"Pounds on Wood" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My router table fence is an aluminum extrusion, a commercial fence, and
came
> with MDF faces. They even included an extra set of MDF faces. I expected
> the MDF to get worn away quickly but in fact I am still using the first
set
> and they are in good shape. I say go for it, and make a bunch of
> replaceable faces so that you can have zero clearance around some of your
> router bits.
Maybe it's just me but I made some zero clearance fence faces and I find my
dust collection doesn't work as efficiently as with a larger opening. I
have my dust collection plenum directly behind the bit and inside the fence.
The same thing goes for my table saw. When I use my box joint sled with
dado cutters I find that if I completely remove the blade insert the
collection system pulls the chips down and away better.
Larry
My router table fence is an aluminum extrusion, a commercial fence, and came
with MDF faces. They even included an extra set of MDF faces. I expected
the MDF to get worn away quickly but in fact I am still using the first set
and they are in good shape. I say go for it, and make a bunch of
replaceable faces so that you can have zero clearance around some of your
router bits.
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Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com
"Chris Carruth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Any comments on material used - MDF versus wood? Just finished white oak
> base, and will be adding adjustable, sliding faces. Oak would take some
> work, MDF would take far less.
>
>
chris,
consider baltic birch or melamine. if you do use MDF, i've had success
flooding it with many coats of solvent-based poly, diluted with naptha,
and then waxing it. makes it much harder and resistant to swelling.
good luck,
--- dz
Chris Carruth wrote:
> Any comments on material used - MDF versus wood? Just finished white oak
> base, and will be adding adjustable, sliding faces. Oak would take some
> work, MDF would take far less.
>
>