About a year ago Wim posted how he created a simple and effective trammel unit for his OF1400.
I own an OF1010, that came with a few accessories when I bought it 2nd handed.
I just started to build a toy for my grandson (WIP post will follow later) and need to create some wheels out of laminatedbeach beech sheets.
Diameter of the wheels is 150mm, so I need to centre real close to the router base.
Just as Wim did, I took the rail guide connector as a starting pont. When you turn that upside down, you'll see 4 'holes', as if one could screw something onto the guide connector.
Guide rail connector upside down, look at the 4 holes, one pair close to each rod connector:
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The diameter of these holes is 3.5mm. They are not drilled through completely, so I drilled one hole through with a 3.2mm drill and cut a thread in the plastic for an M4 bolt.
I started with the 'outer' hole, 'outer' when taking the router base as the starting point. I put the bolt in the hole, protruding a few mm below the connector:
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Now I found out that the smaller circle I needed could only be made by mirroring the setup, and move the guide rail connector to the other side of the base. Furthermore I needed to use the inner 'hole' of the guide rail connector, so I drilled and cut a thread in that hole as well:
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For fine tuning I used the micro adjustment accessory. I don't now whether the way I use it is the way it was meant to be used, but I'm happy.
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Loosen the screws that fix the rods to the routerbase, and adjust by turning the wheel. Then tighten the screws on the router base, and do a small test. After a couple of tests on a piece of MDF the radius was 75 mm exactly. I drilled a 4mm hole in the beech, and in a couple of rotations increasing the depth of the router bit, I had a perfect wheel for the toy.
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(This is a picture of the testrun with MDF, I forgot to make a picture of the result in beech)
7 more to go.
I own an OF1010, that came with a few accessories when I bought it 2nd handed.
I just started to build a toy for my grandson (WIP post will follow later) and need to create some wheels out of laminated
Diameter of the wheels is 150mm, so I need to centre real close to the router base.
Just as Wim did, I took the rail guide connector as a starting pont. When you turn that upside down, you'll see 4 'holes', as if one could screw something onto the guide connector.
Guide rail connector upside down, look at the 4 holes, one pair close to each rod connector:
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The diameter of these holes is 3.5mm. They are not drilled through completely, so I drilled one hole through with a 3.2mm drill and cut a thread in the plastic for an M4 bolt.
I started with the 'outer' hole, 'outer' when taking the router base as the starting point. I put the bolt in the hole, protruding a few mm below the connector:
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Now I found out that the smaller circle I needed could only be made by mirroring the setup, and move the guide rail connector to the other side of the base. Furthermore I needed to use the inner 'hole' of the guide rail connector, so I drilled and cut a thread in that hole as well:
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For fine tuning I used the micro adjustment accessory. I don't now whether the way I use it is the way it was meant to be used, but I'm happy.
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Loosen the screws that fix the rods to the routerbase, and adjust by turning the wheel. Then tighten the screws on the router base, and do a small test. After a couple of tests on a piece of MDF the radius was 75 mm exactly. I drilled a 4mm hole in the beech, and in a couple of rotations increasing the depth of the router bit, I had a perfect wheel for the toy.
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(This is a picture of the testrun with MDF, I forgot to make a picture of the result in beech)
7 more to go.
