| Project by teenagewoodworker | posted 64 days ago | 861 views | 5 times favorited | 13 comments | ![]() |
my router table finally done and here it is. i built it here on my blog and it came out wonderful. its attacked onto the side of my table saw. it is a torsion box design such as the one that David Marks has and at the moment i can not afford an aluminum router plate but i tired to give this all the benefits of a router table with a plate.
as you can see in this picture i made room for my own replaceable inserts

also i made a fulcrum pin for template routing by epoxying a t-nut into the router table and putting a bolt in that i took the threads off of with a grinder and file.

so the router table in the end works great. if any one has any questions feel free to send me a message. you can see it in action here. have a nice day!
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13 comments so far
Grumpy
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posted 64 days ago
A job well done Dennis. No stopping you now!.
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Bradford
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posted 64 days ago
nice combo of the two machines.
-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.
James Early
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posted 64 days ago
Hey TW! Great job. You have inspired me (an I’m sure some others) to build one of these. You mentioned that you are in need of a router plate. I recently found this video on youtube of someone describing his homemade router table. He did something clever (I think)—instead of an aluminum plate, he used a standard marble tile that he got for about $4! Maybe, you could try it.
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moshel
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posted 64 days ago
This is a wonderful router table!!! if you don’t mind me asking, why didn’t you use the tablesaw fence as a backbone for your fence? that would allow you to adjust it more easily, i think.
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Chris
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posted 64 days ago
Very nice job…. You have accomplished some very impressive projects.
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Bigbuck
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posted 64 days ago
Very nice, I need to make one of these soner than latter.
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GusRod
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posted 60 days ago
Nice work, TW. I particularly liked the way you made the cutouts to reach the mounting bolts. I hardly ever move my own router table addon to my saw (actually never … yet) but if the need ever arose, well there you are … with the bolts easily accessible. I hadn’t thought of using hardboard (masonite?) as a surface but I’m sure that works well too, and costs a lot less than a glue on laminate. You’re right to be proud of it.
—- Gus
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thetimberkid
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posted 58 days ago
Great job!
Thanks for the post
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Brian Havens
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posted 50 days ago
Sweet! You will soon wonder how you lived without it. :-))
I actually prefer to forgo the router plate, especially on a torsion box design. It is a less convenient when changing the router bit, but I find that the single, consistent surface performs better.
-- —Brian — "There are no tricks; there are only techniques"
jeanmarc
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posted 41 days ago
This is a wonderful router table
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jeanmarc
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posted 35 days ago
Very nice job
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Jason
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posted 30 days ago
Very nice. It looks awesome.
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 12 days ago
Thats a nice router table.
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