I am building a new router table. I plan on buying a DC, but for now am
using a shop vac.
With my craftman table, at least half of the debris winds up below the table
with the shop vac connected to the fence, and of course there is nothing to
catch the chips when I am not using the fence.
Accordingly, I am thinking of closing in the bottom of the table, and
putting the port below the table, rather than above. Since the largest hole
in the table will be where the router bit is, it should catch all of the
debris.
Does this make sense to do? Will the DC be okay with the restricted opening
for air flow?
it will only catch half, the half that ends up down there now. the
chips on the top will, for the most part, stay above the top.
BRuce
Wade Lippman wrote:
> I am building a new router table. I plan on buying a DC, but for now am
> using a shop vac.
>
> With my craftman table, at least half of the debris winds up below the table
> with the shop vac connected to the fence, and of course there is nothing to
> catch the chips when I am not using the fence.
>
> Accordingly, I am thinking of closing in the bottom of the table, and
> putting the port below the table, rather than above. Since the largest hole
> in the table will be where the router bit is, it should catch all of the
> debris.
>
> Does this make sense to do? Will the DC be okay with the restricted opening
> for air flow?
>
>
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BRuce
Wade Lippman wrote:
>Accordingly, I am thinking of closing in the bottom of the table, and
>putting the port below the table, rather than above.
I'm going to throw up some pictures onto abpf of the
sub-assembly I have for An Ultimate Router Table (The Tom
Watson Model) that shows how I divided the space front to
back. I've got mine fitted out with a ramp (officially, The
Saw Dust Ramp of Doom) that can be sealed off and ported for
a collector or left open. Anyway, if my arm chair
injineering is any good it should stay fairly clean around
the router just using gravity and the natural flow of air.
>Since the largest hole in the table will be where the router bit is, it should catch all of the
>debris.
>Does this make sense to do? Will the DC be okay with the restricted opening
>for air flow?
In my head it doesn't want to. I figured I'll start with
the shop vac and work up from there. Either way I'm
designing it to be flexible.
UA100
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:17:24 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"Wade Lippman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> I am building a new router table. I plan on buying a DC, but for now am
>> using a shop vac.
>>
>> With my craftman table, at least half of the debris winds up below the
>table
>> with the shop vac connected to the fence, and of course there is nothing
>to
>> catch the chips when I am not using the fence.
>
>I use a Shop Vac on the fence and it works well for the top. In my case,
>the base is enclosed and I plan to put a port in the back of the cabinet at
>some point, but I'm in no hurry. Why? It is not such a big deal to open
>the doors and use a small shovel to remove the accumulated chips. As long
>as they are contained, the trade off is cleaning the cabinet or emptying the
>DC.
>Ed
>
>
I agree with Phisherman, you need one on the fence and an enclosure
for your router. Also, use a split fence where possible and keep the
gap as tight asa possible for better dust extraction.
I built my table some years ago. problem I had was the lower cabinet
collected most of the chips and dust. A lot of this got picked up by
the router for cooling. Some of which did not make it all the way
through the router. With some trial and error I ended up with a box
inside the cabinet around the router and attached to both the back and
underside of the top. The front and half of the bottom of the smaller
box is removeable for changing bits and making hight adjustments.
Today I finished 6 cabinet doors , including the rails, stiles and
raised panels. When done I did not even have a handful of chips or
dust on the floor or on/in the cabinet. For me the best part is the
router now gets clean air for cooling.
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:17:24 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"Wade Lippman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> I am building a new router table. I plan on buying a DC, but for now am
>> using a shop vac.
>>
>> With my craftman table, at least half of the debris winds up below the
>table
>> with the shop vac connected to the fence, and of course there is nothing
>to
>> catch the chips when I am not using the fence.
>
>I use a Shop Vac on the fence and it works well for the top. In my case,
>the base is enclosed and I plan to put a port in the back of the cabinet at
>some point, but I'm in no hurry. Why? It is not such a big deal to open
>the doors and use a small shovel to remove the accumulated chips. As long
>as they are contained, the trade off is cleaning the cabinet or emptying the
>DC.
>Ed
>
"Wade Lippman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> I am building a new router table. I plan on buying a DC, but for now am
> using a shop vac.
>
> With my craftman table, at least half of the debris winds up below the
table
> with the shop vac connected to the fence, and of course there is nothing
to
> catch the chips when I am not using the fence.
I use a Shop Vac on the fence and it works well for the top. In my case,
the base is enclosed and I plan to put a port in the back of the cabinet at
some point, but I'm in no hurry. Why? It is not such a big deal to open
the doors and use a small shovel to remove the accumulated chips. As long
as they are contained, the trade off is cleaning the cabinet or emptying the
DC.
Ed
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:08:29 GMT, "Wade Lippman"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I am building a new router table. I plan on buying a DC, but for now am
>using a shop vac.
>
>With my craftman table, at least half of the debris winds up below the table
>with the shop vac connected to the fence, and of course there is nothing to
>catch the chips when I am not using the fence.
>
>Accordingly, I am thinking of closing in the bottom of the table, and
>putting the port below the table, rather than above. Since the largest hole
>in the table will be where the router bit is, it should catch all of the
>debris.
>
>Does this make sense to do? Will the DC be okay with the restricted opening
>for air flow?
>
I have dust collection in the fence AND on the bottom. I think both
are needed for optimal collection. Chip buildup can interfere with a
good clean cut.
"Wade Lippman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am building a new router table. I plan on buying a DC, but for now am
> using a shop vac.
>
> With my craftman table, at least half of the debris winds up below the
table
> with the shop vac connected to the fence, and of course there is nothing
to
> catch the chips when I am not using the fence.
>
> Accordingly, I am thinking of closing in the bottom of the table, and
> putting the port below the table, rather than above. Since the largest
hole
> in the table will be where the router bit is, it should catch all of the
> debris.
>
> Does this make sense to do? Will the DC be okay with the restricted
opening
> for air flow
>
>
On my home built router table I bored a hole on the side just big enough to
shove my shop vac hose into it. The lower part of the table is a sealed box,
with an access door on the side that seals well. I would bet that 90% or
more of the dust ends back into the lower cabinet, and 60-70% of that makes
it into the shop vac. I doubt a DC would do better because of the higher
suction of the shop vac really pulls the dust down thriough the hole.
Greg