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ROUTER TABLE WITH STAND AND FENCE

ROUTER TABLE WITH STAND AND FENCE

Price:

$499.00 $359.00
(excluding tax)

Model:

CT097

Brand:

Craftex

Weight:

60.00 KGS

Rating:

( 3 product reviews )

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Product Description

Aluminum Router Table and Stand

Features

Accepts routers from 3/4 to 5 HP
Table tilts 45 degree to facilitate adjustment
Air lift Cylinders allow user hands free tilt of the table. A great feature.
Aluminum table, fence and sliding table (with toggle clamp)
2.5" dust pick up

Specifications

Main table: 31 1/4" x 10"
Sliding table: 31" x 12"
Table insert: 4"
Fences (2): 10 3/4" x 2"
Table height: 34"
Complete With Steel Stand

Carton Size: 7.5" x 25"x 35"
Weight: 59 kg

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Product Reviews

Problems with assembly. Much care needed

Posted by David on 6th Feb 2012

On sale at $399 Cdn, this table is a bargain. The frame is solid and needs to be because the cast iron table weighs 100lbs. The instructions accompanying this table are very poor and leave the assembler to work it out for themselves. The Grizzly G0528 is a very similar machine and the manual can be down loaded and printed. MLCS has the identical model and videos, but nothing about assembly, just features. You need to look carefully at the parts diagram at the back of the Craftex manual, noting the differences between the new and old models (gas strut vs sliding bracket). Also take note of which structural parts are on the inside and outside of the frame and make sure that the open rear side of the frame has the 2 holes in the shelf for the support brackets.

During my assembly, after many attempts to get the table and pivoting brackets to mount on the top of the frame, it became clear that two of the holes in the front of the side rails had been drilled on the wrong edge. Thus, the pivoting brackets would have to be at an angle to the frame (measured for size and square). Even in this configuration, the holes in the pivoting brackets did not align with the holes in the side rails. Determined to set the table up correctly, I removed the pivoting brackets from the table and placed them on their respective side rails. This enabled me to attach the rubber stops through the rear-most holes and set those brackets in line with the side rails to drill new holes to fasten the bracket in place on the front top side of the frame. This done, I then placed the table on top of the assembled unit only to discover that there was at least an inch gap either side of the pivoting brackets and that the bolts supplied were too short. Tomorrow I will be off to Home Depot for some longer bolts and some spacers to complete the assembly.

I should also mention that the majority of screws are metric, but this is not the case in a couple of places where they are imperial (#307/8). This is the case for the heavy handles and nuts (missing!) on the router fence. Again, I will be visiting HD for parts tomorrow. The structural problems would have made it impossible to lock the table down to the side frame at the rear, since the threaded handles would have had to enter the welded nuts on the table frame at an angle. I am left with the impression that the frame onto which the table was attached and the frame onto which the pre-assembled table was to be mounted are not physically compatible without modification by the user. I am wondering whether the specs for one of these items has changed with the use of the new gas struts. Anyway, this is not an impossible fix, but this experience suggests that better quality assurance is needed at the factory. Bear in mind that at $399 this table is much cheaper than the equivalent cast iron table systems at ($1000).
Good, almost perfect.

Posted by Unknown on 2nd Nov 2011

Excellent router table with easy and stable router mounting. Easy router bit exchange. Fence is not very precise. Works for larger mouldings, but not for small and precise pieces. Sliding table works well.
Construction much better than any of the particle board/melamine tops.
HD!

Posted by Sam Steny on 30th Sep 2011

so far so good with this heavy duty table. compared against the freud and its wroth a bit more. like the hydrualic lifts and the stability of the unit.