body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;} td { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;} img { margin-right: 12px; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:4px; } Router fence The fence has two slots in that allow it to be clamped in different positions. I'm using my other router lift to cut this slot. But you could rig up a temporary fence to use the router lift you are building to cut this slot. I cut that slot in about five passes of increasing depth. The slot is 1/2" (12 mm) wide. I drilled a 1/2" hole on either end of where the slot should go. That way, I knew exactly where the slot starts and ends. The back edge of the cutout in the base of the fence is beveled to help the chips clear out. I first made that cutout square, then tilted the bandsaw table, and re-cut the back edge of it. All the pieces were cut using paper templates. Though for the larger pieces, I didn't glue the templates to the wood. Instead, I placed the template on the wood, and scored through the template with a knife to mark the wood. For relatively simpler parts where accuracy is not as important, it's not worth gluing on and then scraping off the template afterwards. Next, gluing the pieces together. On gluing, everything is just butt joints. The gussets are doweled through. So after the glue has dried, I drill a 3.5 cm deep 3/8" (10 mm) hole from the faces into the gusset.... ... and then insert glue and a dowel from the faces. The dowels are cut slightly longer than needed. After gluing, I cut them flush with a chisel. See here for more on that. Cutting the slots for mounting the adjustable fence panels to the front. I could have cut these on the router table as well, but it was easier to do with my slot mortiser Next making the screw knobs for holding down the fence. Again, I start with a paper template. I drilled a hole just smaller than the bolt head in the top of the knobs, about 6 mm deep, with another 5/16" (8 mm) hole all the way through for the bolt. Next I chisel the opening to be hexagonal for the bolt head, but slightly smaller. I marked that hexagon by inserting the bolt into the hoe, then hitting the bolt head with a hammer to leave a hexagonal impression in the wood. Next inserting the bolt head. I'm using another piece of wood and a hammer to drive it into the cavity. Should be a tight fit. Finished knob with bolt in it. I also drilled a small hole in the bottom of the knob, and inserted a small rare earth magnet in that hole. The idea of the magnet is that it holds the washer in place. That way, when I remove the knobs, the washers stay with the knobs. The reason the opening in the fence is as large as it is that for some cuts, the front of the router needs to protrude above the table. I made a special insert with a large enough hole in it to accommodate the router body. The shape of that insert is included with the templates Back to index