[rlp_581026]

my router table - basic but functional

I needed a router table but didn't want to spend alot of $ so I came up with this design. The top lifts to adjust the router or change the bits. The shelf is designed to set the router motor on while changing the bits and the wrenches hang on a screw inside the frame. The hardboard top is replaceable for different size bit openings and is held in place by the oak border strip. It's build of plywood & dimensional lumber & works pretty good for me.

 

[2bigfeet]

Looks good Randy!

 

[Smitty14]

I know this isn't exactly fair, but when someone on the TDPRI.com forum posted that Grizzly had this table & stand on sale, I bought it. $133 delivered. And kids helped me set it up. I can't wait to make stuff now. My brand new, never used (bought it last Christmas) P-C #609LR will be right at home under this baby.

Mark in Nashville

I am going to pull the trigger and purchase the grizzly table. Looks like a good table for the cost.

 

[Llewel]

Newbie at this

Great job on your tables. I hope to grow up to be just like you.

 

[Oregonwoodworker]

Bench top router table shopnotes #45

Here is my router table I just built

-Larry

 

[Mike]

My first table was from ShopNotes #1 with a couple of modifications. I feel their plans are very easy to work with and good designs. Any comments on the build Larry?

 

[Oregonwoodworker]

Hi Mike,
This one is shop notes #45. I modified it a little. I think its more stable to have the table not fold down like shop notes. I put some T tracks in the table top so the fence can move a little easier. Here are some more pictures to show what I have changed.
Do you have pictures of your project?


-Larry

 

[Mike]

This is my first table. I found the metal stand at a yard sale for $5; it had a piece of plywood with the router bolted directly to it. When the router died the guy put it up for sale. I installed a Rousseau mounting plate in it and was applying the finish to the red oak trim when a buddy came by and told me it was going home with him. I ended up taking his table and a stack of dead presidents in trade. The fence is from the table in photo 2; The fence in photos 2 & 3 is my modified version of the plan fence shown in photo 4. You can also see this table on the PBS show Woodsmith Shop. For anyone who wants to know what the plan looks like for Larry's table you can see it on the cover in photo 5. Photo 6 shows a neat portable table plan they offered in ShopNotes # 71.

 

[Oregonwoodworker]

That's a big difference in tables Mike
They seem to get better and better. my table is issue 45 as you said its my first attempt
at a small table I built a large floor model. Its a lot of templates to building this style of table.On my floor model it doesn't have a removable insert it just has the largest bit I could find and used it to cut the hole for the insert,and called it good. I spent allot of time on this one so I wanted to get it right.

-Larry

 

[Mike]

I was worried to death that i would screw up my first table too. Building a table is the best way to learn basic skills; if you screw up so what? It is a router table not a heirloom triple dresser. We learn from our mistakes. Everybody makes them. By sharing our accidents with others we all learn. I am building a cradle right now. I was rushing to get it done and marked the cut dimensions on the wrong end of the wood. I was lucky that I came to my senses and stopped for the night or I would of made a huge mistake. It is easy enough to mark the correct end but if I had kept pushing myself I would of ruined the glued up headboard and had to start over. This is an important lesson for us all. When you are tired take a break. If you can not give 100% of your attention to what you are doing stop. People that are tired or distracted make mistakes and this is how accidents happen.
By the way, I spent many hours using that first table at my friends place. I was very pleased with the way it performed. After that first table Rick talked me into trying a Router Workshop table and I will never switch back. No fussing with T tracks, I just clamp my set up and go. This is the table I use the most. I still have the trade in table; I installed a HF mounting plate in it with an old router. I have been using it strictly for rounding over edges but it needs to go. I am building two new tables using the methods described in the sticky thread about building a table top. Before long I will have the shots of making the table posted in another sticky thread and most likely a video.

 

[Oregonwoodworker]

Mike that sounds like you have a great time and a lot of skill with router tables and woodworking. I agree I worry about screwing up my new table as well. That's why I make a lot of jigs and test pieces before I commit to the table.you probably do as well. to your question in PM I cant send any privet messages yet as I am a new member. But just to Briefly answer some of your questions with out going into a lot of detail until I can send a privet message. I have 35 years in woodworking. I built some large and small projects from table chairs,entertainment systems,computer desks,I build guitars, banjos,
from open back to guard banjos. I was a contractor for ten years. Building large duplexes to large homes I also am a designer of homes. with cad experience with revit BIM software. and all the autocad software products. I am into small tiny homes and have a web site. maybe a hint to my web site would be okay best tiny homes. you know the rest. I cant mention as one of the stipulations on new forum rules.I wouldn't say I am a master woodworker as well. I do okay..so when I am able to answer you PM I will get back to you with some more information. Hope that tells you a little about me. Hope to be talking to you soon.

