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What do you consider essential accessories for your router?
-Dust control?
-Edge guides? (http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-RA1054-Deluxe-Extraction-Adapter/dp/B00005RHPP)
-Various jigs?
-Other things?John S
An edge guide like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/PORTER-CABLE-42690-Guide-Models-Routers/dp/B0000222V9
and a home-made trammel for cutting out circles or parts of circles.
And lots of high quality bits.kevin
What I am thinking would be essential right about now would be a table for my router. I have a fixed depth router that would be great under a table but I just haven’t found a good table yet.
All my routers have edge guides, some better then others. We have to do a lot of dadoing for wireing and such.
Mark E.
Pioneer, CA
Working Pro 1972 - 2015
Member since Jan 22, 2013
www.creative-redwood-designs.comEdge guide , I have various wheel jigs and I like that they are all plunge routers
Edge guide for sure
Bushings for template work
DC is a must-have for me now
Router bits 🙂
Router table
MFS Template system — so I can make just about anything/any jig I needOrange County, CA
I just quickly scanned through this whole doc, which demonstrates some of the different potential uses of the MSF template system… very impressive
http://www.festoolusa.com/media/pdf/mfs-users-guide-brice-burrell.pdf
John S
Yep — it is very nice. You are only limited to your imagination. You use the template to cut MDF or something to make a template for your keeper piece — makinig arcs or circles, for example — I would not want to commit to cutting a table top right from the MFS – -I would rather mess up a piece of MDF, refine it and then use that as a template for the real deal.
Orange County, CA
If you were to get a Festool-only router setup, it sure seems that the $$ keeps racking up real quick. That makes me like some of the accessories the guys mentioned earlier a bit more 🙂
John S
It does, but considering how well the stuff works and lasts it does not seem so bad. Festool really does provide a lot of value — you just have to get over the initial cost.
Orange County, CA
The good tools make their money back and make your job easier.
Dirty
A Working Pro since 1988!
Member since January 26, 2013.
I did not see anyone mention a router mat. These are nice to have when routing something not attached to anything yet.
Does anyone have the Bosch router and table setup? Or recommend a universal router table that I could potentially use with my Hitachi router?
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I think generally people think the Bosch benchtop router table is pretty decent. It is definitely better than the other options around that price. But for a little bit more, the Kreg and Bench Dog benchtop router tables are supposed to be very good.
John S
I think that these are good products. I have a small Bench Dog and it is awesome.
Orange County, CA
I have a full sized table for the shop. One friend had a Kreg and I felt it was not sturdy enough when I looked at it (he was selling it). I have another friend that has a Bench Dog and he highly recommended his when we spoke about portable router tables.
Wow that cast iron table looks super good!
Dirty
A Working Pro since 1988!
Member since January 26, 2013.
Wow that cast iron table looks super good!
I suppose rather than getting a benchtop router table you could always just add it as an extension to your table saw!
Another option I have toyed with myself is doing the Paulk workbench v.2 which has a router table built into the bench….
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John S
Did you get the V.2 plans?
Dirty
A Working Pro since 1988!
Member since January 26, 2013.
Not yet – I just don’t think I have enough room in my shop for it, even though I like a lot of what he has done. But the fact he added the ability to add a router and fence to his table is a great upgrade to it
John S
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