Hi, Jim-Iowa: Mounting a router through the table top takes away from the depth that you have in the router to start with. If the top is 3/4" thick you loose 3/8" or more, in verticle movement. Oak-Park sells router plates and the bushings to go with them. It's easy to lift the plate out of the table to change bits, etc. I have thier bench and it works fine. The plates they sell are 1/4" thick and with the original base off the router you loose less than 1/4" . I built a unit with drawers and doors below my router station, the saw dust has a place to go and the rest of the space gives me router bit, bushing, and other handy storage.
Hope this helps your decisssion.. Woodnut 65 |