My new router table.

[RandyG]

There is a Ryobi 1/4" router in there. It's made of galvanized steel sides and a 1/4" aluminum top. The fence is a beefy aluminum "L" angle with a cut out for the blade and 6" slots on the back side to move the fence (you can also see the "T" handle bolts. The top lifts up and catches at a 45* angle for adjustments and bit changes, and the whole thing is air tight so the shop vac will draw through the top cut out. Sorry for going on but I'm pretty proud of it and wanna show it off (my wife and mother-in-law were not too impressed).

[eamarquardt]

.....................my wife and mother-in-law were not too impressed...........

The table is nice! My wife obliges me by "oooooohing and aaaaaaaahing" at my projects when I point out she should do so.

It's a joke though as he is spoiled and thinks everyone can do what I do, ha.

#1 son figured this out and said: "Mom thinks things just happen".

Cheers,

Gus

[Woodbutcher]

Nice job on the router table. It makes a real handy tool more versatile. Don't be to disappointed the women were not impressed. They don't really know or care how a project gets done. They just care that it gets done. My wife is the same way. She has no idea how much work goes into home improvement projects. I came home from work one day and my wife and SIL were re arranging the living room furniture. Because things were not fitting like they wanted my wife says, "could you move the front door over about 4 feet to the left" ?
That also included moving the front concrete stoop and the porch! You know what I told her ????????

[RandyG]

Thanks guys, but my wife is learning a little bit since I'm getting her to at least help with her "honey do" wood projects. I got her to use the jigsaw and nail gun so far, she still won't even touch the skill saw or router but I think she's getting a lil' more comfortable.

[pete42]

woodbutcher said "That also included moving the front concrete stoop and the porch! You know what I told her ????????"

yes we do, but tell us how long did it take you to move the door?

[CarlLaFong]

Here's my table that I put together a few years ago. It is a commercially made top with a Woodpeckers router lift with a Porter Cable router in it and an Incra fence system. I built the cabinet. The top drawer is bit storage, the center has miscellaneous router stuff, and the lower has all of my routers in it.
A router table is, almost, indispensable. It can be as simple as a hunk of plywood with a router screwed to it and a piece of 2X2 for a fence or completely overkill, like mine. Mine won't do anything that a simple one will do, it's just faster and easier to get precise settings.
I'm glad I got all of my high ticket items before I went on fixed income. Now I have to save to buy a box of screws

[RandyG]

Mine is an upgrade from a piece of plywood with a router screwed to it, I used that for a good while, it worked great! I like your table though. I was in the middle of making a mail-dropbox for a friend, who changed his mind, when I was also making a bed for my daughter using the plywood table. The bottom part of the mailbox became the bottom of my table so I didn't really plan everything out. I would have liked to have draws for bits and tools but it is what it is and I'm happy with it. I used it a little today to make a bit measuring guide. It will help with measuring how high the bit is to the top of the table, just like a pit gauge but not really . I will share when it's done.

[Bogo]

A router table is, almost, indispensable. It can be as simple as a hunk of plywood with a router screwed to it and a piece of 2X2 for a fence or completely overkill, like mine.

Sounds like mine. Actually the fence is a plywood block made from layered baltic birch scraps glued and screwed together, then trued up on the table saw.