Radial Arm Router ! (or How I Created a Beast)

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Radial Arm Router ! (or How I Created a Beast)

Router - underside.jpg
Heart - front - med - top down.jpg

Radial Arm Saw to Radial Arm Router adapter.

Hi there,
This is another piece coming from the Insane Asylum. I've had this idea for a long time and I honestly wondered why one never existed. So I built my own.

Allow me to introduce The Radial Arm Router (and part time saw).

I've been working on several different versions of this. And this is the most solid idea we could come up with.

Unhiding the Router Mount

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Blade off - mount visible - motor rotated on Y 45.jpg
How to rotate motor.jpg
Motor - mount front - y rotated - motor rotated to z.jpg

To enable the mount for use.
Remove blade guard,

Remove blade (see it now , yeah, the ugly piece of angle steel)

Swing the motor around on X axis, till shaft faces you.

Hit the bevel release, and swing the motor down on Z.

Shazam! (as pictured now, unfinished) mount is visible and use position.

Sizing Up Things

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Side - Long.jpg
Side - Left - Close.jpg
Front - Standing - slight left.jpg
Front - Standing - Right.jpg
Front - Standing.jpg

Backing Mount to Saw

Mounting area - bolt pattern - distant left.jpg
Mounting area - bolt pattern - close - front.jpg
Mount to frame - bolted up.jpg
Mount plate -  dismounted - size - end.jpg
Mount plate - dismounted - size - flat.jpg
Mount plate - dismounted - size - top.jpg
Mount plate - dismounted - size comparison with square.jpg

Router Mount

router bracket - front - w square.jpg
router bracket - standing - front.jpg
router bracket - standing - left.jpg
router bracket - bottom - side.jpg

Vertical Motion Tests

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Doing motion tests.

Problems - and Unused Designs - Photos I Don't Know What to Do With

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09 - bodark  - mounted - couple passes long shot -  open with.jpg
Heart - dust extraction - far.jpg
Router - mount - underside - close - w 125 blade.jpg
Router - dust extraction - pieces made to fit 1.jpg
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1 bodark - mounted - pre  cut.jpg
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22 bodark - mounted - couple passes.jpg
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Router - random - contour comb.jpg

A Test That Is Turning Into a Project.

cedar - first passes - long.jpg
cedar - first passes - finger in gap.jpg
cedar - dust in hand.jpg
cedar - across face - long shot.jpg
cedar - post - left - far.jpg
cedar - post - long - full table shot.jpg
cedar - post - top - standing rectangle.jpg

Frankenstiens Cedar Heart Comes to Shape on Its Own!

cedar - post - left angle - close.jpg
cedar - across face - right - face into router.jpg
cedar - post - surface detail - 1.jpg
cedar - post - low front.jpg
cedar - across face - slightly blurry.jpg
cedar - across face - right - w router.jpg
cedar - post - square on face.jpg

Another thanks to Mike, An ancient #61 of a tribe called the Horned Frogs for the donation of the teeth of the beast.

Thanks Mike.

Carving a Box on a Heart, Then Hollowing Out the Heart and Learning

Heart - close up top slight left.jpg
Heart - uncut square - with lines -.jpg
Router - 25 bit with tape depth mark.jpg
Heart - front - med - top down.jpg
Heart - top - close - groove visible 2.jpg
Heart - top - close - groove visible.jpg

Router Mounted in Final Config - Dust /splatter Sheild in Place

Heart - dust extraction - front close - finger inside window.jpg
Heart - dust extraction - front close - finger under window.jpg
Heart - dust extraction -close left 1.jpg
Heart - junk 1.jpg
Heart - dust extraction - close on plexi left 1.jpg

Mount Details -

Router - side mount - no dust control.jpg
Router - top - side mount.jpg
Router - dust extraction - pieces made to fit 2.jpg
Router - dust extraction - pieces made to fit 3.jpg
Router - mount - hot glue - dust control.jpg
Router - mount - mount - side mount - top.jpg
Router - mount - mount - top close right.jpg
Router - mount - mount - top right.jpg
Router - mount on mount - top down.jpg
Router - random - glue gun - mounting dust control.jpg

Action Shots With New Camera , in the Cut !

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I got me a new camera.

Gendax 2 In 1 OTG Micro USB Waterproof Endoscope , 8mm Borescope Inspection Camera With 6LED 2.0MP HD Camera For Android system phone tablet computer and Windows system

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LECFZL6/

Pretty cool. Video recording isn't working. But i can take some stills. View is pretty impressive even with a ton of dust in the air.