I'm fairly new to the world of routers myself, and recently built my own table. One of the items that led me to building a stand-alone router table was the lack of clamping surface area on the existing accessory table in the table saw that I had been using.
With my new table, I have a minimum of 2-1/2" of clamping surface on all edges. You may need to consider T-track or some other clamping method if you go with a built-in-the-workbench method.
The clamping surface being available was an immediate help just a couple days ago when I needed to build a quick jig to route a matching groove in 17 cabinet door panel replacements.
With my new table, I have a minimum of 2-1/2" of clamping surface on all edges. You may need to consider T-track or some other clamping method if you go with a built-in-the-workbench method.
The clamping surface being available was an immediate help just a couple days ago when I needed to build a quick jig to route a matching groove in 17 cabinet door panel replacements.