spazzyone Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 ive been going nuts thinking if this is worth the effort it looks great and not too expensive to make but alot of labor and or time. but its uses make me want to build it and i have family that owns a machine shop so i could get the parts that take the most punishment made of metal has anyone seen this? does it look worth it? http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_impro...html?page=1&c=y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanb Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I suppose that depends on what kind of work you regularly do. While i'm sure it would be nice for lots of things (mostly because of the visibility issue), there really aren't many things you can't do with a regular router table. The one in that article looks a bit scary to me. I doubt it would be cost-effective to build one instead of buying one anyway. I have seen some pretty reasonably-priced commercial units. It depends on what value you put on your time that you have to spend building it (and how much free machine work you get out of your family). But then, if you are REALLY doing it for the sake of doing it, then go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay5 Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 The concensus (sp?) on that particular creation is that it seems a bit flimsy. I wouldnt use somthing like that with so many moving parts and so much wood. What are you trying to acomplish? Myka built a cool overhead fixture for carving necks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted June 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 im sorry i phrased that wrong i meant the "flimsy" parts made out of aluminum and same with the base. ive seen some good deals on ebay but would not want to buy somthing like this used i do like the challange and would modify the design a bit but all said and done this would be less than $150 as i have a second router unused none the less. i just wanted to see if other people would go through the effort to obtain the benefits. and not just production point of veiw P.S. is there a thread to Myka's machine would love to see it just to see what extent other people go through to fit there needs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 What's wrong with used pin routers? You can always replace the motor, after all. Alternately, if you don't need a lot of travel, you can ' simply' build a sort of 'bridge' shape to hold the router like, a rail with the centered router, two feet) which will be stable, but much less versatile/easy to use in terms of plunging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I've thought about this a bit, and routing F-holes in an already-carved archtop top is really the only thing I can think of where a pin router would be required. Even with this, you could rout them into a flat blank from the start, and touch up the edges after carving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I have used an inveted pin router for a couple of years at this cabinet job I had. This thing was great. It was an onserude brand router works great for jigs and templates. But the thing was like $6000.00 out of my price range . Grizzly has a numatic one check it out http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0587. Good luck Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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