Chaps, I'm working on my beech worktop-based otterman for Mrs KU.
I've made a box joint jig for my new bench top router table *fanfare*
mounted in the table is a freud 3HP FT2000, in my infinite wisdom I decided to completely box the router in (mainly for noise dampening) and the plan was to add a small HPLV exhaust port to hook up my shopvac/cyclone
I noticed this evening after about 20 minutes of work that the router was blowing warm air back out of the router plate. When I powered down and removed the router it was fairly warm I ran it in "free air" for about 10 minutes and it all seems fine.......
my question is, how much ventilation should I allow, would the HPLV port into my shop vac be sufficient air flow down through the router plate, past the router and into the vac to cool the router motor?
what sort of "normal" running temp should I expect under a prolonged period of fairly heavy usage?
thanks in advance
Steve
I've made a box joint jig for my new bench top router table *fanfare*
mounted in the table is a freud 3HP FT2000, in my infinite wisdom I decided to completely box the router in (mainly for noise dampening) and the plan was to add a small HPLV exhaust port to hook up my shopvac/cyclone
I noticed this evening after about 20 minutes of work that the router was blowing warm air back out of the router plate. When I powered down and removed the router it was fairly warm I ran it in "free air" for about 10 minutes and it all seems fine.......
my question is, how much ventilation should I allow, would the HPLV port into my shop vac be sufficient air flow down through the router plate, past the router and into the vac to cool the router motor?
what sort of "normal" running temp should I expect under a prolonged period of fairly heavy usage?
thanks in advance
Steve