The Router Table and Cabinet Blog #5: Construction Complete

Wow! Now that’s what I call a funtional piece of furniture. It is very well thought out and executed. Nice job.

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That’s great! I wish I had thought of those little basket/bins in the drawers!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Chuck,

Finally!!!! This is a very nice router table. I like the design of the table and the storage that you have built into it. The router bit trays were a nice idea. Too often, and I am guilty as charged, the bits are simply tossed into a drawer where they bang into each other. This way they are separated and readily available.

I am thinking about building one of these and using it as an excuse to convince myself to spend the money for an Incra jig. What are the dimensions on your table?

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I second GaryK. The basket/bins in the front of the drawers is a great idea.

-- Kevin, Wichita, Kansas

Scott… go check out the second post in this blog series, its got the original design… the whole thing came about when the incra tops kept sagging due to the weight of the router lift. Over time the table got worse and worse so finally I thought I should do something… this is what I came up with.

http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/chazmonro/blog/2305

Thanks guys… the bins really came out of the fact that the foam rubber is only so big and there was a bunch of wasted space in the drawer, so I thought I would make a little bin at the front of each drawer for the wrenches or collets or whatever (not bits) and since the whole thing is plywood, I just nailed up a few small pieces of 1/2 inch and bam, it took me like no time at all, and I think it is a great little addition. There is even room behind the foam rubber, I could put little bins back there too for… see I don’t know, thats why I didn’t make bins back there.

-- Chuck [Elgin, IL]

Great job I love the knobs. Maybe this will get me going and finish putting mime together.

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It’s looking really good. It’s not really necessary to be level though, just dead FLAT! But it doesn’t look like you’ll have a problem with that anyway. Great idea to use those bearings as knobs. You will love having the new tricked-out router table.

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Hey! I know what those things are! They’re flex-i-kins! No … not really. At first glance I thought you were using old trailer hitch balls (a novel (?) idea …) but they’re too small for that (I think).

That’s a great job. I’m building my own router table too and I will use your idea of bins for spare collets, etc. Never can have too much storage space!

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Sweet router table Chuck, I like the router bit storage and the baskets for the wrenches. Nice idea.

-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!

That is one nice looking table. Love the storage spaces….. The mini trailer hitches are cool too.

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Very nice design, & craftsmanship. You should get many years of use out of it.

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