Hello forest-craftsman
I am in the process of building my 4th router table since discovering this forum in december. The 1st was very simple. I got a phenolic plate from MLCS and used a piece of melimine board wraped in pine for the table. On the underside I made a frame of 1x2s around the router cut-out so it could be clamped into my workmate with the router extending down the middle. It worked fine but was kinda low and I was starting a kitchen project and wanted a slightly larger table surface. So #2 was a little bigger with about a 10" tall base still designed to clamp on to the workmate. Table #4 is being built for two reasons.
Reason 1 - Table #3 is a horizontal table mainly built for raizing panels. So I no longer need a large table surface.
Reason 3 - My router now gets used more than any other tool so the table never comes off the workmate. So the new table incorporates its own rolling base with storage for bits,jigs,and accessories. And I will get my workmate back to use as a folding,clamping,portable workbench.
Rusty