilled (for any router to self drill)
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A cheap drill guide, similar to mine (not high precision)
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Amazon Germany:
My Twin-Screw Vise:
Doppelspindelvorderzange:
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My integrated Router:
Meine Einbau-Fräse:
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Kreg Routerplate (predrilled for my integrated router) - now black
Fräsplatte - vorgebohrt für meine Einbaufräse:
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Kreg Routerplate - not predrilled (for any router to self drill)
Fräsplatte - nicht vorgebohrt:
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My drill guide (not high precision)
Mein Bohrständer (keine hohe Qualität, Nacharbeit nötig):
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Watch the entire series: • How to build the Ultim...
The design is based on a workbench from a German woodworking magazine, presented in two of their issues that I bought a couple of years ago and in this video:
• Hobelbank & Maschinent...
My website:
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You bild yourself an amazing workbench !👍
I think you're the only person I've seen put small boards in the center to keep your router level while cutting out the center!! Nice work!!
precision! Love it :)
Wintergatan Hi Martin! Thank you so much :D Best regards from germany!
Hi Thomas, das beste Video bisher zum Thema Router Plate Installation, dass ich gesehen habe. So könnte ich mir das bei meiner geplanten Werkbank auch vorstellen! Danke!
Hi Dennis, danke dir! So eine Einlegeplatte lohnt sich!
After so many videos it's nice to see you with a plane ;)
I faced the same problem, but with a kreg router lift. After research, I found help on this site. My solution was to put double sided tape on the router plate and adhere to a piece of 1/2" mdf. I used a 1/2" top bearing pattern bit to exactly cut out around the 4 corners. I removed the plate and drew straight lines connecting the four cut corners. Then I cut out this using a jig saw. I smoothed the insides of this cut out opening with the flush cut bit and a little sandpaper. I made sure the plate fit into the opening exactly. Then I used this mdf template to make my cut, using a 1" inside diameter router bushing and a 1/4" spiral upcut router bit. I cut to depth, leaving about 3/4" on the 4 sides and more at the corners for screws. Then i finished cutting out the un needed material with the jig saw. Exact fit and no problems with the corner fit because I used a pattern bit. And I now have a kreg router plate template to use as much as I want or loan out.
Installing this plate now on a similar sized torsion box/assembly/mft/out feed/tooling storage table. This was helpful, thank you. Knowing the cut would be very slightly undersized let me easily open up the template a bit before routing the table top. Funny that never occurred to me before...
I always have a deck of playing cards handy. They make great and stable shims!
Hallo Thomas
Sehr gut erklärt.
Danke dafür.
Hallo! Vielen Dank!
Brilliant!
great job.
Nice, nice job sir!
Thank you!
Really precise router installation. I wish the video was longer, concentrating on the router alone was logical, but other than the cut into workbench top the video was slow. However, if I ever need to mount a router in a work surface, this is the video I will refer to. Great work, and excellent attention to detail!
Thanks mate! I didn´t want to leave anything out and only shortened where it wouldn´t matter. In return, the next video is gonna come sooner this time.
Regards.
Really nice build! My Kreg router insert sits on 4 machine screws, one at each corner next to the attaching screw. That way I can adjust the height to be just perfect. If I did it again, I would add 2 more screws along the long edges. The insert has tendency to bend a bit when tightened.
Hey Mikko! Thanks, and thank you for that info. I was thinking about the option with leveling screws but was a bit afraid of vibration, because the large Triton router is really heavy. But more than that I think I wouldn´t have enough space, between my beams for that nice option. Cheers!
I made the hole for the adjustment screws just next to the attaching screw on those triangle pads that you also left at the corners. The screw is insert from below so that they peek out just that 0.3mm (mine a bit more since I messed up the router depth a bit). There should be space in your design too.
I've had no problem with vibration loosening the screw. I did not tap the holes (just like you), but forced the screws in so there's quite a bit of friction, plus the force from the screws which attach the plate. Kreg has leveler kit, which does pretty much the same thing: www.kregtool.com/store/c41/routing-accessories/p148/precision-router-table-insert-plate-levelers/
Ah I get it now, sounds good! I will consider that if I my tape won´t behave any more. Thanks for the advice!
Phenolic coated baltic birch from home depot??? What home depot do you shop at? They have nothing that nice in my region. I'm glad you found it that easily. Or, perhaps you special ordered it.
