Project - "Adding the Incra Ultra Jig to the Sommerfeld Router Table"

    I clamp the jig in place over the two tables. The cross line that can be seen clearly in the last photo is used as a sighting line and is lined up with the intersection of the two tops.
   I add a second clamp to be sure. A Bessey clamp holds the two tables together for this operation.

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    I have carefully set the plunge depth to the exact thickness of the fastener and have tested this on the MDF side. I do not want to take any chances with the phenolic table.
   I plunge and cut in several passes. The MDF and phenolic cut well with this bit, but the dust has no where to go and can bind the cutter. The up-spiral cutter does a much better job at exhausting the dust than a straight cutter but still needs some help.

        The portable vacuum cleaner sucks the area clean between passes. This slows the operation a bit, but the end result is a very clean and crisp cut.

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     I use a small metal dowel that is included in the package to tighten the ball in one end. It is now a perfect, tight joint.
   While I probably will leave the platform on most of the time, it can be disconnected and reconnected quite easily.

  Before I turn the top back over, I want to correct the corner blocks I installed several weeks ago.
   The inked lines show the amount of travel that I had in the top, so I drilled oversized holes (3/4") and am using wide washers. I do this on each of the four corners. This gives me quite a bit of lateral adjustment of the top, but once adjusted, I can fasten the blocks so that the top will be snug.

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   Everything is back together and I am happy to report that there is absolutely no play in the Incra Jig mounting.
   This is good because I am about take on some new projects that will put this great system to the test.

 

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