An add on to my Mark 520

camerio · Post by **camerio** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:36 am

I had a router top that I bought from Lee Valley and since I did not have the space to fit a stand, I was trying to fit it with my 520 ...
Since I had those parts who were with the old fence system (on the picture is one of the small ones )...
I took the two longest one to attach a frame that I did with hard maple throw away wood bed frames, and on it I manage to fit my top flush with the SS table, I needed to keep some space clear on each side because of the attachments of this top are fixed by the sides of the top ... see the pictures

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:05 pm

What would be neat is if you could get some 520 fence rails and attach it to your new router. Then you could use the 520 fence as part of the fence system for your router.

camerio · Post by **camerio** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:29 pm

I know what you mean, but there is already a very nice fence that I have with it and it is specially designed to fit on this table and to be used with a router, the lower part of the fence is in two part so it splits to allow an opening for the bits to be in when working on a side or corner of a piece of wood.
You can see the complete system on this page of the Lee Valley online catalog :
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.a ... 53&p=43885

peterm · Post by **peterm** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:59 pm

Nice job, Camerio! How about posting a pic with the Lee Valley stuff in place?:)

camerio · Post by **camerio** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:59 pm

prmindartmouth wrote:Nice job, Camerio! How about posting a pic with the Lee Valley stuff in place?:)

Well, the third and fourth pictures show the Lee Valley table on and in the third the Veritas Fence is on the table itself.

reible · Post by **reible** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:49 pm

I like that router table, I was very close to buying it when I came across my pin router from shopsmith. I was just days away from cutting the order as I REALLY wanted a pin router set up. It has some other nice features as well so I think you are going to be happy with it.

Ed

peterm · Post by **peterm** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:03 pm

I missunderstood the right angle fixture in the Lee Vally pic as being a device to set the fence to bit distance plus had Veritas confused with Incra in the few brain cells I have left........

sorry

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:42 pm

Ed in Tampa wrote:What would be neat is if you could get some 520 fence rails and attach it to your new router. Then you could use the 520 fence as part of the fence system for your router.

Please contact me offline (annbill.mayo@comcast.net) if anyone is looking for information on a set of 520 Pro main table rails. Does anyone have the part number for the front rail of the Pro 520 main table rails that accepts the Direct-Reading Rip Fence Scales? The only part number I have is 522298 which I believe is the early 520 front rail. Thanks.

blazerbob · Post by **blazerbob** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:39 am

Does anyone have the part number for the front rail of the Pro 520 main table rails that accepts the Direct-Reading Rip Fence Scales? The only part number I have is 522298 which I believe is the early 520 front rail. Thanks.

According to the Shopsmith online Service and Repair Parts Catalog the part number for the front rail assembly for the 520 worktable is 522371.

The part number for the front magnetic rail assembly for the 520 floating and external tables is 522297.

camerio · Post by **camerio** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:01 am

prmindartmouth wrote:I missunderstood the right angle fixture in the Lee Vally pic as being a device to set the fence to bit distance plus had Veritas confused with Incra in the few brain cells I have left........ sorry

It must be the air, that is too rich ...