Today in the shop (table inserts the special functions)

[reible]

This is part two of this thread:

http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/gener ... 19497.html

I didn't put all the information in that thread because this goes beyond the scope of that thread. There I showed that a trim router can be mounted to the table saw insert and allow it to work as a router table even in drill press mode.

When building this I took the time to get the alignment such that it would have some other special functions when combined with the headstock. Today I'll show you how that works.

By aligning the router to the headstock when building the table insert it stands to reason that I could then align the two once built. So the two would look like this:

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An alignment pin in each one can be used to match up to each other. If you were to mess with the alignment of the table at some point it is very likely that you would need to make another table insert to reestablish the alignment.

So why do you want to do this?

How about because then you can have a pin router with the pin on the top or on the bottom. At this point all I have is 1/4" pins but with some brass stock one could turn the 1/4" stock to say 3/16" or 1/8"........ 1/16"???

So it might look like this:

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or

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With the pin located on the bottom then you can use it for pin located drill as well.

So this should give you some things to think about.

Ed

[ecom1]

If you could figure out a way to easily lock the quill, you could use it as an OPR.

[thunderbirdbat]

I aligned mine when I added the under-table router plate to my pin router.

[reible]

If you could figure out a way to easily lock the quill, you could use it as an OPR.

Some hear claim they manage without three hands, I'm not one of them. Also the quill depth arrangement is fine for drilling but lacks the fine adjustment that I like for routing. Weak points for the shopsmith.

The good news is that I have an OPR so for those plunge projects, I'm good to go.

For this situation you still have the guide pin (top or bottom) and so long as you don't have to plunge you are good to go. Not every pin router operation requires one to plunge. I did this pre OPR days in my shop. You can do a lot by thinking a way through the process before hand.

I wish shopsmith would make some router parts for the system, well more then they now have anyway.

Ed

[reible]

I aligned mine when I added the under-table router plate to my pin router.

Yes this is the same thing I do with the old OPR. Shopsmith never mentions this as an option but I have in the past because it works. Again the over head pin limits what can be done due to the lack of plunge capability but as I have mentioned not all operations require a plunge.

Ed