What do folks do about dust collection for the above table router?
Anyone create a way to get chips from below?
I just bought a Mark 7 and am starting to work with the router. Would appreciate your collection ideas.
Dust Collection for Above Table Router
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Re: Dust Collection for Above Table Router
I don't use mine very much for routing because I have a nice router table with a nice fence. But it seems to me that you could use the Router/Shaper table insert with the dust collection connection installed along with the Shaper / Drum Sander fence you would have decent dust collection for edge routing applications. (Like decorative edge cuts, rabbeting, tongue and groove, etc.) If you don't have that fence, then some form of facing for the standard rip fence could be added with a gap or cutout in the center. The important thing is that a fence face must be deep enough for the bit and be open enough to allow for the down draft dust collecting. (In other words, it needs to function similarly to the Shaper fence.) I don't think this will work well for top surface cuts though.
One thing I've never understood: When SS sold a Mark-mounted overarm router (OAR) setup it included a table that, IIUC, mounted to the Mark's table surface. Now if we use the headstock as the OAR we just use the main table, no auxiliary table surface is needed/required.(?) I don't see how it matters to the table or workpiece what type of motor is spinning the bit. If anyone can shed light of this, please do so.
- David
One thing I've never understood: When SS sold a Mark-mounted overarm router (OAR) setup it included a table that, IIUC, mounted to the Mark's table surface. Now if we use the headstock as the OAR we just use the main table, no auxiliary table surface is needed/required.(?) I don't see how it matters to the table or workpiece what type of motor is spinning the bit. If anyone can shed light of this, please do so.
- David