Bench-top Router Table Question .

46” is too high unless you’re really tall.
32” is too low unless you’re really short.

36” to 40 ” is ideal for me.

I currently use the rockler leg set and casters, and with the tabletop, it’s about 37”. It works for me.

-- He who dies with the most tools... dies with the emptiest wallet.

Cabinet style router tables should be approximately at belt height in order to properly feed the work into the router bit. With a bench top router table it is difficult to feed the work properly as you need to stand farther awayand extend your arms out further. You may wish to build a dedicated stand for it and install casters move it around in your shop. I have both types of router tables but use the cabinet style the most. If you build a cabinet style router table keep in mind the ergomonics of the table, straight back, bending the elbows at the proper angle and the pressure put on your hands and wrists, especially if you plan to use it alot. This comes from many years of use of both types of tables. IMHO.

-- frosty

Thanks guys. I guesss when I saw the height of some of the Rockler tables I was looking at just the leg height.

Thanks again . So somewhere between 34 to 40 inches is probably in the neighborhood. I’m about 6’2”.

I will do some experimenting. Thought some kind of stand with adjustable height might work but maybe that is over
complicating things.