| Project by Blake | posted 179 days ago | 1642 views | 26 times favorited | 47 comments | ![]() |
I finally finished my new Incra Router Table!!!
I consider this the most significant addition to my shop since the table saw. It was fun to build and I can’t wait to use it. This is certainly the biggest single project I have made. I still have not had much time to try it out due to the holidays, etc. I’ll post some updates on this page when I have some time to play with it.
You can see the designing and building process as I blogged it in the series: My New Router Table.
The features:
- Table dimensions: 32” x 44” (42” tall)
- Table materials: Two layers of 3/4” high quality particle board sandwiched between two layers of laminate.
- Fence: Incra Wonderfence system with Incra 17” Positioner
- Router Plate: Incra Magni-Lock Router Plate
- Router: Bosch 1617EVSPK
- Cabinet Construction: 1/2” Birch Ply joined with biscuits and trimmed with Solid Beechwood.
- Integrated Dust Collection: Craftsman 6 gal., 3hp vac housed below in a sound-insulated but vented cabinet supplies suction above and below the bit for quiet and virtually dust free operation.
- Electrical: One switch simultaneously powers router and dust collector.
- Drawers: Four drawers with full-length slides for storage of router bits, tools, jigs, etc.
- Casters: Four swiveling urethane casters, the front two are locking.
A few more detail photos:





Now comes the fun part… filling up those drawers!
-- Dust collectors suck.
Your Online Shop - Your Support Is Greatly Appreciated - Your Woodworking Showcase - 3 Ways To Help, Financially - Your Woodworking Community

























47 comments so far
GaryK
home | projects | blog
8182 posts in 375 days
posted 179 days ago
Very Nice! I see that you’ve got everything you need, even an internal vacuum system. That’s pretty cool.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
MsDebbieP
home | projects | blog
10974 posts in 548 days
posted 179 days ago
and all so nice and neat.
The chart looks handy to have posted nearby.
-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Kaleo
home | projects | blog
193 posts in 527 days
posted 179 days ago
Man that is a sweet set up you have going there. I really like the thought that must have gone into it. Putting a built in dust extractor is a really good idea. Nice work..
-- Kaleo , http://www.kaleosworkshop.com
Jeff
home | projects | blog
941 posts in 481 days
posted 179 days ago
This came out really nice! Doors and drawers look great including the hardware. What are all the metal plates to the left in the bottom drawer? Are those different enserts that seat in the table’s main plate?
-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN
Tony
home | projects | blog
518 posts in 417 days
posted 179 days ago
Really nice looking Router Table. You will find it invaluable – there is just so much more you can do with this than you can with a hand held router. I look forward to seeing what you use it for.
-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)
Nicky
home | projects | blog
75 posts in 479 days
posted 179 days ago
Well done!
-- Nicky
Critterman
home | projects | blog
439 posts in 197 days
posted 179 days ago
Wow, nice set up, getting ready to do one myself. I like the way you put the vac inside the cabinet..great idea. Nice job.
-- Jim Hallada, Newport News, VA, soon to be Chesterfield, VA
Billp
home | projects | blog
194 posts in 587 days
posted 179 days ago
Your will find this table so handy, you did a really great job.
-- Billp
Grumpy
home | projects | blog
3775 posts in 238 days
posted 179 days ago
Very nice job indeed. Looks almost too good to use.
How about sending it to me down under and you can make another one?.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
CharlieM1958
home | projects | blog
3477 posts in 605 days
posted 179 days ago
Fantastic, Blake. I’m green with envy over here. I’m with Grumpy….it would be a shame to get dust and chips all over that setup!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Dadoo
home | projects | blog
1398 posts in 377 days
posted 179 days ago
Wow Blake, this looks like a real profressional job! Nice one! Glad to see it’s done for you.
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!
TreeBones
home | projects | blog
1339 posts in 410 days
posted 179 days ago
Looks like a first class project, very cool.
-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3
rikkor
home | projects | blog
6447 posts in 261 days
posted 179 days ago
Good looking router table. I look for some sweet projects coming off of it.
-- Maplewood, MN
Thos. Angle
home | projects | blog
3246 posts in 349 days
posted 179 days ago
Well, we finally see the finished product. It came out very nice, Blake. I really like the vent set up. You will find that you can’t live with out it.
-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon
Grant Davis
home | projects | blog
261 posts in 295 days
posted 179 days ago
I am in AWWWWWWWWWWWWW, that is toooooooooo sweet. I just bought an Incra and have been contemplating how I was going to set it up. I now know what I am going to do…..sorry but I am going to copy this one for sure.
