CMT makes a very slick 36" router table fence out of heavy extruded aluminum with MDF subfence. It has a dustport that accepts 2-1/4" shop vac accessories. It isn't cheap (list $198), but is a very high quality product. We sell it at Crown Tool & Supply in Tualatin Oregon for around $160. E-mail crwn@teleport.com.

We also have Nitrile gloves in various sizes at $12.95/100.

> 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