Do you use a router in its table?

Aug 14, 2006 5 Replies

how do you manage to change bits whilst its sitting underneath the table? do you struggle to change the bits?



Take a 5" x 1" 1/8" piece of flat metal, cut or grind an opening at one depending on the size of your securing collet nut for the router bit in this case 11/16th wide x 12/16th depth.



Shove the jaw end into a vice about 1.5" and bend over then bend it 2 more times so it looks like this...



_/''''''''



You can now loosen the collet nut from the top of the table by dipping the router spanner under the bit and securing/releasing it. :-)



Do you struggle to push the collet nut brake under the table to release the bit? use a push rod with a spring on the rod which can be secured under the table with a bit of know-how. :-)



Funny looking router I know :-)

_____________ [ ]#--|-/-/-/-/-/-/-|-O

The under table collet brake

[ ] = Router.

# = Brake button on router.

--/-/-/-/-/-/-O = Rod with spring and ball push.

| | = the mount for push rod.

Sorry not good at drawing in asci. :-(

The message from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

It can be a pain - the answer is a dedicated powered router table.

and don't forget to remove it before restarting your router !!!!

Remove it? thats what the spring is there for to release the hold on it.

The message from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

Sometimes they stick. Or, in the case of my steelsaw they never engage in the first place.

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