Finally setup, flattened table, rigged and ready!

[mdcavanaugh]

After several weeks of work, I have turned my HD Shark into a SHD Shark "Super Heavy Duty." The blue table is supported by 1/4" thick aluminum plate and leveled independently from the plastic (not level) base of the Shark. I have placed the entire Shark on a TMC Optically Flat Vibration Control Platform. I put the 890 Porter Cable router in there with the precision collets sold separately. I modified the router controls with the Super PID controller that is just simply bada$$. I have the dust control plumbed and perfect, cables hanging from retracting reels, UPS backup and surge protection, a 3D mouse to spin models on the laptop and now I'm ready to graduate from the "Setting up the Shark" forum to "Showing off your projects" forum.

[wolffie]

Nice job.
Where did you get those self retracting wheels?
I have been trying to get them for ages.
Cheers
Wolffie

[Loudspeakerboy]

All I can say is.. Nice work! Welcome to the next step.

[jeb2cav]

Nicely done. Enjoy the carving and thanks for sharing your setup.

[mdcavanaugh]

I had those spring returns laying around from another project and I can't remember the maker but McMasterCarr has them.

[wolffie]

Ouch my bank balance, I needed 10 of them
Methinks I will stay with the long springs I used before.
Cheers
Wolffie

[wolffie]

The blue table is supported by 1/4" thick aluminum plate and leveled independently from the plastic (not level) base of the Shark. I have placed the entire Shark on a TMC Optically Flat Vibration Control Platform.

It's a good day when you learn something new
I have never heard of that table before, sounds very interesting but expensive.
Must do some research on that.
Cherd
Wolffie