Router Installation
The phenolic router mounting board included with the router table is designed to attach to the bottom of your router in the same manner as the router base.
To complete this installation, you will need a drill, drill bit(s), and fasteners. We recommend using the router base as a template for the hole pattern to be drilled in the mounting board.
Important: When deciding how to orient the router in relation to the router table, take into account access to the router controls, such as depth adjustment knobs, lock levers/knobs, and the power switch.
To install your router onto the mounting board:
1.DISCONNECT ROUTER FROM POWER!
2.Insert the mounting board into the router table so that the starting pin holes are to the right of the opening, as shown in Figure 10.
Starting
Pin Holes
Figure 10. Proper location of the starting pin
holes.
3.Mark the front of the mounting board with tape or other removable substance.
4.Turn the router upside down and position it so that it is facing you in the same orientation that it will face the front of the router table.
Model T10432 (Mfg. Since 11/10)
5.Make marks on the base and the router to guide you when mounting the router so that it will correctly face the front of the router table.
6.Remove the router base from the router.
7.Turn the router table mounting board upside down, center the router base on the board so that the marks locating the front of each match.
8.Use the mounting holes in the router base as a template to mark the holes for drilling the holes in the mounting board (see Figure 11 for an example).
Note: There are multiple circles in the under- neath surface of the mounting board to aid in centering the router base as a template.
Fastener
Hole
Figure 11. Example of using the router base as
a template to drill mounting holes.
If the router unexpectedly moves or the rout- er bit contacts the table insert or fence dur- ing operation, serious personal injury could result from the router bit or flying debris. ALWAYS make sure that the router is firmly secured to the router table mounting board before beginning operation.
9.Remove the router base from the mount- ing board, drill the correct size holes in the mounting board for the fasteners.