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   caspersgrin
   

   new member
   Joined: Jan '12
   Posts: 1

   Hi,

   I'm building a router table base on the instructions in Bill Hylton's Router Magic. To keep moisture out so that the table top stays flat, the instructions say to use plastic laminate. But since I'm unfamiliar with laminates in general, when I go to a plastics shop, what exactly do I ask for. Are there different kinds of laminates or if I simply ask for a sheet of plastic laminate and so I need to specify exactly what I want (and what ould that be). Or, do I simply ask for a sheet of plastic laminate and expect whoever I'm talking with to know just what I want?

   Thanks,
   Rob

   # Posted 1 year ago
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   George Vondriska
   

   preferred member
   Joined: Sep '08
   Posts: 209

   It's been a while since I've worked with laminate, but here's what I remember. We used two types of laminate; vertical grade and horizontal grade. Vertical grade is about 1/32" thick, Horizontal grade is about 1/16" thick. They're used just as their names imply. I'd used horizontal for a router table.

   Make sure the laminate you get doesn't have a ny texture to it.

   G

   # Posted 1 year ago

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