Part II
Cutting, and fitting the uni-lift which will hold my router
inverted. |
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Firstly, I have aligned and traced
around the uni-lift template I made. I am roughly cutting out
the centre, NOTE: I am not following the exact contour of the
uni-lift plate, I am cutting about 10mm inside this.
I am using the jigsaw to do this, and 4 holes have been drilled.
Emphasis on the roughness of this stage, a jigsaw will not be
accurate enough for the final cut-out and this is only to remove
the bulk. |
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I have formed an accurate template, this
is made from ply wood and is exactly 25mm less than the contour
of the uni-lift. I will later cut a 25mm wide and 10mm deep rebate
around the whole edge of my cutout, this will form a lip to support
my uni-lift.
The 1/2" cutter I am using here will follow the template,
the silver bearing at the top will follow. The cutters are flush
with the bearing. |
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You can see I have clamped the plywood template
down securely to my top, this stage is critical, and you do not
want to muck this up. Any movement of the template during this
process could ruin our top.
Removing the bulk with the jigsaw makes this operation go a lot
smoother, the router would have hard to really work hard beforehand.
This operation caused masses of dust (as you can see) so wear
a good P2 or higher mask, eye protection and when routing its
advisable to wear ear protection too as it helps you concentrate. |
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You can see we are left with a clean, and
accurately cut hole in our top. The router leaves rounded corners,
and I will square these up with a sharp chisel before moving onto
the next process.
This is the 1/4" rebate bit I will use, you can see again
the bearing. However is it at the bottom of the cutter this time.
It will follow out freshly cut edge accurately. |
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Here I am cutting my rebate, I first removed
5mm of the depth, and then lowered the cutter 5mm more, so 10mm
in total. This is the thickness of the uni-lifts plate.
Again, think safety. |
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If you have been confused previously, this shot
will explain how its finally formed. The plate will sit exactly
flush with the surface of our table. |
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Now for the moment of truth, all of the gubbins
and workings go through the ole' ok. Will the plate sit in our rebate
accurately? |
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Of course it does, absolutely brilliant. |
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Now, its time to have a hover up then a well
earned coffee break.
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