DeenaKay Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 chippygeoff had a great question concerning using the dremel as a small router. I have a trim router I would like to set up in a table, but I have not seen anything on the market for such a thing. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfmoonCT Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 I don't see any table inserts either Deena. Did see one post where the person suggested using 3/8" thick plexi to make the base... and then just mount that plastic in a frame that you can clamp down to a bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippygeoff Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Hi DeenaKay. Over here in the UK we have a company called Trend, I am not sure if they sell their stuff where you are. They specialise in routers and everything else to do with routing, they make probably the best router tables going. Clayton very kindly sent a reply to my post saying he had good results using a round over bit in his Dremel on oak so I am going to give that a go and if it works out okay I will buy the Dremel router table. If this had not worked out for me I was going to buy a router table insert plate that is made by Trend. Basically it is a plate made from something like bakerlite, it is certainly very tough. It comes with some inserts that sit flush with the surface so you can choose one to suit the router bit being used. I suppose the plate is something like 12inches long by about 8 wide and maybe 3/8 thick. Any router can be fixed to it. The idea of this plate is to make your own router table, if you were going to use say 3/4 MDF for the table itself you would rout out a recess to the thickness of the plate and then just insert it and hey presto you have one router table. It all depends on what you want to use it for, in my case it is just for rounding over square edged timber, if you want fences and guides it may better to get a proper router table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfmoonCT Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I have a Rousseau insert for my 3 1/4hp router. Spins raised panel bits and the insert works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawPawRay Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Make your own. Just change the size for the size router you want to use. I made this one for my Dremal and it works great. http://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking ... ter-table/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeenaKay Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Thank you all. These are great ideas. I will let you know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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