Originally Posted by
ewest
So It's high time I upgrade the work table on my router. I'm currently running 3/4 MDF with Sintra glued to the top as a sacrificial surface, and sinking blind nuts in from the back side (some call these T-Nuts). This system sucks. I have steel angle iron behind the MDF, 1 1/2 leg, 1/8" every foot, but it still deflects. It has to span about 3 feet between main beams.
I WANT
T-slot table. I know Techno sells it at an outrageous price. My table is 6x10 feet,, and would cost me well over $6000 to cover it with t-slot. At that price, I could buy inch thick MIC-6 plate.. from MCMASTER and still make out cheaper. Another thought is an 80/20 extrusion, or aluminum I-beams stacked up next to each other, or whatever... but the best thing would be a techno-like product that doesn't a freaking million dollars. Could I pay a third of that amount? Sure. Suggestions?