How To Use A Router Table Fence

As a point of comparison i operate a router table without a fence or guide roughly half of the time that i use one.

How to use a router table fence. A router table can be set up in seconds to perform a stopped cut. You can make a barrier for your table by double sided taping a piece of thin wood such as plywood. In this video in 5 minutes we show what you need to know to use your router safely in a router table. You can see in the pictures just how easy it is to fit wide bit and very skinny bits.

The same operation with a handheld router or a table saw is often extremely cumbersome or dangerous. Here i make the split fence. Its main components are made from 4mm plate and a piece of 4080 extrusion. Or you can choose from dozens of commercially made tables.

Just guide it over the table and past the bit. The fence is important for wood routing since it helps in directing the wood into the router so that smoother cleaner and even cuts are achieved. I notice that a lot of woodworkers rout freehand on router tables using a guide bearing bit and no fence. To set is up on the desk c clamp the outer side of the fence to the desk only.

Louis rebideaux sparks nev. How to safely table rout without a fence. With a router table you dont have to hassle with clamping the work piece. If you dont have a barrier on your router table you can easily construct one or buy a simple shop made barrier.

This fence was designed to clamp onto an existing fence but it could be modified to work on any number of router table setups. Its easy to adjust and remove the underside is covered in a semi slippery plastic to. With the right techniques louis its a safe procedure. For example if i am making picture frames i will use a rabbet bit with a guide bearing to rout out the space at the inside back of the frame where the glass and picture go.

Its up to you. Router table and fence. To get the real value and use from a wood router you really need to have router table. You can build your own router table and fence using plans included in many basic router books.

Asides the wood router itself there are various components of the router table that make wood routing a success and these include router lifts dust collection extensions and router table fence. I used melamine to get a nice flat smooth surface to work with and added in some t tracks so i could easily use featherboardsim using the rockler pro lift router lift w. But it does call for caution because a spinning router bit can throw a piece of wood or yank your fingers toward it in an instant.