How to make a simple and compact table for a milling cutter from plywood

 

The biggest advantage of a home-made design, you can fully customize the dimensions for yourself. Here is an example how to make small plywood milling table.

DIY table for milling machine

1. Start with your feet. Here, the author of the project used ½ inch plywood, connecting the parts with screws. The length of the legs is based on a total table height of 84 cm. You can calculate your size to fit your height for the convenience of work.
2. Four legs are replicas and are joined by pieces of plywood. Use a lot of glue for wood and nails. The length of braces depends on how wide or deep you want make a table for the milling cutter.
3. Make a table mobile, set up strong polemics.
4. If your legs are finished, it's time for the top. In this case, the countertop is made of 1/2 ″ plywood sheet, has an area of ​​80 x 45 cm, which is glued and fixed with screws 3/4 ″ (2 cm) thick melamine sheet. Melamine is excellent for a work surface as it has a smooth and durable surface.
5. Installation The milling cutter is attached to the middle removable melamine section. Most desktop milling machines have adjustable mounting plate, but there are cheaper models. The design of this table allows you to replace the melamine section with a part of the same size, but with a hole for the bit. In this case, a large panel protrusion, so the access hole will also be large. This is not very convenient, but definitely better than paying for factory plates!
6. For added security, connect the power switch. This is much safer than getting under the table and looking for a switch.
7. The emphasis consists of only two pieces of melamine, which are interconnected by screws. A hole has been drilled on the bottom of each side so that you can use T-handle guide rail. To adjust the position of the guard, these handles are simply loosened and the guard can be moved and then locked in place again. The back of the stop also has dust port. The port is simply glued and screwed to the piece of plywood that is located behind the cutter. The front of the guard should also have a hole that is slightly wider than the milling cutter you are using.

In general, this pretty simple designwhich can be fully adjusted to your needs. True, this design has one minor drawback, the edges crumble during drilling and sawing, you need a special disk. If this is a significant issue for you, MDF would be a great alternativeif you do not want to use melamine. It is not very difficult to make a table for a milling machine with your own hands, we hope that this article will encourage you to be creative and make your own table.

To buy a good milling table, you need about $ 150, it can be cheaper, but we are talking about a good table. Therefore, it is more practical to do it yourself. If you need specific examples with step-by-step photos, here is a mega article “DIY milling table 1000 photos, drawings, step-by-step instructions», https://i.expert-h.com/en/verstak/stol-dlya-frezera-svoimi-rukami-1000-foto-chertezhi-poshagovye-instruktsii where you can probably find the right option for yourself.