Hi all,
After an incredibly warm welcome on these forums following my introduction thread, I thought I'd brave asking another newbie question. I'm building a table and my table top will be about 32" long and about 25" wide. In my searching, I'm seeing a range of tables with the router positioned dead centre as well as quite a few with the router positioned further towards the back edge of the table (e.g. the Veritas® Router Table Top from Lee Valley Tools, which looks to position the router about 2/3 of the way back). Given the dimensions of my table top, any advice on the best positioning of the router? Most of my hand router use has been edge work or close to an edge, so I see some merit in positioning the router further back to provide additional board surface area for larger pieces.
After an incredibly warm welcome on these forums following my introduction thread, I thought I'd brave asking another newbie question. I'm building a table and my table top will be about 32" long and about 25" wide. In my searching, I'm seeing a range of tables with the router positioned dead centre as well as quite a few with the router positioned further towards the back edge of the table (e.g. the Veritas® Router Table Top from Lee Valley Tools, which looks to position the router about 2/3 of the way back). Given the dimensions of my table top, any advice on the best positioning of the router? Most of my hand router use has been edge work or close to an edge, so I see some merit in positioning the router further back to provide additional board surface area for larger pieces.