-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"
clieb91
home | projects | blog
275 posts in 322 days
posted 179 days ago
Blake, The new table looks great. Thanks fpr showing the process and glad to see the finished product. Many happy hours will be spent there making dust I am sure.
CtL
-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."
Blake
home | projects | blog
1793 posts in 261 days
posted 179 days ago
Yea cileb91, making dust that I will never see or breath…
Thanks for all the nice comments, everyone!
-- Dust collectors suck.
Tim Dorcas
home | projects | blog
37 posts in 245 days
posted 179 days ago
Very Cool! As a Jessem Router Table/Fence user I’ll be interested to know how you like the Incra. Your table shows a certain craftsmanship so I can’t wait to see what you will build with it. Enjoy! Tim
-- www.responsetolight.com - A Woodworking & Renovation Blog
Zuki
home | projects | blog
623 posts in 464 days
posted 179 days ago
Sweet setup Blake. Everything has a place. Good orgnaization. Dedicated on-board dust collection and everything. Neato . . .
You forgot the coffee holder though. :-)
-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them
plots
home | projects | blog
8 posts in 183 days
posted 179 days ago
An integrated dust collector – You’ve raised the bar – Man I love this site!!
-- ~Plots - http://WoodworkingPlans4Free.com
DocK16
home | projects | blog
383 posts in 474 days
posted 179 days ago
Neat, neat, neat, makes me mad i actually paid Woodpeckers for my table and top for my Incra fence. Would have been more fun making it, or should I say stealing your design. The design is great built in vacuum, enclosed for noise reduction, floor vent for ventilation, (ingenious) and a very neat (almost anal) organiztion of everything you need down to the last bit. I made a cabinet for my table very similar but your design has mine beat. I agree the the only tool I use more than my router table is my table saw. I like the way you think.
Gotta go check out the blog.
-- DocK, WV
Douglas Bordner
home | projects | blog
2247 posts in 451 days
posted 179 days ago
Beautiful, thoughtfully made table. Don’t be surprised if clones start popping up all over Lumberjockdom. Hope to see this baby in action…
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
ErsatzTom
home | projects | blog
103 posts in 193 days
posted 179 days ago
Sweet! I’m green with envy!
-- Tom, Southwest Florida
Alin Dobra
home | projects | blog
312 posts in 275 days
posted 178 days ago
Blake,
The table turned out really nice. Do not forget about that switch, though.
By the way, since you mentioned in another post that most of your projects are small boxes, I think you can start making furniture from plywood and solid edges like you did on this table for your (inside of the ) home. It is cheaper to purchase the materials than to buy a crappy piece and you get what you want (or what your spouse demands). I try to avoid projects that look too nice for my workshop since my wife will promptly remind me that I should not have time for “nice in the garage” since I have not finished what I promised for the house.
Alin
-- -- Alin Dobra, Gainesville, Florida
Greg Wurst
home | projects | blog
246 posts in 219 days
posted 178 days ago
Wow, that’s a darn nice router table! I’d love to have one that size if I had the room.
Mathew Nedeljko
home | projects | blog
33 posts in 217 days
posted 178 days ago
Very Nice! Great photography too! You are going to love using that table.
-- When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt! Henry J. Kaiser
EdC
home | projects | blog
294 posts in 227 days
posted 178 days ago
Blake,
Very well done, both in the design and fine cabinetmaking skills.
I have been trying to think of how I want to design a router table for myself. I hope you don’t mind if I use a few of your ideas. I really like the 43” height.
How is it for access to change bits?
You have a piece of furniture/tool that will give you many years of use and joy.
-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.
odie
home | projects | blog
468 posts in 227 days
posted 176 days ago
Now you’re just showing off. Great job … too bad you have to use it.
-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".
Blake
home | projects | blog
1793 posts in 261 days
posted 176 days ago
Jeff: ”What are all the metal plates to the left in the bottom drawer? Are those different inserts that seat in the table’s main plate?” …Sorry I missed your comment earlier, yes they are inserts for different router bits so I can achieve almost zero clearance.
Tim: I had the Incra set up on a temporary router table before I built this one and I love it. This box was the trial project with the box-joint template. It was painless. I can’t wait to try some of the more intricate joinery.
Alin: It’s a good thing our house is only 500 square feet. Not much room for extra furniture. But I am already starting to get some requests to replace a few things… you’re right.
EdC: Go ahead and steal the design. I would be flattered. In fact I stole most of my design elements from other tables I saw on the web. So I can’t take full credit for it. The dust collection was my concept, however. I haven’t seen that done the same way anywhere else.
Grant Davis: You can steal it too. Thanks for the nice words.
Everyone else: I appreciate the positive feedback!!!
Odie: ”Now you’re just showing off” …You’re damn right I am!
