Router Crafter from Sears

[Dan-Woodman]

If we had more control of the cutter head on the CW , we could use jigs like the router crafter in it. We would need to be able to manually move the head up and down, with the motor running, or be able to create a program that would keep the head in one position,move up and down then be able to run the length of the project and repete several times for flutes. Instead of the crank , you could add a low rpm motor The repete function is there , it just doen't work for mpc type projects.

[James RS]

That's a lot of work to make that unit; I started it a few months ago. I have the Gear MPC's made and working on the glue up of the boards. (I am making them with 1/4 inch thick lumber with the grain at 120 degrees apart (3 ply)). I started working on a new CNC unit with the frame made like my REVO Legacy unit. Hope to get all that done by spring.
I go in for Cataract Surgery the 14th of November on my left eye and the right eye a week later, I hope I don’t go blind.

The numbers on the indexing gear, I made that with a type font.

Where did you get the plans?

Thanks,
Jim

[jaroot]

The plans I got were in a Shopnotes magazine.

[bjbethke]

Where did you get the plans?

Thanks,
Jim

The plans are in ShopNotes Vol 20 Issue 115, Pages 24 to 35 (Jan/Feb 2011)

Gear patterns;
http://www.shopnotes.com/files/issue...-and-setup.pdf