My New Router Table #8: A Proud Moment

Blake -

That is a very nice build . . . very clean and crisp! Congratulations! I bet cutting that first hole was a bit of a nervous moment. Any ideas for the first project on your new table?

David

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Blake, you’re on a tear today! Great work!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Very nice design. I had to do a double-take to realize what was different about this table.
Most have the fence parallel to the front, yours is perpendicular and it makes more sense this way.
Very much like a table saw in it’s use, I like it very much.

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excellent, Blake.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Thats one nice router table!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Great Job Blake. I’ve used a router table quite a bit, and I wish I knew the answer to my question.

How much table is required (necessary [useful]) around the router bit. In your case front, left and right of the bit. The slider controls the amount toward the back.

I’ve cut some large panels and would it be easy to balance (control) them on a smaller table. I’d like to have something like you built, but mine is mounted on my tablesaw so I have 4’ in front of the cutter and 20” on the left and right.

Great job. Nice construction. Are the door panels just (maybe I shouldn’t say just) maple plywood or do you have solid wood or veneered wood?

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This is nice, can I come over and play with your new toy?

-- Ron Central, CA

Nice cabinet! Did you have a reason for mounting the table “sideways”? And could you post a better picture of the inside dust collector chamber. I am building a router cabinet right now and am looking for ideas.

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Very nice Blake. I bet you had a few drops of sweat on your forehead while you were getting ready to cut that hole. This has been a very interesting blog, thanks for sharing it with us. You have one fine router table now and that fence and plate are top notch. Nice job.

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That is a sweet router table. I have allot respect for woodworkers that take as much pride in building a shop cabinet as they do a fine piece of furniture for someones living room. It is good looking, and set up large with that sick fence and router lift. Routing that openening is definatley a nail biter, but you pulled it off perfectly. Great job.

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Ya I’d be showing it off too. That’s a smokin’ table!

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

Atta Boy!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Yea Blake. Good job and thanks for sharing. I am jealous. (I still think you should try that iron on veneer tape on the ply edges on your drawers, but hey…. )

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Thanks for the comments, everyone.

I have a lot of people asking me why it is shaped the way it is. This design is known as an “offset” design and it is based on Incra’s revolutionary router table fence positioner system. In my opinion this is the best, most accurate, most versatile fence system available. (Also the most expensive.) If you are unfamiliar with it check out my blog “What do you Thinkra about Incra” and watch the video demonstrations on the Incra website. It has changed the way I do woodworking.

I think this new router table and Incra fence set-up will be the most significant addition to my shop since the table saw. I plan to rely on it a lot.

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Excellent job Blake. I am in the process of retrofitting my router table to work better with my Incra positioner. Great table & great tool!

Damn son, you sure come up with some great ideas! Like next time I build something out of square, I’ll just say it’s a new “offset design” and blame it on Incra! Great one! LMAO!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Great work!

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