Hey Guys! I'm Thomas, I've been industrial sharpening and making/profiling cutting tools out in Colorado now for a little more than three decades, "wow, decades sounds fossil like" anyway, hope I can learn from you guys here in the forum, always have had a great respect for wood artisans and...

I am very new to woodworking and i'm building a router table as my first project. my questions are: 1. should i enclose the front of the cabinet and what are the pros and cons if i do (all sides, back and bottom are enclosed already) 2. if enclosed will the dust harm the router 3. should i...