$3.00 PRECISION ROUTER INSERT PLATE LEVELING "HACK"

Having trouble getting your router insert plate flush & level with your table top? If you have built a router table, this can often be a real problem.
This video will show you a simple but very effective method to adjust that plate right on the money. It does not require shims, adjusting screws, expensive leveling systems, or manufactured jigs. It only takes two or three dollars worth of parts from your local hardware store.
This technique will work with any standard manufactured mounting plate, such as Rousseau or Kreg.
See it on Amazon :
Kreg Router Insert for Triton M0F001 and TRA001. Can be adapted to Porter-Cable 7500 series: amzn.to/38eRBG6
Kreg router insert for porter-Cable series 690/890 and Bosch 1617:
amzn.to/3MN9P0y
Blank (undrilled) Kreg router insert: amzn.to/3ei5jqD
Universal starting pin: amzn.to/3GeF6af
Additional set of reducing rings: amzn.to/3apHXRX
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[@johnnyshinnichi1785]

What a brilliantly simple idea. It takes a certain kind of thinking to come up with things like that. I just haven't got it. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Simple (and cheap) is best. Occasionally I have a good idea.

[@alexandrajoppe7718]

I'm getting my first router plate. This was very helpful, thank you.

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Well I'm glad it helped. Thanks for watching!

[@88azturbo]

Thanks! The solutions that are the most genius are often the most simple.

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

My sentiments exactly! Thanks for watching.

[@abelhuet]

Excelente, simple e ingeniosa solicion, lo aplicare ahora que haga mi nueva mesa para mi fresadora, saludos desde Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Gracias por tus amables comentarios! Espero que te salga bien tu mesa de fresado.
PD: Usé un traductor para enviar este mensaje. Si no tiene sentido, avíseme.

[@hustletradinginvesting8453]

Thank You so much. Great idea. I'm practed on two smaller insert plates and it was a pain in my butt. Failed both times. Practicing so I don't screw it up on my time consuming awesome table i designed...

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Thank you, but did you fail on the smaller plates using the orings?

[@danbgt]

Perfect timing for me to find this video! I just cut the hole for my Kreg router Plate in the top of one of my workbenches and discovered that getting it just perfect is impossible. (Impossible for me anyway.) I was just about to head to the hardware store to pick up some t nuts and try using them and bolts to level the plate. This is so much easier! Thanks!!

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Glad I could help! Hope you get it installed just right.

[@JCD87]

This is a great idea, how did youtube know my routerplate wasn't flush properly ? :) You 're using rubbers to very fine adjust the squishy effect onto the outside board. Clever!

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Thanks for your comment JCD. Appreciate you watching.

[@MikaelREALE-Indeed]

Thanks so much. great video and tips !

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Thanks for watching and for your comment!

[@roger55es]

Excelent method of the installation of router plate Thanks

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

And it's very cost effective! Thanks for watching.

[@asd67lkj]

Thanks for that video. I have used screws in the rabbet . Now I know how to get the fit perfect...

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Great. I used screws under the plate before I thought of the o-rings and they were much harder to set up and keep in adjustment

[@jtsands2008]

Genius!!! Thanks for the video.

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

[@Yosser70]

brilliant mate, thanks for sharing 👌

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Thanks for the positive comment Dave!

[@ericcheney4924]

I will be trying this.

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Let me know if I can help.

[@scott1099]

great idea

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Thanks, and thanks for watching.

[@michaelrodman5026]

I have the Kreg router table this will be a good alternate solution because the Kreg table is wildly crooked as shown by a straight edge that no amount of adjustment will remove obstructions around the plate.

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Thats's a shame. They usually make a pretty good product. Do you have the bench top or free standing table?

[@scottadams2624]

Nice!

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Thanks for the kind word!

[@MartyOfAllTrades]

Awesome. I tip my hat to you

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Thanks for the positive feedback!

[@rickvanauken6364]

Clever!

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Thanks. Appreciate you watching my video.

[@bestyoutubernonegraternumber1]

Wish I could do this. I have Rockler’s table and it has EIGHT leveling screws under the table and two each on two of the corners. It is a nightmare so far.

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Look at the bright side. If you ever get it adjusted just right, your router plate is unlikely to ever warp with all that support.

[@bestyoutubernonegraternumber1]

@@deerparkhomeshop2471 I suppose there is a silver lining to it after all lol. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Good luck with the Rockler Table. They usualy make good stuff.@@bestyoutubernonegraternumber1

[@bestyoutubernonegraternumber1]

@@deerparkhomeshop2471 Hit or miss :P Aside from the pro-lift I got the lowest possible IIRC lol. Thanks! Have a great weekend!

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

You too and thanks for watching.@@bestyoutubernonegraternumber1

[@stephanieray6587]

Love the washer idea, but why not 15/64 for your four pilot holes?

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

That's only a slight difference so it should work. I'm using a Kreg plate, but If you have a different plate the bolts may differ in size, so you just want the hole to be big enough for your mounting bolt to easily slip in, but not big enough for the o-ring to sink down into the recess. Thanks for watching!

[@stephanieray6587]

@@deerparkhomeshop2471 It is just that I though pilot holes were supposed to be slightly smaller than the screw going in? Sorry to be so picky, the washer idea is brilliant!

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

@@stephanieray6587 You may have a different mounting system than I do. Mine uses a bolt with a washer and nut under neath the table. As you tighten the bolt into the nut it will pull the plate down and so align the plate flush with the table. If you are using a screw with a pointed end you would want to use a a slightly smaller pilot hole so that the threads would bite in to the wood fibers and thus hold the plate at the correct height. I hope this helps. If not, please feel free to reach out to me again.

[@chipcromer]

Where is that accent from?

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

Accent? I don't have an accent!😇😇😇
(Actually, Deer Park, Texas) Thanks for watching.

[@waskito3443]

those kreg router plates are embarrassingly warped. I would be ashamed to put my name on that product

[@deerparkhomeshop2471]

I didn't know this was a problem with them. Mine is more than three years old and is still level.

[@danbgt]

I just bought one and installed it. It is perfectly flat.