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