Rockcliff Router Build, MDF

[Lee Roberts]

Guess what? Yuup! The suns still out and the girls are still shopping!


Ok so everything looks good to go, there is a couple of things I’ve noticed at this point so ill talk about them now.

The 14mm holes I cut in the rod support plates are small; the rail supports allow me to move the rails in all directions so as to get everything square, parallel and lined up correctly. There is enough space with the 14mm holes but I think given the choice I would have preferred 16mm holes so there was just that bit more room and clearance for the rails so I may re drill these holes at a later stage, though there isn’t really a need.

The other thing I’ve discovered though it was expected is that I will need to rout out some of the table on the underneath where my transmission nut will be fitted, again I’ve deviated from the plans and I’m going to be using a different type of transmission nut to the wing nut in the plans.

What my plan is, is to mount the transmission nut in the middle of a piece of MDF under the table, ill post some picks of this so it’s more clear what I’m talking about later on in the build log.

Ok so I’ve cut my routs to receive the oilite bronze bearings, I went to every shop in Wigan trying to find a 5/8" - 15.85mm round end router bit. Could I get one?

Yep for £63.27, so no that didn’t happen, instead I went for the bit I already had and that was a 5/8" flat bit.

You can see in the picks that I’ve test fitted the bronze bearings and mounted the table onto the rails, I also started with the Bronze Bearing support plates that go underneath to secure them, again the plans call for 50mm x 50mm blocks but I’ve made mine 50mm x 330mm so they are one piece and very accurate. I’ve got one cut and routed and the other is done and just needs cutting from the sheet of MDF I’m working from, I will post about them tomorrow once they are ready to be used and fitted to the table.



It’s now 01:55am and my eyes need a rest so ill say good night.