On my homemade router table, I did similar to Kent; cut a dado in the fence big enough for the bit. I use a 1-1/2" x 3" x 24" fence. Then, on the opposite side of the fence as the bit, I position the crevasse (sp?) tool from the shop vac, and attached it with two long screws and a scrap of wood. With the vac pickup right into the back side of the fence, it gets all the chips, and does a remarkably good job for such low tech. I'd post a pic if I could, sorry.

> Hi All,

> I am making a router table and I was quickly reminded why I rarely use the
> router - wow! can it make a mess in a hurry!

> I rate a power tool's ability to do "work" by how fast it makes
> a mess - the router is right up there with the electric planer and second
> only to a chainsaw!

> Does anybody have a setup for a router to hook it up to a vacuum system to
> control the dust while milling beads and coves on the strips?

> Any suggestions for setting up a fence for positioning/guiding the strips?

> My strips are pretty consistent in width but it would be nice to be able
> to improve them since I am milling them anyway. In a typical setup, the
> strip against the fence and the fence setting would control the depth of
> the cove without reference to the bead side of the strip.

> I was going to route the bead first and was hoping to mill the cove in
> some way that it would control the width of the strip [relative to the
> bead] at the same time. Anybody done this?

> Thanks in advance for the help.

> Hank