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Quicky Router Table on the cheap

Project by oldskoolmodder posted 395 days ago 1601 views 7 times favorited 12 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This is an additional piece in what I will call my “on the cheap” series of shop tools/jigs.

Nothing at all special here, except for the fact that it came in very handy, and was quick and cheap to build.

!/2” MDF top 18” x 24”, and less than 1 whole 2” x 4”, cut into 1 1/2” thicknesses. and a few “scrap” pine boards I had let over from something.

These aren’t high end projects by any means, but simply to show the beginners and what not, that you can make many of the tools you will need for your shop, until you can afford something “nicer”.

Thanks for looking,
Ric

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric


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Derek Lyons

234 posts in 447 days


posted 395 days ago

I originally read that as “quirky” not “quicky”.... :)

No fence system?

-- Derek, Bremerton WA --

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Toolz

304 posts in 621 days


posted 395 days ago

A straight board with a chopped out area for bit clearance and a couple of clamps make a good “down and dirty” fence.

-- Growing older but not up!

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christopheralan

241 posts in 599 days


posted 395 days ago

Nice build. My first “router table” wasn’t even as nice as yours. I had a craftsman fixed base, clamped in my workmate upside down.

Nice job!

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oldskoolmodder

707 posts in 558 days


posted 395 days ago

While not in the picture, there is a quicky (quirky?) fence system, that is just held on with “C” clamps. But it’s mostly for a router that uses the bearing “caps” for outside edge routings.

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

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whit

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posted 395 days ago

Now I’m wondering if I’m a beginner or a what not.

-- Even if to be nothing more than a bad example, everything serves a purpose.

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CessnaPilotBarry

1225 posts in 581 days


posted 395 days ago

Lots of times, this is all you need. I used a router table like this for years.

Nice idea for a series!

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oldskoolmodder

707 posts in 558 days


posted 395 days ago

No Whit, I suspect not. hehehe Think of yourself/us as uh, thrifty?

Barry, it’s all you need for many things. Who wants to spend $30 for $3 “worth” of metal? What do we learn by always buying everyone else’s stuff, when we should be capable of doing them themselves.

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

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Dusty56

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posted 356 days ago

That center hole is HUGE and possibly dangerous for a newbie…I use a piece of 1/4” Temp. Hardboard with the correct size hole to match the router bit I am using at the time . Almost a zero clearance safety device if you will. Hardboard is cheap enough and found almost everywhere . I like your project and have built my own router table after experiencing the junky metal ones on the market : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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oldskoolmodder

707 posts in 558 days


posted 356 days ago

Right, I understand. There are a few pics that I didn’t show on this, and it never really came up, but you are right. I never rout anything small on this table, so I don’t worry about the size of the hole that’s on there, but it does have a 1/4” MDF “cover” that slips tightly over the 1/2” table, flr those “zero clearance” times when I need it.

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

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PurpLev

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posted 299 days ago

impressive and cool!

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

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Hunterastin

43 posts in 169 days


posted 105 days ago

looks good, i have a couple of cheap craftsman tables that are junk, my list of stuff to build keeps growing

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Karson

25274 posts in 1279 days


posted 105 days ago

Even if you have a rouiter table, sometimes it would be nice to be able to set up a different router bit to make some cuts without not messing up a set-up that is currently needed and in use.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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