Anyone have an interesting table they use for portable routers?

[reible]

I know the guys on the workshop use their router table for a lot of the hand held jobs they do but is anyone using some thing else? This could be job site or in the backyard.......

I have a "Workmate" that comes in handy for this.

Ed

[delroy33]

i have a pc #698 table. it has a 16 3/4" by 19 3/4" csat aluminum to with 12 7/8" sides. i have mine on a 24 1/2" high stand giveing me a top to floor dim. of 37 5/8".

[Julie]

Well I was going to use a Workmate, but my router doesn't fit through the space in the middle. I was surprised because I've seen the Workmate shown as a router table in a few magazines. Maybe my router is just FAT (it's a Hitachi 12V)??
So, for now it's just sitting on my homemade workhorses, waiting for me to make a nifty table for it. I do have the Oak Park table top. I would have liked to get the table, too, but all the stuff is so darn expensive. (Hi Bob and Rick! )

~Julie~

[reible]

Hi,

Not the answers I was expecting....... Interesting too so feel free to post more then add some more like what I'm asking about after you read my second try below.

So let me try this again

I was think of a "work table" or "saw horses" or "xxxx" that you might use when you are not using your router in a table manor. Like on Router Workshop they use the table and mount fixtures to it then hand hold the router to do the work.

I use my workmate as a work surface then clamp the work and fixtures to it. I have a Ryobi "quick stand" a nice taller stand at 33 1/2" and an aluminum step platform that is nice low surface.

Now what do you have that is like this or homemade or available only in Canada??????

Ed

[Nasanut]

My table is homemade from some discarded kitchen countertop. The router plate is a 9 inch round Veritas which has only a 1 n 3/16 hole but comes with template and tools to install it into any table top. Would like to have the RW or better plate with multiple inserts but I'm a cheapskate.

[DONALD]

I have a makeshift work table that I use mostly with my CMS but its handy anytime I need a large flat surface to work on. I attached a 2x6 to a piece of 3/4 inch plywood about 4'x6'. I open the jaws of my workmate....put the 2x6 in and close the jaws. I take it apart when I'm thru using it and prop it against the wall. Works for me.

[reible]

Originally Posted by DONALD

I have a makeshift work table that I use mostly with my CMS but its handy anytime I need a large flat surface to work on. I attached a 2x6 to a piece of 3/4 inch plywood about 4'x6'. I open the jaws of my workmate....put the 2x6 in and close the jaws. I take it apart when I'm thru using it and prop it against the wall. Works for me.

Is the 2" side or the 6" against the plywood? This sounds like something I should make for myself.

Ed

[DONALD]

The 2x6 is lying flat against the plywood. I guess it could go either way....I just felt it would be stronger the way I made it. I also use it with my CMS......I just use c clamps to hold the saw on the plywood. I made it out of new plywood and it aslso made a good surface for drawing or writing down measurements. Try it you'll like it.

[reible]

Originally Posted by DONALD

The 2x6 is lying flat against the plywood. I guess it could go either way....I just felt it would be stronger the way I made it. I also use it with my CMS......I just use c clamps to hold the saw on the plywood. I made it out of new plywood and it aslso made a good surface for drawing or writing down measurements. Try it you'll like it.

I think I will, it sounds like it will be easy to store as well, very good!

Ed

[ejant]

I've clamped a large sheet of plywood to the table and have used it as an assembly table if this is what you mean.