Interesting that you put the router on the same side as the Veritas vise - as opposed to the other side, like the original 'all-arounder'. Love this bench design
More out of necessity than anything else, my tablesaw is on the other end so I could´nt work on that side
@@pilotsworkshop4554 ahh I knew there'd be a good reason. Now that you've been working with it for a while, any issues with leaning over the vise to do router work? Comfortable with the setup?
Yes, quite happy, the workbench as a whole is not too wide so I can work from 3 sides. So far no problems with it
Thomas, please provide a link to the aluminum strips.
Hello Thomas. I also have a Triton router with the same Kreg plate but I did not have time to installed it into my workbench yet. One question. Did you think about not sandwiching that black plastic base plate between the router and the plate? It could mean a few mm of routing depth achievable with this setup. Great series, I am enjoying watching your channel. Thank you for your content. Adam from Hungary
Hi Adam,
I did think about that and to be honest I only put it on because it said so in the manual of the router. But I don´t see why that would need to be there, I guess it would be safe to leave it out.
So far I can say that both the router plate and the router are great, very precise and powerfull, but very loud.
Greetings to Hungary
Diese Siebdruckplatte hab ich bei meinem Tisch auch verwendet. Allerdings hab ich die Hoehe mit einer MDFplatte verdoppelt. Weil ich so 40mm tiefe Loecher fuer Benchdogs habe. Und stabiler ist es auch.
Aber die Kreg-Platte haette ich voellig anders eingebaut. Du hattest einen Haufen Arbeit, die Platte zu 'leveln'. Eine andere Methode: Das Loch im Tisch komplett durchschneiden, also nicht einlassen. Dann von unten dreieckige Plattenstuecke mit Justageschrauben anschrauben. An die Kreg-Platte ggfs. auch Dreiecke schrauben. Mit den Justageschrauben laesst sich das ohne jedes Papier und Nacharbeit aufs Hunderstel einstellen. Das hab ich jetzt schon mehrfach in anderen Videos gesehen. Ok, imho.
Aber saubere Arbeit und super Kamerafuehrung.
Boah, das klingt massiv, gefällt mir! Die Idee mit den Justage-Schrauben ist mir auch durch den Kopf gegangen. Es gibt direkt von Kreg so kleine Dreiecke dafür. Das wäre die Edel-Variante. Ich hab mich dagegen entschieden, weil die Platte dann nicht "vollflächig" aufliegen würde. Ich hatte befürchtet, dass ich dann Schwingungen rein bekomme, die große Triton Fräse wiegt ihre 5-6 kg.
Aber mal abgesehen davon hatte ich auch keinen Platz mehr zwischen den großen Balken in der Mitte. Die Fräsplatte liegt quasi auf Stoß.
Aber danke für die Anregung, deine Kommentare sind jedes mal ein guter Denkanstoß.
Viele Grüße!
Das mit dem fehlenden Platz ging aus dem Video nicht hervor. Dann ging das wohl nicht anders.
Guter Punkt, das werde ich in einem späteren Video einmal zeigen.
Ich hab 30 mm Siebdruck verwendet, damit die Platte möglichst ohne Verstrebungen durchhangfrei ist, die Platte ist verdammt schwer und teuer im Nachhinein betrachtet sind mehr verstrebungen und eine dünnere Platte deutlich wirtschaftlicher 😀
Great job, but is there a reason you re-fastened the original Triton base between the new Kreg plate and the router. I would guess the extra distance that creates from the top would make changing router bits more complicated and reduce the possible depth of cuts until the Triton bottoms out, while power is engaged and the spindle lock is disabled.
Thanks! I know, it´s strange but that´s how it was shown in the router´s manual, so I thought I should stick with that, especially on YT... :)
I think I would have been cautious when cutting the final worktop.
Great job
Thanks :D yeah I was really nervous all day when I did those cuts!
Thanks for the reply.
I did ask how you stopped the dowel from working loose in the wheel setup video.
Just curious as I had an idea if not
Ignor that last comment. I just seen you replied.
Apologies.
Haha ok :)
The original black plastic baseplate should be left off. The router should mounted directly to the metal plate.
Hi Mark, putting the plate back on is how I understood the router´s manual, I may have to check again.
My 2 cents, from my experience : inserts should not be too tight, or over time they will warp. In a perfect world they should drop into place with no effort, with no movement. Easier said than done. :)
I agree :)