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Enjoyable job with some interesting challenges and a couple of incorrect turns. But in the end everything formed and I'm quite delighted with how it works and the semi-temporary way I've set it up in my store. I say "short-term" since I'm still trying to work out how my shop will be laid out for the next couple of years. I'm seriously considering dropping the miter saw and the miter saw station, but only after I construct a brand-new table saw with a moving table, similar to the one I made way back when I initially began making embarrassingly bad videos here on YouTube.
Anyhow, the lift works great and as a router table I think it can change my "old" one, since I nearly never ever use it for heavy work. And I believe that's the use-case for this one: medium task – not precisely Fisher Cost and not exactly Festool, however someplace in between.
I make sure I'll get talk about the video asking about the plastic melting when the router fumes. This wasn't implied to be an extremely heavy duty application and should not be running enough time for a trim router to overheat. Remember I had this same router in my "old" metal cutting CNC installed in 3D printed holders and worked completely great. That frequently ran for 30 – 40 minutes at a stretch and never ever got above just warm.
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Fun project with some interesting challenges and a few wrong turns. But in the end it all fell into place and I’m quite happy with how it works and the semi-temporary way I’ve set it up in my shop. I say “temporary” because I’m still trying to work out how my shop will be laid out for the next few years. I’m seriously considering ditching the miter saw and the miter saw station, but only after I build a NEW table saw with a sliding table, similar to the one I made way back when I first started making embarrassingly crappy videos here on YouTube.
Anyway, the lift works great and as a router table I think it can replace my “old” one, since I almost never use it for heavy work. And I think that’s the use-case for this one: medium duty – not exactly Fisher Price and not exactly Festool, but somewhere in between.
I’m sure I’ll get comments on the video asking about the plastic melting when the router gets hot. This wasn’t meant to be a super heavy duty application and shouldn’t be running long enough for a trim router to overheat. Remember I had this same router in my “old” metal cutting CNC mounted in 3D printed holders and worked perfectly fine. That often ran for 30 – 40 minutes at a stretch and never got above just warm.
Nice work, John.
Ingenious as always❤
3D printing really allows your creativity to shine. I particularly like the way you iterate on design as you go, which is very painless with 3D printing.
Incredible how your brain works. This is really cool.
I’m curious to hear how the PLA holds up over the long term. Cool build though!
Most of this is printed from ABS, but I printed the upper wheel on my 12″ band saw from PLA more than a year ago, and it’s holding up perfectly. It all comes down to how the parts are designed and whether they can withstand the forces involved.
@JohnHeiszi would worry about the heat from the router, but hopefully pla will not soften or melt.
@AkosLukacs42 if the router is getting hot enough to melt plastic, how would you be able to hold it in your hand? And there are plastic parts on the router itself – they don’t melt.
Damn. That’s a labor of love.
Nice work John. I am impressed !
I miss this kind of project so much. Oh, how life is flying by. Great build, as always, John.
Just so you know, I’m still rocking your router lift that I built from your plans like 5 years ago!
We ain’t getting any younger, are we? 🙂
Great to see you Jay and I hope life is being good to you. You are one of the good ones!
I’m happy to see you’re still enjoying Freecad!
FreeCAD is awesome and just getting awesomer!
3D printers…the One-Armed-Bandit of the basement engineer.
you should submit your glamour shots to Vogue magazine, so the world can appreciate your work of art.
Thank you for the videos and the plans over years.
Brilliant work, John! It seems to work amazingly! 😮
Really well done!!!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
that strobe effect from your led shop lights matching your cameras fps…
might want to consider a shop light upgrade?
Awesome! Genius! Love these projects
The makita cordless trim router is so powerful you had to put it in a cage!
All jocularity aside, yet another great build! I love the tuck-away feature of the whole table itself. Genius.
John, You Sir are a genius. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice, John. I love your iterative approach to good design.
I aspire to this level of CAD design