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Simple Craftsman Router Cabinet

Project by schroeder posted 149 days ago 931 views 4 times favorited 18 comments Add to Favorites Watch

We needed a cabinet for the router table – I see no reason we can’t have a “nice” cabinet in the shop! This is from some old-growth DF we had left over from another project. I drew the thing out in Sketchup, frame & panel, mortise & tenon – turned out good!

Schroeder

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe


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a1Jim

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posted 149 days ago

nice router table looks good

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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FirehouseWoodworking

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posted 149 days ago

Very nicely done!

-- Dave; Lansing, Kansas

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Cory

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posted 149 days ago

My benchtop router table just got extremely jealous….so much storage.

Nice work

-- Premium firewood created daily.

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Kent Shepherd

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posted 149 days ago

Good-looking table. I’ll bet it gets well used.

What is the top?

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

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Emeralds

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posted 149 days ago

Looks great. I’m done with utility style shop furniture. If I’m going to take the time to do it I want it to look like I did as well.

I’m converting my TS/Router cabinet to a Double TS which means I’m going to be building another router table soon. I’ll probably enclose the unit to cut down on sound and help with dust collection but I’m not sure if I’m going to use a lifting plate or a tilt up table top. Ideally a lift would be smokin but it’s not in the cards. Does your table top lift or do you have a lift out plate or just do under the top changes?

Nice work.

Joe

-- JMP

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obi999

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posted 149 days ago

Looks very very good, like it very much! If i built my own anytime, i will be proud if it tourns out half as well as yours.
Thank you for posting!

-- *** the german lumberjock ***

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schroeder

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posted 149 days ago

Thanks all! – I appreciate everyones encouraging words. The top is a Jessum Ecel Lift Table and fence. One of the more spendy things we purchased, but have never looked back. It has paid for itself many times over.

Schroeder

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

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Praki

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posted 149 days ago

I like it! How tall it it? I can’t quite read the dimensions from your image.

-- Praki, Aspiring Woodworker

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SCOTSMAN

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posted 149 days ago

I cannot accept this as simple this is a reaally well deigned and made table well done Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

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schroeder

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posted 149 days ago

Thanks Praki & Scotsman! – Sketchup – the best tool in my shop!

Praki – it’s 18” tall x 22 3/4” wide x 23 1/2” deep. I made the cabinet to fit inside the leg framework that I had already built. The one thing I would change is the toe-kick is to low – it would be nice if you could fit your feet underneath the thing while routing ~ maybe shoulda arked it a little.

Schroeder

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

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Loucarb

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posted 149 days ago

Nice job.

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flcopper169

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posted 148 days ago

Well done… I agree with Scotsman… It doesn’t look to simple to me… thanks for sharing..

Rob

-- Happy and safe woodworking, Flcopper169@aol.com

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woodworm

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posted 148 days ago

Very nice Router Cabinet.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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Scotty Gann

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posted 148 days ago

Awesome work! A winner in my book.

-- Be good or be good at it!

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Bruce

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posted 148 days ago

Really nice. I’m a big fan of using “on-hand” materials and creating USEFUL stuff.

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Dusty56

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posted 148 days ago

Very nice job ….I thought the wood was Southern Yellow Pine though from your pictures . Those fingerjointed drawers look awesome : )

-- 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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Splinterman

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posted 147 days ago

A very good multi-functional, well designed and constructed Router cabinet…..nice one Schroeder.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

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JoeC61

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posted 147 days ago

Awesome job on the router cabinet. Its beautiful!

-- Joe-Carver, MN

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