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:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.woodworking/browse_thread/thread/ddd6e3cf03fe05ce/4dbf471c08046935?hl=en#4dbf471c08046935
Norm's Router Table:
http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct3.cgi?0301
RT 1000:
http://rt1000.com/
Woodchuck34 wrote:
> 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
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.
"Woodchuck34" <[email protected]> wrote:
>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:
>
>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.woodworking/browse_thread/thread/ddd6e3cf03fe05ce/4dbf471c08046935?hl=en#4dbf471c08046935
>
>Norm's Router Table:
>http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct3.cgi?0301
>
>RT 1000:
>http://rt1000.com/
And not just them. There is Woodhaven at
http://www.woodhaven.com/detail.aspx?ID=69
And 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.
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On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:29:46 GMT, Larry Kraus
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Woodchuck34" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>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
>
>
>As I recall, Norm based his table on a plan that originally appeared
>in a magazine...
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.
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alexy wrote:
> And 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.
um all router tables look similar, I can see a few differences, wish I had
a copyright on kitchen cabinets
"Woodchuck34" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>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:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.woodworking/browse_thread/thread/ddd6e3cf03fe05ce/4dbf471c08046935?hl=en#4dbf471c08046935
>
> Norm's Router Table:
> http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct3.cgi?0301
>
> RT 1000:
> http://rt1000.com/
>
"Woodchuck34" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> 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!
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
"Woodchuck34" <[email protected]> wrote:
>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
As I recall, Norm based his table on a plan that originally appeared
in a magazine...
Picasso said, "A good artist borrows from his fellow artist, a great artist
steals."
"Woodchuck34" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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:
>
>
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.woodworking/browse_thread/thread/ddd6e3cf03fe05ce/4dbf471c08046935?hl=en#4dbf471c08046935
>
> Norm's Router Table:
> http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct3.cgi?0301
>
> RT 1000:
> http://rt1000.com/
>