A beautiful story and awesome router table all in one post Robbie. Congrats on your accomplishments with both counts. Now get out there and get that new RT messed up :yes4:

 

Hi, Jimmie.
That table came out very nice. Makes me want to make a couple of new tables for myself. I really like the extra storage you incorporated into the center door. Very well thought out & build quality looks excellent.

 

WOW>..

Jimmie,

dang, job well done!! Your attention to detail shines through.

I think I'm going to have to steal your router bit storage idea.

what considerations did you make for air flow for the router box?

No doubt you'll spend alot of quality time getting familiar with that beauty...until ya get back on your feet 100%, take your time, think and enjoy!

Bill

 

Thank You all, Bill, I guess I should have taken a picture of the back side. I have 4 long slots cut in the back wall plus the floor of the box is built with a definate slope to aid in dust removal, the front of the box floor is open 2 inches full width. The slope allowed for a 4inch outlet for the dust collector hose on the back, it seems to work very well. The air movement must go from the rear (and top) to the front then back to the rear. The router box stays clean of almost all sawdust and the router stays very clean. Thanks again.

 

WOW! That is a beautiful router table! Well thought-out and well-executed. Does your dog stay close by while you're running the router? Mine hangs around in my shop with me, but really prefers to walk-away while I am routing. I wish you a healthy return to perfect health. I had two major surgeries 14 months apart. It was 20 years ago and now thanks to many prayers, blessings beyond belief, and my following of the doctors' suggestions on rest and rehab - I am now as good as new.

 

Where to begin?

Congratulations on your weight loss and your ability to keep it off. Gastric Bypass is nothing to take lightly as you have expierienced. Take care of yourself even if it means doing what we all hate to do, ......"Follow Dr's Orders!"

The little bit I could see in the background of the photo's you posted I could see that you have a really nice shop! Plus I love the Dogs bed in the shop.

Finally, Wow! very nice Router Table, well designed!!!

 

A great story and a VERY NICE table. Congrats!!

 

Very well done,on both accounts. The table is well planed and well built.

 

Beautiful job, Jimmie!! Both on the router table and on your recovery!! Best wishes!!

 

Nice work Jimmie . You should be able to do a lot of nice projects on that table .

Mike

 

Congrats on both your accomplishments. That router table is something you should be very proud of! Awesome bit collection too!

 

Outstanding Jimmie!

 

Beautiful work Robbie. Well done.

 

wow, amazing router table and great equipment!

 

I Thank you all for your wonderful comments, I will try to clean my shop and get more pictures if you like. I am only a hobbiest woodworker but have been doing it most of my adult life. I also collect old tools, most of which have been repaired, cleaned or what ever it took to bring them back to usable condition. I do have them placed on the walls of my shop, kinda need more wall space these days. The great thing about my shop is it is fun to work in and also makes for some great conversation when friends come by and when meeting new friends.
I have no objections about taking an 18th centry tool off the wall and using it when needed, most are a pleasure to use. I do purchase new tools when needed but really love going to yard sales or estate sales where I find most of my toys. Friends also give me tools, some of which were handed down from their family members, those really hold a special place in my heart. I hope when my time comes that my kids will treasure these items as much as I do.
Well thank you all again, I will get out there and attempt to clean some of my mess up. Of course first I need to find a place for the crosscut saw, the 4 old hand screws and the 6 old clamps that a friend brought over yesterday. This should be fun. Robbie

 

This table look like piece of furniture.Very, very nice and clean job.

 

Beautiful piece of work Jimmie,Thats a real nice job you did there and congrats on your fortitude and accomplishments

 

A quick question. What did you use for the top? I was looking at an IKEA catalog, and it looks like they have laminated wood counter tops for a very reasonable price. I was wondering if you used a pre made counter top, or you glued it up yourself?

 

Jack, this is a 1 3/4" thick laminated maple top I had purchased a couple years ago for a work bench I was going to build. Well my lovely bride bought me this beautiful work bench for Christmas the same year and I decided that it would instead be a great router table top. So far it is everything I had hoped it would be. I put a coat of Johnsons paste wax on it now and then to keep it slick. Robbie

 

That is a beautiful table. Where did you get the hardware? Did you design this yourself or did you use a set of plans?

Great Job, really beautiful and useful table.

Terry

 

power switch at Rockler ...



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Hi Terry:

As best I can tell, the power switch looks identical to one at Rockler.
Just type in power Switch in the search box. Kinda pricey at $25 or so, but it sure looks nifty, and I like the safety aspect of hitting it with my knee.

(Yeah, I'm thinking about adding the switch to my "still in design" router table.)

Cheers,
s/Mike

 

Terry, I design everything I build in my head. I could not draw up a set of plans if my life depended on it. As for the hardware, other than the router and insert, the drawer slides, the switch and the "T" tracks, everything was just laying around in my shop. I must note, my younger brother is a cabinet builder, so when I do get the opportunity to visit him, Which isn't very often as he lives about 8 hours away from me, I rob his scrap bin. He does keep a large amount of cutoffs and other scrap pieces just for me so I do get some prime pieces now and again.
I do wish I could draw plans up as this would lead to fewer mistakes on my part but alas I am doomed to just developing plans in my head. I do have a large capasity for planing out what I wish to do, I can see the entire project complete with measurements, angles and finished design and generally do not have a problem turning the design into reality. It works for me as I have been doing this all my life and am now 61 years old, don't know if it's too late to learn now but I would love to be able to plan out things on paper as well as I can do it in my head. Thanks Robbie

 

That's impressive that you do it in your head. Not many can do that.

You may want to try Google Sketch'Up it's fairly intuitive as a design tool and may help you memorialize your ideas.

I may borrow elements of your design for my own router table.

 

I actually do have Google Sketch'Up, but I am still have problems.

 

WOW Jimmie, is that a router table or a fine finished dinining table. I think I would be afraid to use it as a router table because I might scratch it up. Great job no mater how long it took and really hopr the recovery to full time sawdust making is quick and as painless as can be.

And I must say I really envy your routert bit collecton, is there one bit or bit set that you don't have?

 

Well all I can say, is if I don't have it, then I haven't needed it yet or it hasn't been on sale. Robbie