Router table

Really nice table.

I especially like the location of the router. I have an Incra fence but my table is barely big enough to use it. Yours would work nice.

-- "A goal without a plan is a wish."

Looks good to me. I have a PRL which is great. Now you just need the Incra fence and you’re set.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

Nice table, love that PRL lift, looking to do a new table myself…good ideas here :>) Thanks for sharing.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

Nice. I really dig the green. :)

-- http://www.tenoclockwoodworks.com

This table is great. I like the color choice too. Are you going to put an Incra on it?

-- Happy woodworking! http://www.blakeweber.us

I you decide the lift doesn’t work for you, just send it over to me. Looks great!

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

This is really nice table. It looks like it has more work space than one’s you could buy and you spent far fewer $$ on the table too. Let me think about this…... less money and more table… This one is a no-brainer.

Good job. With the $$ you saved on the table you can now justify the Incra fence. After all you need a first class fence to go with a first class table (I am pretty free with your money aren’t I?).

Thanks for the post.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Nice job on the table! What are the dimensions? Am I correct that your frame is built with mortise & tenon joinery?

-- Paul D - Lawrenceville, Georgia

Gosh I sure would love to put an Incra fence on that baby and if Scott Bryan is buying I’m happy to accept ;)

Possibly someday I’ll get around to that, but for the time being it’s a nice beefy MDF fence I sink the bits into then back-off a bit. Dust collection is a small challenge but often not very problematic.

I went with the green formic b/c it gave a very good visual off-set from any wood I’ll ever be working with.

The frame is indeed built with mortise and tenon joinery and the panels are small 1/4” recessed into grooves.

The top is 45 1/2” by 27 1/2”
The base is 33” high by 38 7/8” by 22”

The rails are different thicknesses 4” of the top, 3” for the middle and 2” for the bottom. I’m toying with putting it on casters so I can wheel it around easily but I doubt I’ll do that. It’s got a good home in the shop and only occasionally needs to move.

Who sells the Woodpecker lift. Did you use Norm’s router table as a model? Nice table, and when I get my shop finished, it’s something I’ll be looking to build.

-- dofitch

No I didn’t use Norm’s table as a model. I was exposed to a very similar table that Rand Richards used at Red Rocks Fine woodworking program and I really liked the added table space for larger pieces. I felt like a lot of the models out there didn’t offer the surface area I wanted.

Woodpecker PRL can be bought directly from their site:
http://www.woodpeck.com/precisionrouterlift.html

I actually got mine along with the Porter Cable router in a package deal from Big Leroy’s Tool Shack on eBay. The combo was a better deal then buying them individually. I purchased mine well over a year ago and can’t recall exactly what I paid.