Router Table (variation of Norm Abrahms)

Now Norm is jealous….you’ve made great improvements and I can see some of them. Good job.

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

Great job

-- Vince

Great Job

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Very nicely built Router Table.
The top, fence, cabinets, drawers all are superb!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Very Nice, I see people refer to them as Norms routing table. Ok, were do you get the plans?

-- Senior Chief

I am sure that Norm would put his seal of approval on this version of his plan. :) This is a gorgeous router table that should be a major asset to your shop. I have had the plans for one of these for some time now and just have not gotten around to it. This one certainly is an inspiration to get started.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Great looking table …... I’ve thought about adding a high fence to my table and I might just borrow your design.

Nice work!

-- Handcrafted by RJ Paquin - Ohio

It looks so clean!

Nicest one I have ever seen.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

Thanks for all the positive comments friends… Joe, I didn’t go by any plans so to speak. I just remembered what I had seen Norm do and drafted my own set of plans giving me the flexibility to build it to fit my needs. The high fence is going to be great to have. My old router table (now in the scrap pile) only had a 6” tall fence system which I found insufficient. I can now add feather boards without reaching for added clamps. I have only used the router table once since building it last week and it was such a nice treat…
I hope you all have built one or will build one as it is definately an easy and worthwhile project…
Steve

Joe—You can buy the plan (excure me … measured drawing) through http://www.newyankee.com.

-- The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. -- Vincent T. Lombardi

A major WOW!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

What a fence.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

Thanks for the link…....

-- Senior Chief

Steve – I’m new, and do understand the need for the tall fence, but does the depth of the fence cost too much table real estate? It would be fantastic for any profile but what about using it for dadoes? Default to the table saw?

I really like the table as a whole – am hoping to build one – this goes in the hopper for ideas!!!

-- There are many tempting parking places on the road to success

Nice Work !!

-- Scott JoBurg MI

rroades, I generally do most of my dado work on the table saw or with a handheld router and fence system. So the depth of the fence system on this table hasn’t hindered me in any way whatsoever. Worst case, I can always remove the fence completely and clamp a fence to the table if needed, but still would be limited to the depth of the table. I did leave an inch and a half of overhang all around to make clamping life easier.
I have also added a safety paddle switch to make operating my router easier and safer…

Hope you get to build your soon, it is a great asset to my shop and would be in any shop… Good Luck…

I like the top hold down. Found out the hard way myself this weekend. Didn’t hurt myself but, scared the burgerbugs out of me!!!!

-- Which way did they go? Tell me, tell me I must know I'm there leader!!

You outdid Norm on that router table! I have those plans…still collecting dust. I’m about to retire, so the time will be there for me to get to that list of things to build, and Norm’s router table is first on the list.
Real nice work

-- Paul, Bristol,Rhode Island

trimtrac, surprisingly that top hold down board was a near miss for me! I was routing the dado for the T-Track and the board was yanked clean out of my hands (like you, this scared the “burgerbugs” out of me… Made me a bit nervous to come back and finish the dado. I am sure I’ll feel a lot safer knowing I have a much better router table this time around than my last.

Harley, congrats on the upcoming retirement (most of us I am sure are longing to be there too). The only thing in a shop that should be collecting dust is the projects we build, not the plans… Best of luck to you on your retirement and we all look forward to seeing your version of this router table…

Great Job!! you would make Norm Proud …Thats for sure, I really like the down draft vac sys.

-- Rj's Woodworks,San Jose & Weed Ca,

Very Nice Router Table!!! Great Job.

-- Dennis Zongker

Very nice. Great attention to detail.

-- Tim from Iowa City, IA

Hi again everyone, thanks again for all the wonderful comments… I have been using my router table for a while now to build some panels with rail and stile joints and this thing absolutely rocks… No dust problems as the dust collection system that is integrated works really good and there is zero vibration thanks to the weight of the table. I had some initial concerns about putting this table on casters but after running lots of lumber through my profiling bits, the table has not shifted at all even with the casters unlocked…
My recommendation to all that don’t have one of these, BUILD ONE SOON! I don’t know how I survived on my first home built router table (won’t even post the pics as it would scare all of you :)
Good luck and keep busy in the shop…
Thanks again!
Wisty