RT 1000 Router Table stole Norm's Plan

[Woodchuck34]

I read the recent post about the RT 1000 Router Table as I was curious. Clicked on the site and low and behold a very familiar router table popped up. Is it me, or is this almost an exact duplicate of Norm's router table?

Or maybe Norm copied the Rt 1000!

Chuck

Original Post:

's Router Table: 1000:

[sbc]

> Norm's Router Table:

[Chuck]

I just ordered plans and the CD for Norm's. Watched the show and looked the plans over and I agree; the RT-1000 looks like a clone with some mild changes.

Chuck B.

[John McCoy]

"Woodchuck34" wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Norm's looks almost identical to one in Hylton & Matlack's book. Which has been around since ~1990, so likely predates Norm's design. I have no idea if they copied someone else, but I'm guessing the basic design probably goes back a ways.

John

[alexy]

And not just them. There is Woodhaven at

I have seen lots of others that haven't copied the unique idea of having drawers and doors in a cabinet, but have stolen Norm's idea of having a hole in the center of the table through which the bit protrudes, and a fence for guiding the work. The nerve of those folks stealing Norm's ideas for their profit.

[Enoch Root]

[Max Mahanke]

Picasso said, "A good artist borrows from his fellow artist, a great artist steals."

> Norm's Router Table:

[Connor Aston]

Ahem . . . excuse me - "copyright" is MY word. So STOP IT!

[Larry Kraus]

As I recall, Norm based his table on a plan that originally appeared in a magazine...

[LRod]

As a matter of fact, Ellis Walentine had a large hand in the design (and a small part in the NYW episode) when he was the editor. There is an article on the WoodCentral website (Articles section) that tells the story.