Router plate drill template

[Mubiki]

I have an Elu MOF177E router and I am trying to insert it into a Dakota router table plate. Does anyone have an accurate drill template I could use?

 

[flh801978]

Why not make one from your router?

paper to card to thin ply or perspex

so much quicker than having one posted or collected

 

[Spindle]

Hi

Another vote for working directly from the router - most printers will distort a pdf to a small degree.

Regards Mick

 

[Mubiki]

Thanks for the suggestions, but I have tried working from the plate. I checked all my measurements twice before drilling but one of the holes is closer to the plate's central hole than I would like. Ce la vie

 

[Mr T]

Not sure about your model but some routers have a plastic or bakelite face on the base that can be removed, this can be used as a template. I did this with a Dewalt DW625e.

Chris

 

[rafezetter]

Not sure about your model but some routers have a plastic or bakelite face on the base that can be removed, this can be used as a template. I did this with a Dewalt DW625e.

Chris

+1 to this - to ensure absolute accuracy (within minor tolerance) if your marking or drilling is a bit iffy, I would place the template over the perspex (or whatever) and use one of the hinge drill hole centre attachments - they spin and self centre, then you plunge it (keeping straight as you can helps) and it drills a small guide hole, which you can then deepen. Pretty much bang on everytime, regardless of grain, even knots in wood as it can't wander.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/trend-sna...tracking url&gclid=CIfr19ac97sCFUnjwgodQBkAnw

this is the fancy version, you can buy a cheaper version from screwfix for £12 which work great in my experience or even cheaper copies from ebay as you only need it to work once.

 

[mseries]

I am surprised the 177 doesn't have a removable tufnol/phenolic sheet on it's underside. I am pretty sure I have seen replacements on eBay. It's how I make my subbases.
Remove the plate. mark, dril and countersink the fixing holes.
refit the plate.
fit a v-groove cutter
fix the new subbase to the router, mark the centre using the v groove cutter
remove subbase and finish edges, centre hole etc