Homemade fence

I don't know what Steve's look like but there are pictures of one in my uploads that I build and it only needs to cost a few dollars for the knobs and bolts. The bolts are just hardware store carriage bolts in 1/4" size (or whatever fits the knobs you get). I don't remember which page in my uploads, at least 4 or 5 back, maybe more. To the right of the pictures in the uploads is the thread link to where they were posted.

My first router table, over 30 years ago now, was a piece of plywood with a top layer of 1/4" tempered Masonite. The bottom of the plywood had a recess cut into it for the router base, done so I wouldn't lose too much cut depth. The fence was a squared up piece of 2 x 4 with a semi-circular cutout in the center to provide clearance for the bit. When I needed a fence for jointing, I made a second fence identical to that except I glued a piece of vertical grade laminate (.020" thick) to the outfeed fence. To be honest, it was much easier, and quicker, than the 2-piece fence I have now where you have to loosen the bolts and shim behind the facing. Sometimes simpler is better.

I made a jointing fence from a single piece of MDF. I just used a rabbeting bit to cut a 1/16" rabbet on the infeed side of the fence. To use just align a straight bit with the outfeed side of the fence.