then i had the panels for the sides to glue up. those glued up nice giving me a minimal glue joint. then i put them through the planer to even the glue joints and bring the boards down to final size because they were glued up oversize. then i trimmed the ends square with my miter gauge

then i cut the sliding dovetails in the case sides for the drawer runners to go. i don’t have those done yet but i will have it done soon. i used a 14 degree 1/2” dovetail bit for this.

so here i am at the end of the day with the rails and stiles cut oversize so they can do their moving overnight and i can cut them to final dimensions tomorrow or Wednesday. and the boards that will be glued up for the raised panel. i wouldn’t usually glue up for a panel but i doubt i can find a 16” board of sycamore and i can’t mill it even if found one. i would bookmatch a piece of 8/4 sycamore too if i could but i don’t have access to a bandsaw that big. and i’m left with a big pile of shavings, thats my 3’ ruler in the pile and i am measuring about 11”.

so thats all for now. should have most done by Thursday and i am hoping to get most of it done before i go on vacation next week. have a nice rest of the day everyone!

then here is the drawer. simple enough. 1/2” poplar dovetailed to make up the drawer and an applied 1/2” oak front.

then is the pullout thing. it pivots on hinges that are mounted on the front and just has a stop crewed in the side of the case so the trash can doesn’t come out to far. the front is rail and stile with a raised panel in the middle but i tend on sketchup not to get to detailed i just used it to check proportions and to get an idea of how much lumber i will need.

so thats it for now. hoping to get the lumber either on friday or monday. i can get rough lumber too now that i have a planer and use a sled to mill it. it should be a fun project. have a nice day everyone!

then i just drilled for and installed the t bolts and put on the knobs. and when the fence locks down it is very sturdy and even with a lot of pressure it wouldn’t budge. here is a video of it in action with the new fence. i know there’s no need for a video but I’m really excited at how everything came out.

so thanks for checking this out everyone! hope everyone enjoyed this project because i know i did! have a nice day!

and then for dust collection in between the two back supports closest to the bits i added a piece of mdf. i haven’t hooked up an adapter so i can use my shop vac yet but i can tell that its going to work. the second and third pictures are what got trapped in that cavity. and after that cavity was filled it started blowing dust out of the cavity. this is while routing edge profiles so i would guess about 90% of the dust would be sucked up during edge routing operations just by this system.

then some dust of course will fall down and be under the router table and no one likes to get down there and vacuum so i made a box to encapsulate the router. it allows for full room to change the router and a hole for the bit. i have found that it doesn’t collect much maybe 5% of the dust but that 5% is what is ussually on the floor under the router table and i have to get down and vacuum it up. so here is the box.

so thats all my dust collection systems. next time i will update when i have the t-tracks with the fence attached and the dust collection completed. after that last i will add some sort of storage. maybe some drawers and some french cleats for storage of the fence, jigs, push sticks, and other things. so thanks for looking and have a good day!

i added the apron and plugged all my holes with birch plugs just for the looks and i put on a coat of poly just to make the birch plugs turn brown because they are end grain so it looks cool, no other reason. i am planning on making the fence and also some form of dust collection and some storage for router bits and a couple other things. maybe even put some French cleats there. so here is a video of the router table in action!

p.s. i haven’t got any push pads yet so i don’t have any to use in this video. those would be safest to use. i will be getting some within the next week though.

so i hope that everyone enjoyed it. i love my router table and its such a great addition to my shop for about 30 dollars. and i still have enough mdf left over for a fence, storage and maybe even another small support wing on the other side of the table saw. might need some more mdf for that though. so thanks for watching, and i’ll catch you later!

now that everything having to do with the torsion box is completed (including the router being mounted, sorry no pictures) i will turn my attention to the legs. i just took two pieces of mdf and glued and screwed them at a 90. then i attached them to the torsion box with 6 screws each leg. here is a picture of the torsion box with the legs attached.

i also put some levelers on the legs. since everything is done now its time to attach the router table to the saw. i just drilled the holes for the 3/8” bolts with the next size up drill bit (a 7/16th bit i think) to allow for a little wiggle room. then i just tightened the bolts enough so the table would be held up but no too tight that i couldn’t move it. then with my dads help he put an angle iron half on the table and half over the router table with my dad holding the angle iron to the table. then i held the table up to the angle iron and adjusted the levelers so the router table was even with the saw table. then i tightened the bolts going into the table saw. here is a picture of everything attached.

so thats it for today. tomorrow i will do the fence. figure i might as well do it now so when i get the t-tracks i can pop them in, drill the holes for the t-bolts in the fence and I’ll be done. so until tomorrow!

then i put on the bottom skin flush trimming with a router, rough cut the center part for the router with my jigsaw and then flush trimmed it with a router. then on the table saw i cut off the part at the side so i have access to put the bolts into the table saw to secure the table.

then for the top skin. again i just put it on and flush trimmed it with a router. them i found the center of the table and drilled a hole for the router at 2 1/4” because i don’t go over 2 inches. then cut the little holes on the side for the bolts. the bolt holes are 1/2” down so i needed to leave that room for the bolt and the washer so i cut those holes.

then i did the top skin. as always put it on and trimmed it with a router. i used hardboard because it is cheap, decently slick so things can slide well, and because i didn’t want to deal with the contact cement much. maybe sometime later though. i also cut a 3/8” rabbet in the center hole so i can mount inserts there, and the miter track for my table saw miter gauge. it fit really well and i am happy it came out so well!

and the last thing i did today was put in a fulcrum pin. i do a decent amount of template routing so this is a must. i just epoxied a t-nut into the MDF and used a grinder, and file to remove the threads on the half bolt so i can screw it in and out. now i have a decently sturdy fulcrum pin. i even tried it out and it can hold even when i put a lot of pressure on it.

so thats it for today. tomorrow i will mount the router and attack it to my table saw. that should be fun!

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I found this to be an inlay that i was intimidated with in the beginning but turned out to be a really simple inlay to do that anyone can do with a drill and a chisel to get a nice tight fitting inlay. it took so long to get this video out because i was planning another inlay but that project never worked out. so i hope that you enjoy it!

Well i hope that everyone enjoyed it. i am hoping my next episode will be an updated shop tour. working on the table saw right now but after the station is done I’ll have an updated shop tour. hope everyone enjoyed this video and i hope to see you again next time!

so here is the overall view

here is the top. i will have the table saw in there it will be a whole 5 feet long so i will have full support for all piece and a router table in the end

now for the router table it will just be a regular router table working off of an auxiliary fence that will attach to my table saw. a dust collection chamber will also be below, i will have no real dust collection in there just it will keep all the dust confined to that area so cleanup with a shop vac will be a breeze.

and last there will be a lot of storage underneath for miter guages, jigs, router bits, routers, and everything else that i can find to put in there. some will be drawers and some will be cabinets and i know which will be which but i just don’t want to go over them now.

so thats it for now. the casters i am getting can undertake a total load of a little over 400 pounds and i think that my finished thing fully loaded shouldn’t weight much more than 300. so thats it for now, just need to get some money in the bank first and then i will start saving up and should have it started in about a month. have a nice weekend everyone!