router table T track

[sunnybob]

Anybody know where I can buy T track? Axminster only advertise Dovetailed and I dont want that. Ebay has only 1 seller and he wants over £20 a 4 ft length.
I just need ordinary square section 3/4 track (but preferably anodised hard finish) and nuts.

 

[Roughcut]

Rutlands sell T-track but it's not anodised and it is quite expensive to buy a single length.
A pack of four brings the cost down per length if you can find uses for the other lengths?
http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+t-track-48 ... 051?tyah=y

 

[sunnybob]

good grief, thats dearer than the ebay.

These are ridiculous prices for extruded aluminium. I need about 8ft total for a home made router table. at that price, its cheaper to buy a shop table.

 

[siggy_7]

Peter Sefton sells the Incra track which is top quality and cheaper than Rutlands:

http://woodworkersworkshop.co.uk/ep...h=/Shops/eshop814530/Categories/Routing/Track

 

[sunnybob]

These prices cant be right, that peter sefton 48" works out at 45 pence per inch!

I found an american firm that sells it for 10 pence an inch, thats more realistic, I'm going to work out shipping, but it could well be cheaper from the usa.
http://www.orangealuminum.com/t-slot-fr ... track.html

 

[skronk]

Hi,

I bought this from Axy last week. It is T Track ! Approx. 22p per inch for large size. Perfectly straight and flat.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/ujk-technolo ... al-t-track

 

[petermillard]

These prices cant be right, that peter sefton 48" works out at 45 pence per inch!

I found an american firm that sells it for 10 pence an inch, thats more realistic, I'm going to work out shipping, but it could well be cheaper from the usa.
http://www.orangealuminum.com/t-slot-fr ... track.html

As Roughcut says above, the pack of 4 from Rutlands brings the price down considerably - £35, or 18p/inch if you will. Not sure that buying from the US would save you anything (certainly not time) unless you're buying in volume tbh.

Let us know the outcome.

 

[sunnybob]

Hi,

I bought this from Axy last week. It is T Track ! Approx. 22p per inch for large size. Perfectly straight and flat.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/ujk-technolo ... al-t-track

Another example of axminsters weird web site. i typed into the search box "router table T track" and all it showed me was the more expensive dovetailed track, which I dont want.

Thats much nearer my pension grade, thanks for the link. Just waiting back on shipping price from the states.

 

[Ram64]

Plus Axi still have shipping for £1 atm...... till the 31st I beleive,correct me if I'm wrong

 

[Roughcut]

Hi,

I bought this from Axy last week. It is T Track ! Approx. 22p per inch for large size. Perfectly straight and flat.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/ujk-technolo ... al-t-track

Another example of axminsters weird web site. i typed into the search box "router table T track" and all it showed me was the more expensive dovetailed track, which I dont want.

Thats much nearer my pension grade, thanks for the link. Just waiting back on shipping price from the states.

But the T-track in the link from Axminster is 1/2" I thought you wanted 3/4" at 48" long?

 

[sunnybob]

Hi,

I bought this from Axy last week. It is T Track ! Approx. 22p per inch for large size. Perfectly straight and flat.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/ujk-technolo ... al-t-track

Another example of axminsters weird web site. i typed into the search box "router table T track" and all it showed me was the more expensive dovetailed track, which I dont want.

Thats much nearer my pension grade, thanks for the link. Just waiting back on shipping price from the states.

But the T-track in the link from Axminster is 1/2" I thought you wanted 3/4" at 48" long?

Well spotted, i missed the sizes, assuming they were all the same.

 

[sunnybob]

Plus Axi still have shipping for £1 atm...... till the 31st I beleive,correct me if I'm wrong

I dont think I could qualify for the quid shipping :shock:

 

[Ram64]

(homer) Dohhh!!

 

[sunnybob]

well I solved my problem.
I found locally an aluminium T track style curtain track, not as strong as others, but I'm not clamping large lumps of metal. The price is excellent, not 45 pence an inch, but 1 pence for TWO inches!
made my own bolt using my home made drill lathe and an angle grinder, machined a larger bolt down to fit the tracking.
pic is before and after bolts. I'm a happy camper again.

 

[skronk]

Result !!!!

 

[Mike Vastano]

Rutlands sell T-track but it's not anodised and it is quite expensive to buy a single length.
A pack of four brings the cost down per length if you can find uses for the other lengths?
http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+t-track-48 ... 051?tyah=y

I have a couple of lengths of the T Track in the link above for sale if anybody is interested?

£6 Quid a length pick up preferred god know how much it would be to post

 

[SpoonsbySven]

Hi Mike,
Not sure if you got my second PM. It's still in my Outbox (but I think they stay there until read?)
Anyway, I'm still interested in one or both of the bits of T-track. If someone local collect, and that's easier for you than posting, that's no problem.
Cheers,
Sven

 

[Steve Maskery]

Tilgear have some of wider stuff on offer at the mo, fine if you are local, but the postage bumps it up a bit if you only want a length.

I'm still trying to find a supplier so that I can add it to the range of jig hardware that I offer, it's currently very small. I have ordered some samples of toggle clamps and asked about the T-track, but am awaiting a response on that. It's not going to be easy, I fear.

Right now I need some 3/4" and some 1/2" and Rutlands are out of the latter. Axi's is too short and Tilgear don't do the narrow one

 

[Peter Sefton]

We may what you are looking for Steve.

Cheers Peter