Peachtree CI Router Wing

[jteneyck]

That's a very nice looking set-up Hank.  I have used the Keene blue silicone dust boot on my horizontal router mortiser and it works pretty well, and is what I recommend for those who's router doesn't have integral dust collection.  I'll put one under the new Peachtree router wing when it arrives, too. 

John

[arnman]

The boot looks like a good idea, but the picture on the amazon link shows the boot installed to what looks like the underside of a router plate in a table.

With the hose also attached to the boot, it does not look like you could just pull the plate / router up out of the table to adjust or change bits - unless you have a lot of slack hose under the table.

Does having the boot in place impede access to the collet bits?

[jteneyck]

Yes, the blue dust collection boot is connected to the bottom of the router plate with a velcro strip.  I remove my Bosch 1617 router to change bits, but if you have a router that allows you to change bits from above I think you still will be able to do that with the boot in place.  Maybe Hank can speak from first hand experience, however.

John

[Hank Knight]

Steve,

As John said, the hose restricts the ability to remove the router plate from the table, although, I think it would be easy to add a disconnect that would permit easy disconnect and reconnect of the hose when one needed to remove the plate. I have the big Porter Cable router in a Bench Dog lift. It allows me to change bits above the table, without removing the plate, so the donut apparatus does not interfere at all.

Hank

[atgcpaul]

i too don't use the plate that came with it as i have an incra lift for the 3hp router i leave in it all the time.  i use the kreg t-square fence with the side mount and just use 2 l brackets to connect into the sliding fence ways with 1/4-20 bolts instead of the side mount.

Do you also use the Incra router plate in this table?  It fits in that  CI table without any mods?

[jkjen89]

John
I bought mine years ago and it came with just a piece of Lexan for the plate. I bought a JessEm Mast-R-Lift for ease of bit changes. I built a box under to help with dust collection and noise. I have a 6 inch hose to the box and a 4 inch hose to the fence.

John

[jteneyck]

Very nice looking setup, John.  I could use some improved dust collection and yours gives me something to shoot for.

I used to have a separate router table.  It took up so much space that I built the shop made router wing on the end of my two ganged together TS's that I now have.  It has been a much better arrangement for me as I can use the big Vega fence when I want to, or a separate fence, or even the two together.  I find this set up to be a lot more flexible and space saving than the separate router table, with no loss in functionality.  The PeachTree CI wing is going to be a nice upgrade in size as it's 3" wider at the front and flatness, but the basic set up will be the same. 

John