Anyone have a suggestion on what material to use to make a router plate that
would mate a Triton router to a Wolfrcraft Router table? I don't want to
drill the router table but unfortunately the plate that comes with the
router table doesn't line up with the Triton. Was going to dedicate teh
Triton router to table duty. (Have a Hitachi for handheld stuff.)
Thank you in advance,
xparatrooper wrote:
> UHMW plastics are pretty nifty. You can usually get a kitchen
> cutting
> board made from the stuff.
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Think you will find FDA approved cutting boards are polypropylene
rather than UHMWPE.
Although they look similar UHMWPE is far more expensive that polypro.
Another good choice for jigs is Delrin.
Easy to machine, slick as frozen snot on a door knob, and less
expensive than UHMWPE.
Lew
On Dec 21, 7:56=A0am, "PinInCalgary" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anyone have a suggestion on what material to use to make a router plate t=
hat
> would mate a Triton router to a Wolfrcraft Router table? I don't want to
UHMW plastics are pretty nifty. You can usually get a kitchen cutting
board made from the stuff. I have used a couple old cutting boards
for several jigs where low friction is a desired aspect of the
design. It is usually that white milky looking stuff. It machines
very well... you can tap threads in it etc...
As far as a plate... you may have a challenge finding a cutting board
in a convenient thickness for your need. Up here in Alaska there are
a couple plastics suppliers that dabble in the UHMW stuff. There is a
lot of it being sold for sleigh/sled runners for hunters and Iditarod
types. Check your yellow pages, you may find a good source for off-
cuts.. not only for your mounting plate needs, but jigs in general.
Best of luck.
On Dec 21, 4:14=A0pm, xparatrooper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Dec 21, 7:56=A0am, "PinInCalgary" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Anyone have a suggestion on what material to use to make a router plate=
that
> > would mate a Triton router to a Wolfrcraft Router table? I don't want t=
o
>
> UHMW plastics are pretty nifty. =A0You can usually get a kitchen cutting
> board made from the stuff. =A0I have used a couple old cutting boards
> for several jigs where low friction is a desired aspect of the
> design. =A0It is usually that white milky looking stuff. =A0It machines
> very well... =A0you can tap threads in it etc...
>
> As far as a plate... =A0you may have a challenge finding a cutting board
> in a convenient thickness for your need. =A0Up here in Alaska there are
> a couple plastics suppliers that dabble in the UHMW stuff. =A0There is a
> lot of it being sold for sleigh/sled runners for hunters and Iditarod
> types. =A0Check your yellow pages, you may find a good source for off-
> cuts.. =A0 not only for your mounting plate needs, but jigs in general.
>
If you want to pay for it, PeachTree Woodworking Supply sells UHMW
pieces. I bought a zero clearance table saw insert last week. Not
sure I like it though.
http://www.ptreeusa.com/uhmwproducts.htm
Thank you to all those that replied. Will see what I can assemble during the
Christmas break.
Season's Greeting to everyone on Rec.Woodworking.
"PinInCalgary" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:JMNXm.58519$PH1.25563@edtnps82...
> Anyone have a suggestion on what material to use to make a router plate
> that would mate a Triton router to a Wolfrcraft Router table? I don't want
> to drill the router table but unfortunately the plate that comes with the
> router table doesn't line up with the Triton. Was going to dedicate teh
> Triton router to table duty. (Have a Hitachi for handheld stuff.)
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
>
PinInCalgary wrote:
> Anyone have a suggestion on what material to use to make a router plate
> that would mate a Triton router to a Wolfrcraft Router table? I don't
> want to drill the router table but unfortunately the plate that comes
> with the router table doesn't line up with the Triton. Was going to
> dedicate teh Triton router to table duty. (Have a Hitachi for handheld
> stuff.)
Phenolic or similar...there are many online vendors of both blank and
predrilled baseplates for many routers; Triton specifically I don't know
about, but google is your friend, undoubtedly.
Cheap route is to go visit local glass/plastics shop and they'll almost
always have cutoffs or broken pieces on the cheap that can be cut to suit.
Another great material for such stuff is the sink cutouts of the manmade
countertop material such a Corian, etc. There's generally a supply of
it from cabinet shops, etc., as well that is castoffs...
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Lew Hodgett wrote:
> xparatrooper wrote:
>
>> UHMW plastics are pretty nifty. You can usually get a kitchen
>> cutting
>> board made from the stuff.
> ---------------------------------------------
> Think you will find FDA approved cutting boards are polypropylene
> rather than UHMWPE.
>
> Although they look similar UHMWPE is far more expensive that polypro.
They can be either.
> Another good choice for jigs is Delrin.
>
> Easy to machine, slick as frozen snot on a door knob, and less
> expensive than UHMWPE.
>
> Lew
PinInCalgary wrote:
> Thank you to all those that replied. Will see what I can assemble during the
> Christmas break.
>
> Season's Greeting to everyone on Rec.Woodworking.
>
> "PinInCalgary" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:JMNXm.58519$PH1.25563@edtnps82...
>> Anyone have a suggestion on what material to use to make a router plate
>> that would mate a Triton router to a Wolfrcraft Router table? I don't want
>> to drill the router table but unfortunately the plate that comes with the
>> router table doesn't line up with the Triton. Was going to dedicate teh
>> Triton router to table duty. (Have a Hitachi for handheld stuff.)
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
You may want to consider this:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=1385&filter=router%20plate