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Project by DaveH posted 672 days ago 1907 views 11 times favorited 22 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Size: 48” x 30” x 36” tall
Cost: close to $500 including the router and fence.
Router: Freud 2 1/4hp with above the table bit change and adjustment
Fence: Freud (soon to be replaced with a shop built)
Base: Shop built. engineered lumber (timberstrand)

Description: Top is laminated (top and bottom), made out of 2 pieces of 3/4 inch MDF. Cabinet is on rollers, 2 fixed, 2 swivel with double locking. T-tracks for miter gauge and fence alignment. Fence and below table dust collection. Router speed control and receptacles for tool plug ins.

Router pics

Router pics

-- DaveH - Boise, Idaho - “How hard can it be? It's only wood!”


22 comments so far

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USCJeff

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posted 672 days ago

Great Start. Looks very hefty. Solid.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

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GaryK

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posted 672 days ago

As Jeff says, it looks solid!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Jiri Parkman

603 posts in 708 days


posted 672 days ago

Nice router table. Enjoy it.

-- Jiri

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Grant Davis

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posted 672 days ago

I like the nice size of the table top and yes it looks solid.

-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"

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Scott Bryan

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posted 672 days ago

That is a nice job. The size and depth of the top looks like a winner to me. You simply don’t get that in commercial tables.

Thanks for sharing. It gives me some ideas on upgrading my router table.

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

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CharlieM1958

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posted 671 days ago

Looking very nice!

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

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SPalm

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posted 671 days ago

Hey Dave, Welcome to the zoo.

Looking good.
I had never noticed that Freud fence before. Looks nice. Let us know how you like it.

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

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rikkor

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posted 671 days ago

Looks like a great table.

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Grumpy

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posted 671 days ago

No stopping you now Jeff.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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RobH

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posted 671 days ago

Great job Dave. I am adding this one to my favorites for the idea.

I am about to start on a router table project myself. I mainly want a multi-use top that can be used for the router, the sander, or the soon-to-be purchased hollow-chisel mortiser. I also need storage for some things. I am hoping it will clean the shop up a little bit.

Keep up the good work.

-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA

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designerboy

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posted 671 days ago

Dave,

That must be the Grand Daddy of all router tables, I hope you are putting pockets in the corners…..

For potting the Snooker balls of course !

enjoy!

-- My Fear is when i die, my wife will sell my tools for what I TOLD her they cost

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Karson

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posted 671 days ago

Great looking bench. A nice Job.

-- 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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cajunpen

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posted 671 days ago

Now that’s a Router Table. It’s big enough to have a need for plumbing – and I thought that you were only kidding about adding the plumbing. Should make a great table – assuming you have the space for it. Good that you put it on a mobile base – I’d hate to have to move it without that.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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Blake

2757 posts in 769 days


posted 670 days ago

Looks really good. You’ve got everything you need: tons of great storage, dust collection, a good fence, and mobility. I’m not sure if those casters are locking or not but you might want to consider using locking casters so it doesn’t slide when you are pushing something particularly heavy through your router table.

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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shaun

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posted 668 days ago

And I thought I was over the top building mine 25”x42”. Looking good Dave.

-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!

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mot

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posted 667 days ago

It looks like it’s going to do the trick!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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DaveH

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posted 661 days ago

Added the finished table pics.

-- DaveH - Boise, Idaho - “How hard can it be? It's only wood!”

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DaveH

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posted 660 days ago

Does anyone have an idea on capturing the dust when making a cut that is not next to the fence? I’m thinking maybe a dust collection port/slot that is off the left end of the table.

-- DaveH - Boise, Idaho - “How hard can it be? It's only wood!”

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Blake

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posted 660 days ago

This looks great!

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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Dave

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posted 643 days ago

It seems like some kind of downward suction from underneath the table(holes in tabletop), or maybe an overhanging hose with suction adapter while cutting would help capture the dust too, but that might be overkill. Your idea of having a slot off to the side sounds great.

-- You gotta laugh a little...

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DaveH

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posted 643 days ago

I think the problem has become a non-issue. Once I installed the door covering the router access area the suction was adequate to pull the extract the dust from the cutter area.

-- DaveH - Boise, Idaho - “How hard can it be? It's only wood!”

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marksalot2005

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posted 160 days ago

Great Job Dave. Now thats what is a great router table. Wish I had room in my shop for one of them. I am going to build mine into my tablesaw extension table cabinet I am now designing to build. Once again great job A Big Atta Boy for you AAAAA+++++

Mark

-- Mark, Katy, Texas, Did they give Noah a hardtime about the wood boat in his driveway

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