Is there a ROUTER table for the RotoZip tool?

Question

Is there a ROUTER table for the RotoZip tool?

Answer 1

I own two Roto Zips, and they have an extensive grouping of web sites. They are now Bosch owned and retain the name Roto Zip, but part of the problem, without some latch on device, is that they have no PLATE by which to attach to anything. Certainly it's a great idea, and can be easily researched and questioned through their sites, but I've never seen a table,or adapter hardware allowing the tool to be clamped upside down under a table.

Steven Wolf

Just my two "sense"

Answer 2

Ive never seen one... if you're industrious, you 'might' be able to attach a typical router base plate to the base of the jig saw handle.  It would require drilling/tapping the base of the jig saw handle, for the screws to attach it.

You can get blank router table inserts at Rockler, or use Lexxan (a brand of plexiglass), or aluminum plates.

Rockler does have a base plate to hold standard jigsaws upside down in a table, like an inverted router.... Might be worth checking to see if it would fit the RotoZip jig saw base, or if it could be adapted.

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=...

At any rate, a router table does not seem to exist for the RotoZip at present, and you'd have to have one custom made.  Might be a marketable item, once its made tho.. something to think about, hehehe

Im looking at the photos of the Rockler jig saw plate.... its a basic plate with slots cut for the screws, which makes for adjustable mounting brackets... there's no reason you couldnt do something similar for the RotoZip Jig saw handle/base, If that base doesnt fit it already.  I know I've made more than one jig/fixture in my career, hehehe.. this is not impossible to do, its just that no one has done it yet.

Good Luck