Why are all routers horizontal?

[mxtras]

Yeah - that's the thread I was remembering.... Interesting, huh?

Scott

[CNC Darren]

One option to avoid the parts falling out would be to tab them. That would hold them in the sheet. I to have thought about a vertical router to save space not to mention I think it would be easier to load sheets onto it. I like this one, looks like its mostly made of 80/20 and from the picture doesnt look all that hard to make. http://www.dynacnc.com/spacesaver60120.jpg
As far as dust control goes this one would be good for that, http://www.denford.co.uk/product.asp?link=107


Darren

[Mariss Freimanis]

Gantries and routers have a lot of weight. The X,Y motors (X,Z now?) would have to lift that weight against gravity and could not move as fast compared to horizontal tables.

Counter-weights can cancel that but using them adds additional inertia which still slows things down compared to a horizontal table. A vertical table always loses to a horizontal one.

Gravity is a bad thing. It only cancels completely in the horizontal plane.

Mariss

[unterhaus]

my router is going vertical -- no space otherwise. I think it will be ok, at least you know which way the backlash goes. My original plan was for vertical storage and rotating to flat, but I'm pretty sure that's not going to be required.

[nikolatesla20]

I think the vertical is a good idea too - another advantage is it helps to eliminate backlash in the vertical direction at least.

-nt20