New Product - "CMT Router Table with Large Insert"

During the week, I worked a bit on the garage. Here I am cutting Baltic birch with a  green phenolic covering. If you recall, I have been using "Finnform" a similar product but red covered, from Woodpeckers. This material is green and is carried at Woodcraft.    I am cutting it to the exact dimensions of the CMT insert (arrow.) I will cut two.
	I have made a sandwich of the CMT insert and the two pieces I just cut. I have them clamped together which is fine for the work at the drill press. Here, I am drilling a small hole through the leveler positions.
The arrow shows the one bolt I have threaded through the entire stack. I am cutting threads in the hole at the other end for another bolt.
	I am installing a 2" high 1/2" diameter pattern bearing bit. The router is a mid-range one (2hp Porter Cable 7529.) It has a shaft lock so using a single wrench works well.
Making the duplicates couldn't be easier. The bearing guides on the top plate and cuts the other two plates to the exact same shape — corners and all.
	I have centered the router's base plate on the sandwich and am back at the drill press to drill the three holes that fix the router to the plate.
This is the final insert plate for the small routers. I am using the PorterCable 690LRVS. I have had my regular 690s for years. But they run at 22,000 rpm — just too fast for the rail and stile bits that are about 1 7/8" in diameter. According to the CMT guide, the speed for that size bit should be 18,000rpm. The new model has speed adjustments of 10,000 to 27,500.    You can see that I drilled a different hole size than the CMT plate. I decided to use a 2" Forstner and make the holes that size. For my use here, that is a good size hole and doesn't need any adapters.
	Beth is here and starts a new task. She will be the first to use the insert garage by making a two panel door for the unit. I have some padauk and figured maple which we will use for the doors.    Beth starts by setting up roller stands at both the in and outfeed sides of the Delta 13" planer.
I will have to get some good hose clamps. In the meantime, Beth connects the dust collection hose to the dust port of the planer.
	She tightens the clamp on the portable dust collector.