I believed it would come in handy to have a small table for my cordless trim router.
Secret design points:
– made completely from scrap wood, plywood mainly
– fast and easy to put the router in and take it out again
– a convenient method to secure it down to my work bench
– a proper fence with movable faces to close the gap around the bit
– use a base plate for the router that can stay on the router
Time will tell how frequently I use this table. Making it more convenient to use for little things than my big router table will go a long method.
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I thought it would be handy to have a small table for my cordless trim router.
Key design points:
– made entirely from scrap wood, plywood mostly
– fast and easy to put the router in and take it out again
– a convenient way to clamp it down to my work bench
– a proper fence with movable faces to close the gap around the bit
– use a base plate for the router that can stay on the router
Time will tell how often I use this table. Making it more convenient to use for small things than my big router table will go a long way.
Well done!
I also wanted to do something there, but with a standard aluminum tabletop.
Regards, Arnold
very cool, I recently got a cordless router, I see one of these in my future!
I think the video got cut off at the beginning cause it starts abruptly. None the less, this build is exactly what I needed
Well done John! That is a great little router table to have in the shop. 👍👍👏👏
As always, great video design and execution and also prove that a good tool doesn’t always have to cost lots of money or has to be complicated. 👌
Love the Monday release and the sneak peak on the weekend on locals. Double the fun.👍
I incorporated my router into the extension gap on a Ridgid table saw. Used a 1/2″ shank router.
Worked out fine, and it’s as stable as the table saw, with no extra room used in the shop.
Food for thought, keep up the great videos.
That was real good. I wonder if you would be interested in designing/making a similar set up for a random orbit sander for sanding small parts. I keep trying to figure how to firmly mount the sander upside down but have failed so I cast it to you …the obvious genius in this type of application.
Great project! I like the jig you used for trimming out the recess. Since I don’t have a router table yet, I find myself making something similar more often than not. Nice to see I’m not crazy and that it’s more common than I thought!
Nice! Funny how simar videos happen here and there….should make it a double!!🤣
Saw yours on Saturday – must be that great minds thinking alike, again 🙂
I have a small shop and have used a compact router/compact router table for years. Thanks for the video!
I have a Rockler benchtop router stand but even that is too big for my work on 1:6 scale furniture. I’ve thought a bit about building a small version so I’m glad to see how you approach the problem.
Awesome. I have been wanting to build something like this for a while. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic work, John! It looks great! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Another wonderful project to add to my growing list of necessaries.
Cool build. I would dig making one but small shop means the one router table gotta do it all. But starting out hell yeah if you got scrap this would be great and get you better understanding of tolerances.
Nice work John, I’ll stick that on the to-do list.
Great little build, hits all the “needs” but still small and portable. Thanks for this.
Great project! thank you for sharing John! much appreciated.
Great Build! Been watching a long time, your builds are inspiring!