More "Cheap" V "Expensive"

[Mike Halmarack]

Q: Why should I buy a Trend CRT Mk2 router table rather than one of the similarly designed but cheaper models available.

A: Because you get what you pay for.

Q: Re: The Trend CRT Mk2 router table: Why did I have to grind, file and abrade the aluminium casting before I could fit the router fixing plate to the table?

A: Because you get what you pay for.

Q: Re: The Trend CRT Mk2 router table: Why have I received a table on which the work surface, if used in it's current state will very likely tear my hands to shreds because of the all the rough, razor sharp edges?

A: Because you get what you pay for.

Q: How much is it necessary to pay to get goods of acceptable quality?

A: More.

[Andy Dingley]

Make your own. My router table is rubbish (made of it, looks like it) Yet it works well, better than most of the commercial ones, it cost very little and the commercial tables are hugely overpriced.

[Mike Halmarack]

that:

Building a router table is easier if you have a router table to make the parts.

Commercially produced router tables re-sell for a good price on eBay.

Even so, I think Trend should zoom-in on quality control.

[RichardS]

One of the joys of routers is making your own tooling to fit the needs - tables, jigs, etc. In my case it was a table and a rough'n'ready jig to speed up production of about 100 tenons for a project.

My router table is made from an MDF offcut, but with runners underneath so that I can just clamp it into the workmate when needed. Don't have the space for a more permanent setup like yours. The only fiddly bit is making the insert - even though I consider the trend table insert to be a complete rip-off for what it is, I might be tempted to just go and buy one for the next table(s) - it's just there and speeds the whole job up.

[Mary Fisher]

Congratulations.Would you like to come and bray Spouse over the head and make him see the sense of such efficient organisation?

Mary

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to suggest otherwise is heresy and thou shalt be bur-ned at ye stake ;-)

RT

[JZIZinvalid]

How do you know it wasn't cleaned up for the photo.

The cat seem happy.

J

[manatbandq]

rubbish !

Ah, but you could have n of those for the price of one "good" one.

[Andy Dingley]

You must be joking ! The stuff in crates on the shelves is just there because it would undergo gravitational collapse otherwise. It was full a month ago, since then I'd put an intact sideboard and three smashpacked wardrobes into there as well - hence the extra dining table sitting in the kitchen. Just getting from one end to the other is a trip of Extreme Hazard and I'm frantically making stuff (piccies tonight) just to consume timber and make space.

Those pictures were taken around January this year, except the kitchen table construction one (with cat). It was the first time the shed had had space in it sufficient to get a photo.

The floor stays cleaner in the winter because I need the shavings to light the fire with.

[Andy Dingley]

And today it produced this

[Mary Fisher]

Well OK, perhaps it wasn't for me. But it's given me an idea what Spouse can make from the very thick yew 'coffee table' we rescued last year. Not spalted but heart and sap wood different, worth featuring.

Well done.

Mary