First Woodworking Project: Router Table Cabinet

Looks well enough to me for a Router Table. Fine job here, and just remember this the first project. From now on they become easier and better.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

If the tops flat you have a wonderful tool that will last you for years to come Josh. And you’ll always remember it as your first piece. Great stuff and thanks for sharing it with us.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

this is great!! Love the front door.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Those aren’t mistakes….they’re learning opportunities. I give myself LOTS of learning opportunities. Looks great!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Hi Josh,

Well done….like Charlie said, experience comes with mistakes but overall, you can be proud. The main thing is to have a flat top and a straight fence.

This will be probable my next project….have a Sears and I hate it, though I manage.

Keep it up and have a good day,

pierre

You should be proud of the job you did. Not many would take on: dados for the joinery. exposed ply egde banded. Doors were done with pine for rail/stiles and oak ply for panels on their first project.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Josh -

Outstanding first project. Congrats on taking on a number of difficult techniques with such great results. Just curious if you have a vacuum port in the router compartment. Looking forward to future projects.

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Thanks for the replies.

Re: dust port. My fence has a dust port, i am still contemplating putting a dust port in the router compartment. After some use im leaning towards not doing it. Not much dust goes down there and with a dust port in the back all the dust wouldnt get picked up by the shopvac and i would have to vacuum out the compartment anyway. If im going to be hand vacing the compartment regardless of dust port or not, i might as well save the $30+ i would spend on hoses and fittings.

Nice router table Josh, I’d like to make me a new one. Did you use plans? mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

thanks mike. My dad did the original design so i had a rough plan. I modified his plan to suit my needs.

If you are like me, don’t you ask yourself how can I built a new router station if I don’t have a router station to build the router station??? <scratching>

-- Hard work spotlights the character of people; some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all!

Hey Josh—

The difference between the amateur and the pro is that the pro has done it long enough to figure out how to hide his mistakes!

Cool tool!

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

Josh, is that a benchdog router table top?

-- 'Humility is a duty in great ones, as well as in idiots'--Jeremy Taylor

Yes, it is a benchdog top.