On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 2:06:27 AM MDT, Les Newell <[email protected]> wrote: What sort of work are you going to use this router for? If you are processing sheet materials I would strongly recommend using a vacuum bed. If you are using blanks, vacuum pods work well.
Les Somewhere I saw a very clever design for a vacuum bed for a router. The top was in two layers instead of simply having a bunch of holes drilled through to the plenum each hole had a pocket off to one side. The bottoms of the pockets sloped slightly downward so that a 6mm Airsoft pellet would fit and roll away from the hole when the vacuum was off. Lay something flat on the bed and vacuum would pull on it through every hole it covered but the uncovered holes would suck the Airsoft pellets out of their pockets to seal them. Shut the vacuum off and all the pellets roll off the holes. Would be easy to retrofit atop any vacuum bed. Remove the original top plate and replace with 1/2" MDF. Use a 5mm drill in the router to make the hole pattern then a slightly larger than 6mm ball end mill to carve the side pockets. Drop in the Airsoft pellets then apply a sheet of 1/8" MDF and redo the 5mm drill pattern. Then the router can do any size work without needing to have pieces of MDF, plywood, sheet metal etc. to cover the unused area. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
