On Jan 12, 5:54=A0pm, Davej <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bought a used Fein RT1800 to mount under a table and now have a sick
> feeling that it may not work very well for that. It just doesn't have
> much reach. At what distance (tabletop to collet) do you declare the
> situation hopeless? Thanks.
As John mentioned, the Xtreme Xtension does as it says and extends the
reach of your router bits through the table. I have a Hitachi M12V
mounted on a 3/8" piece of plexiglass in my router table. I bought a
Router Raizer and an Xtreme Xtension and am quite happy with both
purchases. I can change bits and raise and lower the router all from
above. I had some doubts about the Xtreme Xtensions capability to hold
bits without slipping but I'm happy to say it has worked flawlessly
from day one. I use both 1/2" and 1/4" shank bits with no problems.
Happy woodworking.
Dale
On Jan 12, 10:29 pm, dale martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jan 12, 5:54 pm, Davej <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Bought a used Fein RT1800 to mount under a table and now have a sick
> > feeling that it may not work very well for that. It just doesn't have
> > much reach. At what distance (tabletop to collet) do you declare the
> > situation hopeless? Thanks.
>
> As John mentioned, the Xtreme Xtension does as it says and extends the
> reach of your router bits through the table. I have a Hitachi M12V
> mounted on a 3/8" piece of plexiglass in my router table. I bought a
> Router Raizer and an Xtreme Xtension and am quite happy with both
> purchases. I can change bits and raise and lower the router all from
> above. I had some doubts about the Xtreme Xtensions capability to hold
> bits without slipping but I'm happy to say it has worked flawlessly
> from day one. I use both 1/2" and 1/4" shank bits with no problems.
> Happy woodworking.
Ok, that looks like a solution. I feel rather stupid though. I could
have bought a new Triton for the price of this used Fein plus an
expensive extender. How many big routers need add-ons to work in a
table? I would have thought that any manufacturer of a big router
would give consideration to table usage. It seems a bit kooky to me.
Thanks.
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:54:05 -0800 (PST), Davej <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Bought a used Fein RT1800 to mount under a table and now have a sick
>feeling that it may not work very well for that. It just doesn't have
>much reach. At what distance (tabletop to collet) do you declare the
>situation hopeless? Thanks.
When that distance is greater than you can accomodate with one of
these?
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=11074
John