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router table insert opening repair - wjt - 01-30-2022
I was given an MDF router table with insert plate. Also has a miter track and T-Tracks for attaching a fence. Appears to be in good shape except for the corners of the opening for the insert plate which have been damaged by the leveling screws.
How would you suggest repairing the damaged corners ?
Metal shims, epoxy, other ??
Thanks, Bill
RE: router table insert opening repair - KyleD - 01-31-2022
If you have the vertical adjustment room to add a metal s h i m underneath the screw that would be a permanent fix. Maybe you could take a fender washer with a radius similar to the plate corner cut-out and cut a section of "pie" out of it to glue down into the corner. A hacksaw or dremel with cut-off wheel could easily do the washer trimming.
RE: router table insert opening repair - jazzgtrist - 01-31-2022
(01-30-2022, 11:55 PM)wjt Wrote: I was given an MDF router table with insert plate. Also has a miter track and T-Tracks for attaching a fence. Appears to be in good shape except for the corners of the opening for the insert plate which have been damaged by the leveling screws.You might clean out the damaged MDF corners with a forstner bit, then glue in a dime or nickle, or an electrical box knockout.
How would you suggest repairing the damaged corners ?
Metal shims, epoxy, other ??
RE: router table insert opening repair - Willyou - 01-31-2022
(01-31-2022, 08:35 AM)jazzgtrist Wrote: You might clean out the damaged MDF corners with a forstner bit, then glue in a dime or nickle, or an electrical box knockout.
Must be a sign of the times. I would have used a penny
. But, I have always been cheap.
RE: router table insert opening repair - wjt - 01-31-2022
I raided the piggy bank and used the expensive option. I epoxied finishing washers shaped to fit in the corners using my 12" disk sander.
The finishing washers were .040" thick.
Bill
RE: router table insert opening repair - MstrCarpenter - 02-03-2022
(01-31-2022, 08:35 AM)jazzgtrist Wrote: You might clean out the damaged MDF corners with a forstner bit, then glue in a dime or nickle, or an electrical box knockout.
I don't have a nickle or dime sized forstner bit. I do have a 3/4" and 1", so for 3/8 radius it's a penny. If it's 1/2" we'll have to invest a lot more and use a quarter. Good news is we'll have two bits left from each; "Shave and a haircut, two bits". (Before my time, but that's when a quarter dollar was cut into eight pieces or "bits".)