First off, welcome to the forum. There is much knowledge availble here. Welcome and enjoy.
Secondly, I do not know much about the Bosch table, but I to have the 1617evspk and love it. If you read thru the forum, there is many great threads about making your own table. This can be done very efficiently and it also makes the table to more of you suiting. If a person wanted to purchase a table, there are many different sizes and features available. For me, I did tons of homework to find what I did and did not want in a table (features, size, plates, etc). I personally decided to purchase my table and mounting plate thru Woodpeckers, but there is many more available. Such as oak park, woodhaven, eagle america, rockler, woodcraft, peachtree, and many others. It's all about what you want. The features you want. And the flexability to do what you want. I am not saying that one is better than the other, but a router table has to work for you, not vise versa. I will be building my next table, a smaller bench mounted one for smaller get it done type of projects.
Secondly, I do not know much about the Bosch table, but I to have the 1617evspk and love it. If you read thru the forum, there is many great threads about making your own table. This can be done very efficiently and it also makes the table to more of you suiting. If a person wanted to purchase a table, there are many different sizes and features available. For me, I did tons of homework to find what I did and did not want in a table (features, size, plates, etc). I personally decided to purchase my table and mounting plate thru Woodpeckers, but there is many more available. Such as oak park, woodhaven, eagle america, rockler, woodcraft, peachtree, and many others. It's all about what you want. The features you want. And the flexability to do what you want. I am not saying that one is better than the other, but a router table has to work for you, not vise versa. I will be building my next table, a smaller bench mounted one for smaller get it done type of projects.
