Router cord question

[Acmeaviator]

Hi all - I got my new bot to the shop and all set up I'm still just "air cutting" to make my dust collection set up won't bind and my table is clear and I realized I'm not sure what to do with the router cord. How do you keep it out of the way?

[Joe Porter]

I used a bungee cord hanging from a floor joist. Eventually I ran a dedicated 20 amp circuit along the joist with a single plug and plug my router in overhead. joe

[Acmeaviator]

Perfect - thanks for the quick reply. I don't know why it did not occur to me as that's basically how dust hose is configured

[COBOB]

I put my router cord in the echain or whatever they call it. Is that a problem?
Bob

[Acmeaviator]

I did not think it would reach - I'll give it a go tommorow. My wife just made me stop cutting for fear the noise would anger the neighbors

[COBOB]

Noisy machine with everything running.

My cord actually was a little too long. I just left a little loop over by the plug.

Bob

[cowboy1296]

They can be cut, not that i did it but heard of an idiot once who did : ). I like the bungee cord idea but i just leave a small clamp on the right side of my table with the cord just hanging and elevated on it. So far it has worked for me.

By the way you can buy a replacement cord. Not that i did but i heard of a guy once who did.

[COBOB]

Sure glad you never did that Rick (GRIN).

[Acmeaviator]

I appreciate the pioneers who can steer us clear Noise wise my neighbors are used to me scrolling till all hours (not as much now hopefully) - but I bought a "Dust Right" dust collector from Rockler and man is THAT thing loud. When it is spooling up it sounds like a tornado siren winding up lol.

[COBOB]

I went and looked at the Dust Right. If it is the one I saw, portable thing that hangs on the wall, that it really cool. Does it keep up with your machine OK?
I have this big old Jet 1100 cfm collector. Not too loud but sure takes up a lot of space.