imsolidstate » DIY http://www.imsolidstate.com Always improving things... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:32:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 DIY Router table http://www.imsolidstate.com/archives/716 http://www.imsolidstate.com/archives/716#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:24:42 +0000 imsolidstate http://www.imsolidstate.com/?p=716 I made my own router table because, as usual, what is affordable and available in stores is lame and insufficient for my needs. I don’t really want to spend something like $500 just for a good router table so I made one. I also made my own adapter instead of buying one by re-purposing the fixed base I already had.

Router Table

I made the base out of 2×4s and Simpson strong-ties. The corner ties are about $5 a piece or you can use two cheaper ”Z-MAX” connectors. The top is 3/4 MDF. You can buy adapter plates for various router brands, or just make one like I did from 1/4″ acrylic that replaced the acrylic bottom piece of my fixed-base router. Use your router to cut a hole in the MDF and then use a rabbeting bit to create the countersunk part the acrylic base fits in.  Remember to seal the MDF top with a clear sealer or something similar so the MDF doesn’t expand.

Router Mount

It works great, it’s way better than the $99 hardware store special, and I can use it for workspace in my shop instead of taking it up like a bench-top router table would. When I’m not using it I just lower the router and I have another table to work on.

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