BBQ Router Table

great idea! thanks for the post!

OK I have to say it… I think you win for the most unique router table I have EVER seen! Nothing like recycling..

-- Chris

Actually….I prefer the router table to the grille. Why barbeque when you can route?

-- Don, Pittsburgh

waste not-want not…looks like a good utilization to me but I’ll bet if you had hung a sign on that said ”$10” instead of “free” you probably would have sold it the first day…. but then you would probably spent a lot more than $10 on the material for a new router table

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A great recycling project.

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Reminds me of that story:

A man puts an old chair at the end of the driveway, with a sign that states “FREE”. Weeks go by, nobody takes it.

So he takes down the Free sign, and puts up one that states ”$50” – and it was “stolen” the next day.

Good recycling!

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Russ,

This is a wonderful re-use of material. Instead of ending up in a landfill you found a new purpose for the grill. Having portability in a router table is almost a given for those of us whose shops are a little short on square footage.

Well done!!

Are you going to enter this into the trash to treasure contest?

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Brilliant!

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Can I get my burger with a roman ogee edge treatment. please?

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Genius recycling!!!

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Hahaha , I did the same thing several years ago only instead of a router table , I used my bbq for a bench top saw / work table . I bolted the saw to the table as necessary and would remove it after making my cuts so I could use the work table ….. Seems as if I use to make more things back then than I do today in my much larger workshop ! Oh well , thanks for the flashbacks : ) Happy Fourth of July

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Great idea!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Oh that gets a big Dadoo Recycler approval for sure!

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Thanks everyone.

Burgers are ready. Ogee on the left and cove on the right.

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way cool

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WTG! I like that use of old, throw-away stuff!

Unique use of discarded “junk.”

God Bless,
Hawg

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What a great idea. Excellent workmanship. I’ve also seen an old BBQ converted to a mobile miter saw station.

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Fellow follower of the Carpenter…
Wishing he could route some ribs right now.

The only thing I turned a gas grille into was a Kingsford Charcoal grille… and it still works!

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Neato !!

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Personally, I think you should be careful. Especially when routing Mesquite. The sawdust could drip down on to the coals, and, next thing you know….

Great job Russ. Good luck in the contest.

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That’s totally wicked!
I’m totally going to do this the next time I see a junk BBQ sitting on someone’s driveway!

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Great application of the principle of reuse. Red Green would be proud!!!

I have an old gas grill sitting on my back porch, and I’ve been thinking about building a new router table. Hmmm…

I do have one question though. Was the frame of the BBQ sturdy enough on its own, or did you have to ‘beef it up’ (pun intended) to keep it from moooving around too much (racking, shaking, etc.) while routing?

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I screwed some 1×2’s to the table supports across the front and the back which tied the outrigger supports together and that seems to have taken care of any racking. It’s really pretty solid.

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dude- this is freaking awesome. from a hobbyist junk hunter, you had me at garbage….

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Dayum!!!! That is so cool. I guess it is true.. “The mind is a terrible thing…..(to waste)!” I will never look at a bbq grill the same way again.

-- Pie

Genius! I think this is exactly what I need for a miter saw table. Bravo, well done!

Thanks for the great idea.

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Crazy cool super idea

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bueno dude , now you won’t have to stop working to eat !

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Seriously! Thanks for posting this. My grill died right after Memorial Day. Its been sitting there looking at me. I thought, I could make a rolling cart or some type of workstation out of it. Maybe a router table. You’ve, at the least, reassured that I’m not the only person with a crazy thought in his head. Maybe it’s not crazy after all. My grill will be reincarnated very soon thanks to this post.

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