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Router Table! Router Table! Router Table! Click the pictures to enlarge them

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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Grumpy

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posted 64 days ago

A job well done Dennis. No stopping you now!.

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

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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.

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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.

-- -- Jim E., Oswego, NY. Create, have fun, and work safely!

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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.

-- The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep...

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Chris

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posted 64 days ago

Very nice job…. You have accomplished some very impressive projects.

-- Chris

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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.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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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

-- Nothing says "I love you" like a saw blade.

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thetimberkid

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posted 58 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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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"

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jeanmarc

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posted 41 days ago

This is a wonderful router table

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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jeanmarc

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posted 35 days ago

Very nice job

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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Jason

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posted 30 days ago

Very nice. It looks awesome.

-- Jason

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 12 days ago

Thats a nice router table.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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