Since many have already posted their router tables here I thought I should too, if for no other reason than to show you that I actually have one. Mine is just another Bill Hylton clone that I built a few years ago. I used Hylton's design but built it my way (the cheap way).
I used some fir framing material and some 3/4" hardboard I had from a remodel project. It is all frame and panel, mortise and tenon construction. I remember there were 54 mortises and tenons, all hand cut. I figured I needed the practice. The drawers are made with all hand cut dovetail joints (more practice). It's mounted on wheels. In fact just about every thing in my relatively small (220 sq. ft.) shop is . I use the router table as an out-feed table for my table-saw.
The height adjustment knob pictured is a prototype. I intend to make a nice permanent one out of Oak. I wanted to try this one first just to see how it would work. As you can see, the shaft is quite long, and while it works quite well, I have to figure out how to keep the shaft centered better when I'm cranking it. For now I am steadying it with my hand, but I want a better solution. It was easy to make. I just cut the handle pattern through a board on my scroll saw and glued another board with the handle on top. I can put it on and take it off real easy.
There are many finer and smarter tables pictured on this thread, but I am very pleased with mine/Bill's (ignorance is bliss). I especially like the white Oak fence which is also Bill Hylton's design. The clamps on it are really great and it is a pleasure to use.
I used some fir framing material and some 3/4" hardboard I had from a remodel project. It is all frame and panel, mortise and tenon construction. I remember there were 54 mortises and tenons, all hand cut. I figured I needed the practice. The drawers are made with all hand cut dovetail joints (more practice). It's mounted on wheels. In fact just about every thing in my relatively small (220 sq. ft.) shop is . I use the router table as an out-feed table for my table-saw.
The height adjustment knob pictured is a prototype. I intend to make a nice permanent one out of Oak. I wanted to try this one first just to see how it would work. As you can see, the shaft is quite long, and while it works quite well, I have to figure out how to keep the shaft centered better when I'm cranking it. For now I am steadying it with my hand, but I want a better solution. It was easy to make. I just cut the handle pattern through a board on my scroll saw and glued another board with the handle on top. I can put it on and take it off real easy.
There are many finer and smarter tables pictured on this thread, but I am very pleased with mine/Bill's (ignorance is bliss). I especially like the white Oak fence which is also Bill Hylton's design. The clamps on it are really great and it is a pleasure to use.
