How To Setup A Router Table Fence
All exiting through a 2-12 fitting on the left end of the table.
How to setup a router table fence. In its most basic form a fence may simply be a board clamped to the table top. The ideal procedure to follow while doing this is to force the left side of your router table fence into a narrow space and then work on your work piece along a straight line. Router tables are often used with part of the bit set back behind the face of the fence or fully exposed in front of the fence.
Router Table Fence Setup - YouTube. The leather boards and the built-in-track require some adjustments. Before adjusting your fence attach a plastic layer on the left side and fasten it with a narrow strip so as to provide the perfect alignment.
You just need it close. Dust collection is handled though the little dog house on the back of the fence and a hole in the table top down to plumbing in the router compartment. First get the fence as close as you can by eye.
A fence is the heart of a capable router table. To position a router-table fence flush with a bits bearing or a particular point on a bits profile get it close by eyeballing it and then tighten down one end of the fence. The fence operates like a large engineers T-square that is mounted on a sliding base on the surface of your router table.
An insert that sits below or above the surrounding table can lead to an inaccurate cut or stop a workpiece in mid-pass. The router-fence itself being the T-squares crossbar with the long measuring unit sticking out perpendicular to the fence toward the rear-edge of the router table. If you push the wood through from left to right the router bit will often grab the wood and fling it through the router table.
You can put the fence ones in one position or turn the fence 30 from this position or turn the fence to 95 from the initial position. With all these done your router table should be ready for you. The backer board will ensure that the cuts made are smooth and prevents the router bit from exiting on the ends.