Detailed plans for Makita clamps

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Good day all. I am looking for a detailed plan to make brackets for my Maketa router to fit my X-Carve. I cannot find any brackets in South Africa. I would also like a plan for clamp-downs…hope someone can help me

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which model of Makita router?

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For my Makita RT0700 router, I’m using a pair of these mounts together with a Shapeko spindle mount plate.

I could make some measurements tomorrow (or rather later today) if you like.

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please…that would be very kind of you thank you

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Makita RT 0700C

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You can use the DeWalt 611 mount, with a shim to make the Makita fit.

The shim that I use is a cylinder with a wall thickness of about 1.4 mm

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There are a number listed here: Shapeoko CNC Router, Rigid, Accurate, Reliable, and Affordable — as @GeoffSteer noted, any 65mm mount will do.

I wrote up a fairly detailed treatment of the design process for a mount (for the Makita, but the concepts apply to anything similar) at: Shapeoko CNC Router, Rigid, Accurate, Reliable, and Affordable

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LarryM is right. There is a shim for the Makita. I’ve attached the files, and for me it cost about $20 to have it printed up via 3D Hubs. The guy that printed it for me was local so I didn’t have to pay any shipping and it was done in 3 days. Fits great and there is no play at all with the router in the Dewalt 611 bracket. I didn’t create these files, I found them in this forum somewhere, and I am re-attaching.

XCarve - LowerRing.stl (181.7 KB)
XCarve - UpperRing.stl (22.7 KB)XCarve - UpperRing.stl (22.7 KB)
XCarve - LowerRing.stl (181.7 KB)

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Carbide 3D sells an aluminum adapter for $15.

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It’s proving a bit difficult to get accurate measurements without removing the mount which I don’t want to do as I’ve got everything dialled in. Let me know if more detail is required. The only critical dimension I can see is the spacing of the router centre from the Z-Axis mounting plate. Any closer than the 45mm shown and the router will be too close to the Z-Axis motor mount. All holes are for 5mm bolts.
EDIT: Dimension marked as 62mm should be 61mm, there needs to be a gap between the two pieces.

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Here’s a Sketchup file. makita_mnt.skp (564.1 KB)l.

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thank you

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thank you Will

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thank you Rich

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Thank you Geoff.This is very helpful

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That adapter is pretty cool! I currently have a plastic shim in mine. I was going to buy this shim, but then shipping was $20! Oh well, I’ll just keep using what I got.