-- Dust collectors suck.
Chris
home | projects | blog
856 posts in 378 days
posted 176 days ago
Outstanding & Beautiful work Blake!
I have been itching to try out one of the Incra jigs for quite a while. I think this is a wonderful design for just a standard router table much less the Incra.
-- Chris
Karson
home | projects | blog
11418 posts in 787 days
posted 176 days ago
Great Blake. A nice design. Now we want to see some of the output.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
ineedanap
home | projects | blog
11 posts in 178 days
posted 176 days ago
With equipment this good looking, I could set up a workshop in my living room. Hmmm…. fireplace, big TV, couch… I may have to give this some serious thought. :)
-- where's my pillow?
Blake
home | projects | blog
1793 posts in 261 days
posted 175 days ago
Maybe just drill a hole in the kitchen table and mount the router underneath.
-- Dust collectors suck.
mot
home | projects | blog
4830 posts in 423 days
posted 175 days ago
You came up with a pretty fantastic piece of shop furniture, there, Blake! Enjoy. It’s really first class.
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
Ad Marketing Guy - Bill
home | projects | blog
302 posts in 185 days
posted 174 days ago
Blake,
I posted a question on router tables and was directed to your project and blog – FANTASTIC! Not only is the table great but your blog is a truly resourceful how to article! Please keep this type of insight flowing it is invaluable to us new to woodworking!
-- Bill - - Ad-Marketing Guy, Ramsey NJ
gizmodyne
home | projects | blog
1404 posts in 477 days
posted 174 days ago
Blake, I missed this first go.
It came out great. Does that vac hose split to above and below?
-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne
LONGHAIR
home | projects | blog
35 posts in 201 days
posted 174 days ago
That is a really nice design and the construction looks great too. I do have one question though. I see the floor vent on the front to regulate the airflow. I have seen that, and it does make sense that the chips follow the flow better than making the vacuum to high inside the box. My question pertains to the shop-vac in the lower section. Where is it exhausting the air to? Is there another hole somewhere that is not visible in the pictures? I have thought about doing something very similar in the bottom of my miter-saw cabinet.
Blake
home | projects | blog
1793 posts in 261 days
posted 174 days ago
gizmodyne: How do I explain this… you may have to go back and look at the series for visuals…
The hose of the Shop Vac is hooked up to the rear portion of top cabinet (under slanting shelf). So that section creates a vacuum. I drilled a hole in the back of the cabinet into that section and hooked up the second hose which goes to the fence. So suction goes to router cabinet (throat around router bit) and to the fence. I also just got a 2 1/2” blast gate which I will mount in order to close the hose going to the fence and increase suction below the router when I am doing certain operations where the fence is not near the bit.
Longhair: There is an exhaust vent in the back of the lower portion of the cabinet for the dust collector.
-- Dust collectors suck.
bfd
home | projects | blog
155 posts in 194 days
posted 174 days ago
Hi Blake,
This is one of the nicest router table set ups I have seen. When it comes time to build one for my shop I will definitely becoming back to yours. You put a lot of thought time and energy into this project and it sure shows! Really enjoyed your blog on the process too.
-- bfd, Folsom, CA
Jimthecarver
home | projects | blog
177 posts in 172 days
posted 170 days ago
Hey Blake, Looks like that router has a fine home. Awesome job! I like the vacume idea.
-- A duck that brags on his own pond, soon swims alone.
motorhawg
home | projects | blog
15 posts in 225 days
posted 159 days ago
Awesome router cabinet!! I at some point will dedicate the time to give myself one of those. Great job.
-- motorhawg
CedarFreakCarl
home | projects | blog
280 posts in 441 days
posted 157 days ago
That’s one sweet router table Blake!
-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC
WayneC
home | projects | blog
5693 posts in 484 days
posted 157 days ago
Just wanted to add to the comments that it is as nice in person as it is in the photo’s.
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
SPalm
home | projects | blog
650 posts in 269 days
posted 156 days ago
I had watched the progress of this build, but missed this final episode.
Very nice, Blake. That is truly FINE. I am inspired.
-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon
GusRod
home | projects | blog
24 posts in 136 days
posted 135 days ago
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery … Thanks for the idea! Gonna work on building me one too. Hope it looks as good.
-- Nothing says "I love you" like a saw blade.
ATWilliams
home | projects | blog
86 posts in 122 days
posted 120 days ago
This is awesome,,, I’ll have to check out the work in process ..
-- A. T. Williams Creation's
Budgie
home | projects | blog
36 posts in 325 days
posted 41 days ago
Nice setup. I’ve been looking at different router tables and this takes the prize.
-- Bud, NY, http://tpww.libsyn.com/