Remembering and thanking Pat Warner aka Router Man

[Teak]

How many of you here still remember Pat Warner aka Router Man? I still have his custom router bases and use them regularly. Needed to route a 6" disc and recalled that the elongated base he did for me included centering holes to do 2" to 6" circles in 1" increments. 

However, I always used the base on my fixed router base. Wondered if it would go on the plunge base and lo and behold it worked! I cannot do 2" or 3" circles but 4" to 6" are no problem.

Said a silent prayer of thanks to Pat for his engineering and foresight. Miss his cryptic post and vast knowledge of routers.  

RIP Pat! You left this world a better place.

[Ray Newman]

Have several of his books that I bought from used book seller. Well written and illustrated. Definitely knew how to work a router to its full potential.
Difficult to believe he passed about 20 years ago....

[Woodenfish]

Where did the time go? Pat was a great guy and it was an honor to have him on this board.

[Randy C]

Where did the time go? Pat was a great guy and it was an honor to have him on this board.

I’ve got a couple of this router bases also. His ability to engineer jigs for the router was amazing.

[tablesawtom]

Since Pat used the name Router Man it influenced me into choosing tablesawtom for my mane on a forum I don't even remember the name of. I just kept it.

Tom

[Patsfan]

Pat was a great resource

In my early experience, he was one of those who taught, not because he wanted it to lead to a sale, but because he wanted to share information.

My personal opinion only but the youtube and "influencer" age engendered a lot of people who were only posting to generate clicks.

[AHill]

I have a few things I got from Pat. Great guy and always ready to help solve problems. Sad to see he passed away.