-Larry

 

[matermark]

I know this isn't exactly fair, but when someone on the TDPRI.com forum posted that Grizzly had this table & stand on sale, I bought it. $133 delivered. And kids helped me set it up. I can't wait to make stuff now. My brand new, never used (bought it last Christmas) P-C #609LR will be right at home under this baby.

Mark in Nashville

Thanks for posting this! I had a "chicken or the egg" problem come up when I thought about making my own (dead circular saw, NUMEROUS sets of Craftsman Moulding cutters/sets, but NO tablesaw!) So I bit the bullet and just ordered that one too, but I found a $20 off coupon first!

Now all I have to do is buy a Bosch 1617EVSPK and then find a Bosch 4100-09 saw for the Freud blades and Bosch digital fence I already ordered...

 

[D.C.]

Mark,
I see you are interested in the Bosch 1617EVSPK. If you haven't bought it yet, Amazon has a $20 off of routers over $100. The Bosh kit shows $179 - $20 at checkout = $159. Mine will be here tomorrow. I think that is a good buy.

 

[korgen]

My new router table

Okay members, here is your chance to brag. My son in GA, wants to see pictures of router tables to give him some ideas for his. I told him to look at mine and he don't need to see any others, but he didn't believe me.
So here are 3 of mine to get us started. Lets show him what you got.

Hi everyone! This is my first post so be kind.

I started this project with the New Yankee router table design and changed it to fit me. I built it so the table was at elbow height which is 40” for me. I find this height gives me more control, saves my back, gives me more storage and makes it easier to see what I am doing. I dispensed with the acrylic door and left the back of the router compartment open. The small amount of chips that get past the dust port on top can just be swept out. The case is made of birch plywood, the drawer fronts are cherry with walnut trim and the top is also trimmed in walnut. That’s my stash of rough sawn walnut behind the table.

I mounted a Triton 3 1/4hp router on a Woodpecker 3/8” aluminum plate which makes it easy to adjust above the table and should have enough power for just about any bit. I just completed the table and haven’t installed the on/off switch yet. I plan to make it portable with two wheels on the right side and the removable handle from my mobile band saw for the other side.

 

[bobj3]

Hi Brian

NICE JOB

I have seen many router tables and yours is built with some common sense into it,, Once Again Nice Job BUT may I suggest one or two things,you add a tee track (just like the one you put in to the table top) to the fence so you can use the track for a bit guard/feather boards and to use the zero insert plates in the fence and stop blocks,it's a simple thing by just cutting the fence parts on a 10 deg. angle (on the ends) so the insert can just slip into place and get locked into place and close the black hole off behind the bits and it will let your Vac.system work better also..

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Hi everyone! This is my first post so be kind.

I started this project with the New Yankee router table design and changed it to fit me. I built it so the table was at elbow height which is 40” for me. I find this height gives me more control, saves my back, gives me more storage and makes it easier to see what I am doing. I dispensed with the acrylic door and left the back of the router compartment open. The small amount of chips that get past the dust port on top can just be swept out. The case is made of birch plywood, the drawer fronts are cherry with walnut trim and the top is also trimmed in walnut. That’s my stash of rough sawn walnut behind the table.

I mounted a Triton 3 1/4hp router on a Woodpecker 3/8” aluminum plate which makes it easy to adjust above the table and should have enough power for just about any bit. I just completed the table and haven’t installed the on/off switch yet. I plan to make it portable with two wheels on the right side and the removable handle from my mobile band saw for the other side.

 

[jw2170]

very nice table, Brian, and welcome to the forum

 

[bgriggs]

My Joescnc 4x4 Hybrid router table.

 

[kolias]

Perhaps I'm mistaken but this is not a router table but a CNC?

In that case why you dont show more of your CNC? (should be in the appropriate section of this forum)

 

[Mike]

Brian, nice job on the table. Norm built "his" table from modifications to a design published in Fine Woodworking Magazine. Forum member Joe(RT1000) was selling his own version 6 months before Norm jumped in. In other words this is YOUR design. Good choice on adapting the height to a comfortable position for you.

Bill, nice CNC. Please do actively participate in our CNC forum.

 

[korgen]

Hi Brian

NICE JOB

I have seen many router tables and yours is built with some common sense into it,, Once Again Nice Job BUT may I suggest one or two things,you add a tee track (just like the one you put in to the table top) to the fence so you can use the track for a bit guard/feather boards and to use the zero insert plates in the fence and stop blocks,it's a simple thing by just cutting the fence parts on a 10 deg. angle (on the ends) so the insert can just slip into place and get locked into place and close the black hole off behind the bits and it will let your Vac.system work better also..

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Thanks for the response. I do have a T track on the fence if that is what you are referring to but I am not visualizing what you are suggesting about the fence parts cut at 10 deg. and the insert plates in the fence and stop blocks. Can you clarify this for me?