I want to machine one or two slots in my bandsaws cast iron table for a
mitre gauge. No milling machine available but do have a small Hercus lathe
and a plunge router. If I can use the lathe it would need the table to be
moved three times to get the 15" grove. It also needs to be about 5/8" wide
and about 1/4" deep.
--A suggestion: before you proceed you might want to reinforce the
bottom of the table with a couple of steel braces. I'm thinking that where
you'd want to cut the miter slot the casting might be a little thin and
you could weaken it to a point where it might want to crack in half.
Hey Peter,
How about adding a 1/4" to the table-top, in two pieces, with a 5/8
gap between them. Doesn't even have to be permanent. Your choice of
materials and actual coverage required.
Take care.
Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
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That is a good suggestion "steamer", fortunately there is a web under the
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of the table with a couple of steel braces. I'm thinking that where you'd
want to cut the miter slot the casting might be a little thin and you could
weaken it to a point where it might want to crack in half.
There are router table top kits that include aluminum guide channels
and a piece of melanine covered partical board with instuctions for
routing the slot. One of these applied over your existing table would
be the best solution if you can stand to loose about 0.75 inches of
usable cutting depth.
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"L. Peter Stacey" wrote:
Aside from the 'table thickness issue - your first consideration, this
sounds like a job better farmed out.
The router might work with *very* careful jigging and a carbide end mill run
at minimal speed and a good air blast to clear the dust.
Good luck.
Ken.
That is easy. Use a couple pieces of 1/4" thick plate material and
bolt it to the existing table with the gap in the desired location.
This way does not reduce the strength of the existing table.
JRW
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:12:45 +1100, "L. Peter Stacey"
vaguely proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:
That web is there for a reason. The weakness problem still stands. I
would be bracing at 90Deg to the slots, at a few places along it
(them).
In the end, listen to Brian Lawson. **************************************************** sorry
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Yup..routing the table will cause more problems than its worth, even if
you can do it.
A couple pieces of aluminum or steel plate is the way to go.
Use some filister head counter sunk screws to hold it on.
The nice thing bout adding the plates, is you can make the table much
bigger. Seems they are never big enough when you are trying to cut a
circle and need a place to put your center.
Gunner
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What you want is some laminate-covered MDF or plywood for an auxilary
table and some miter gauge tracks, they're both sold for making router
tables. There's some router-only web suppliers out there or you can
try Rockler Hardware or Woodcraft. I agree with the other posters,
trying to cut a groove in the existing table is a non-starter,
particularly given the lack of a planer or large mill. The table
casting would have had to have been designed with the slots in mind to
start with.
Another method if you don't like wood products for a table cover, get
some plate to replace your existing table, add smaller, thinner pieces
on top of it to get the slots. Then all you have to do is get some
true and square edges on your pieces where they adjoin the slots using
the equipment at hand. You'll also need to grind/scrape the top of
the table to make it flat.
Stan
Stan
Thanks to all the suggestions.
Adding a top rather than grooving certainly seems to cause fewer problems
and the added advantage of possibly increasing the table size at the same
time. Why didn't I think of that ? But that is why I asked the question
here. :-)
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On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 07:22:40 +1100, "L. Peter Stacey"
vaguely proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:
Ok. So anyone who asks questions here can't think! Huh! meuh!
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