Want quick method to bolt Sears router table to folding workbench

Hard to see detail in the picture, but if the legs have a flat bottom plate with holes drilled for bolts, and if the bolt holes line up with the holes in your bench, you might be able to put a hex head bolt through the bottom holes in the leg, then drop that onto your table and use a butterfly nut or star knob to hold it in place. Or mark and drill holes to match. Maybe 5/16ths would do the trick.

You probably only need to put nuts on opposite corners to hold it steady.

Another option would be to put bolts through the leg holes, then nuts to keep them in place. If the holes those bolt go into are fairly tight, you probably don't need to put a nut below the bench since most of the forces will be lateral.

Another option would be to use some half inch ply, put two strips of wood under or on top of the ply, with bolts sticking up. A hex nut should be sufficient to hold the legs steady during use.

If there is no flat plate on the bottom of each leg, then you could simply put two strips of 2x2 on a plywood sheet, then mark and drill holes that fit the legs. A 2 inch deep hole that fits fairly tight should hold it firmly in place, or use a wedge or nail to snug up the fit.

Hope this helps.

SpinItUp said:

I have a Ryobi folding work table, which is plastic and has honeycomb beneath, so its a couple inches thick
and does not have a smooth under-surface.

Looking for a way to fasten & unfasten the router table thru the provided holes in the workbench, quickly.

Something like a 3/8" tee shaft that goes up from beneath, with a cam lock above.

Or a half-threaded bolt with a similar nut that can be dropped down & tightened with a half turn.

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I would just use 4 quick-release Workmate clamps to clamp the feet of the router table to the table.
The bottom "nut" is released by side buttons so you just slide up or down and then after releasing the buttons turn to screw tight. Orange CAM lever clamp items and release quickly. Cheap and versatile so I use many of them.for my B&D work-mate.