I am concerned that the closed cabinet will cause all the sawdust to ruin my router after a time. Comments?
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Ive been using mine for almost a year and no problems yet!! Love the cabinet so far, been loaded and unloaded hundreds of times and still square and cleans off with a blow gun so easily. Still looks brand new and i just took router out for the first time about a month ago and looks just as if I routed outside the table! Zero complaints
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after owning one for about a year, This unit is best for jobsite use. If you are looking for a table for your shop, Get something with a bigger table. Dust does accumulate in the cabinet but I haven't had any issues with the router. You will need to leave the door open in hot weather as the router will heat up without air circulation
657948
It works quite well under the table. Google "triton router dust collection" to see what people on woodworking forums have to say about it. Scott
558046
My cabinets have my receiver, PS3, DirecTV box and wireless headphones... my fans both blow out
1294119
Does not have to be to be close. My router is downstairs and I have it connected on the second story bedroom. You could always try using a wifi repeater if you are getting interference.
107567
the vibrations from the router might vibrate it off unless you can figure how to tape it to secure it better or Velcro it.
715094
Depends on your floor material, if wood needn't, if cement I'm afraid the signal will drop to very low level and you'd best get a repeater or deployment another router.
849664
When I first received the router box in the mail I opened it up and was attacked by a swarm of bees. I am not sure if all of Medialink's routers have bees but I would treat them with caution. Also you can get the same router from Tenda for $15 apparently.
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Hmmm... I'm not a techie and I don't know for sure. But it might depend on the strength of the router's signal. Our router (an Apple AirPort from 2011) is one floor below the Panasonic Blu-Ray disc player, and we never have a problem. If there wasn't a wood floor between the player and the router, they'd be about 10 or 12 feet apart.
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I love this table. When it comes to routing, I'm a novice but have, in my opinion, produced some really nice wood products like trim that goes around door and windows and a, I'm not sure how to describe it, but it's basically a window box table, a piece of plexiglass is the top and I can place item inside of the table for display. Anyway you shouldn't have a problem mounting a Dewalt router on this table. Also love Kreg products.
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I haven't but it sounds like a perfect solution to a space limited workshop. I've been unhappy with my current router placement and I think your question just provided me with an answer. The table saw fence could be used as the back fence of the router; perfect!
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Personally, I haven't had any problem at all. I have my router in the other room and it connects just fine. I can't really give you an answer, because I have not experienced that kind of problem. Hope you figure it out. Good luck
411473
I suppose if you have an electrical source coming from behind the cabinet to feed the unit. But if you leave it on all the time like I do, I would take a chance of the heat drying out and cracking the wood. Or worse being a fire risk.
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I have a Dewalt router so I can't answer. I can say, that after about 9 months of regular use, the Bench Dog is a wonderful addition to my table saw bed. I now use the router a lot and for things that I either didn't consider or in replacement of saw functions. I don't use the fence that came with it because the saw fence is much better. Drop the router and it's out of the way for sawing. Couldn't be simpler.
579883
Same thing happened to me. I sent it back and got another and it was just a bad. The only way to fix it is send it back and buy a different router. This one is junk.
2040303
Yes it does make a bit more noise than most standard routers...I believe it is from the hard drive spinning as stated in the previous comments. Yes the hard drive goes into standby and obviously the noise is abated because the drive is active. I'm a sound sleeper but I would leave the router in your office or wherever it is used.
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I have never had a problem like that. When I bought my router table I also bought a router lift to go with it. The router is the only thing on this lift and I have never had a problem with either. Suggest Mr. Lai buy a good lift mechanism and also keep the entire system vacuumed good.
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I wish I could sketch a drawing. I measured my clean sweep as you would stand in front of the machine for routing. It is a little complicated because the clean sweep is tapered at the bottom for efficient vacuum process. Maximum Depth(front to back) = 11 " (bottom 2"tapers to 9""), Maximum Width(left to right) = 12.75" (bottom also 12.75", no taper) Maximum Height( top to bottom)= 13" If your router is not over 11" high, I don't think you will have any problems. This application makes routing almost dustless and a great addition to a router table. Hope this helps you. Joe