Posts Tagged ‘router table’

There are some really cool stuff going on out there and I like roaming around finding the good stuff and posting it here.  I will try to give you all the information as organized as possible.

Router Table Depot

• Buy Select router tables and get a 35 Piece router bit set  for FREE, coupon code is “35forme” 
• $10 off the Super Bench top router table, coupon code “tenbucks”
• $10 off the RTD 1200 Mini Cabinet router table coupon code “tenbucks”
• $20 off Router Table saw extensions  coupon code “twentybucks”

Sears

• All Lawn and Garden tools on sale

CPO DeWalt

• Up to $50 off cordless drill combo kits..CPO DeWalt

Northern Tools

• 15 % off all “northern tool brand’ tools

Rockler

• $11.99 Bench Cookie Pack
• Big Discounts in the Outlet section
• The newest innovations in dust collection.

Tool King

• DeWalt reconditioned D26451KR Orbital Sander $34
• Get 10% off 3 or 4 router bits
• Get  20% off 5 or more router bits
• Bosch 1617 PK Router Combo kit $147.55 (whoa)

Here is another readers project table and its a beauty.  In fact I think I would be afraid to scratch it.  This is a good example of detail if you are building your own table.  The fence is nice and high which gives you the ability to vertical router cabinet doors with a good degree of safety.  T-track is in all the right places as well.  Another great feature is drawers.  Drawers are key to keeping all your components for routing in one place.  I once built a table with two drawers and was amazed at how much stuff I had for my router table when I started gathering it all.  Keeping it in one spot will make you work more efficiently and keep things organized.  Again I found this table on Lumberjocks and asked Wisty for permission to post it here.  He has done an amazing job!

Here is a design for a stand that I really like.  Part of the reason I like it so much is that it is very stable and very easy to build.  The other is, well, it was my idea.  You can make this stand out of anything that you have laying around the shop.  It will work with plywood, hardwood, soft woods, and MDF.  I have built some with MDF and then laminated over it to give it a touch of class.  I have used laminate to just trim out some edges on plywood as well.  Either way, you can make it really slick or basic and fucntional.  You will notice on the bottom I have put in supports for a optional shelf.  Even if you do not add a shelf, it really helps with the stability of the stand.  However I have never known a woodworker who has not needed a bit extra space or turned down a shelf.

Router Table Stand

The main feature of the design is the leg.  It has an “L” shape and lends to the stability of the stand.  You can join two pieces together with any type of joint that you like.  I have screwed them, glued them and brad nailed them together.  I have found that gluing them and then hitting it with the brad gun works very very well and is fast.  You can literally have the four legs together as quickly as you can prep the wood. 

Cutting the lengths and widths of the stand is another straight forward operation.  I used screws for joining them to the legs so that I could make sure I can make small adjustments for my shop floor.  You can dress up the screws with trim washers if you want it to look a little different.

I just stumbled on a new bench top router table that is being offered at RTD. After looking at it for a few minutes I decided to buy it and do a review on it. After a few more minutes of staring at it, I noticed a few things about the table that is interesting. It resembles another brand table (kreg) in different colors. I will include the specs for the table so that you can look it over. The best part is the price, its well priced under $50 cheaper and it ships for $10. It may be a holiday thing or maybe an introduction price. I will be posting a video review of the table shortly. I really like the fence, it has the built in ability to do some jointing. Granted it is not a jointer, but being able to take off even 1/16th would help me with some of my projects.

Table Top

• 23 ¾” x 15 ¾” x 1”
• Laminated both sides
• Miter track, ¾” inside diameter (std) accepts all 3^rd party accessories
• Slotted for fence operation
• Finished edge

Insert

• 12” x 9” x 3/8”
• Acrylic
• Set Screws Levelers included in insert
• Starter Pin
• 3 snap out rings 4” , 2 5/8”, 1 ¼” (accepts Porter Cable Style Bushings and templates)
• Not pre drilled for routers, this is very easy and you use your router base plate for a template, see directions link below.

Fence

• 23 ¾” x 3 ½” Aluminum Core
• T-track built into front face and top of fence for versatile attachements of accessories such as featherboards
• Includes stop block
• Extensions are 12”x 2 ¾” x ¾”
• Router bit safety cover
• Unique offset bars included for jointing capabilities
• Through table adjustment
• Dust port

Stand

• High quality Steel
• Cambered out for extra stability
• Predrilled to accept a shelf of your design.
• Adjustable rubber feet

You can find this Bench Top router table here.

Here is a free download of a router table review.  It is not exhaustive, but it will give you an excellent idea of what is available and where to get them.  Some of this links are not working correctly since its a PDF file, but it will give you some excellent information.  Get it by clicking the link below.

Router table review

This is a very interesting series by Sommerfeld Tools.  This particular video covers the “router tables made easy” DVD.  First off, a lot of people do not know much about Sommerfeld tools, they are not really lumped in with the big brand names.  In some ways that can be very good.  This 6 minute video shows a lot of information of what’s on the DVD, that is a good thing.  Here is an overview of the video:

• Preview from the “Made Easy” series
• New extruded table top overview
• Review of the cabinet DVD
• Table overview size is 36” x 27”
• Fence is 48” x 4 ¾”
• Fence uses retractable pin and good dust collection
• Sub fences
• 3 zero clearance inserts on fence
• 3 insert rings for the router table insert

Cabinet

• Building the face frame first
• Self aligning Tongue and Groove Joinery
• Laying out the parts
• Uses pocket hole joinery
• Matched tongue and groove router bits
• Uses a jig for bit height (available at their site)
• You cut all grooves at once
• Assembly of the case
• Drawer assembly
• Dovetail joinery for drawers, another cool jig that you use on your router table
• Easy set jig for cope cuts
• Drawer fronts
• Drawer pulls
• Easy board jig for mounting drawers
• DVD is only $9.90 plus free shipping

You can find this video here at there website.

Kreg’s full size router table is no slouch in the industry.  You will find powerful features and a fully capable table that can handle any type of project you throw at it.  It has a study steel stand like Bench Dog and a great aluminum plate.  A full sized fence with dust collection tops off a great router table.

• Fully enclosed heavy-duty aluminum fence provides unmatched rigidity, strength and precision to your router top and helps to maintain an enclosed vacuum for superior dust collection.
• Professionally edge-banded MDF top absorbs vibration and noise like no phenolic top can. It features an Easy-Slide Micro-Dot skin – made from an impact resistant high-pressure laminate – which makes it easy to slide work pieces across the surface.
• 9 1/4-Inch x 11 3/4-Inch x 3/8-Inch thick phenolic insert plate works with any router and comes with unique bottom-up levelers with 8 adjustable points of contact.
• Two fully independent fence faces and dual acrylic depth setting rods quickly turn your router into a vertical jointer to allow for jointing depth adjustments of 1/16-Inch and 1/32-Inch.
• Universal steel stand is made from heavy gauge steel, includes 4 leveling feet and is adjustable from 31-Inch to 36–Inch.

There were 5 reviews for the table, these are the highlights of those reviews from Amazon.
Kreg PRS1040 Precision Router Table System

1.  Excellent Router Table for the money!

2. Five stars for the product

3.  Sweet table!

4. Very Nice

5. Excellent value for the money!

Keep in mind this table will ship in three boxes.  Today with heavy items such as router tables, shipping damage is prevelant.  If you seperate the stand from the top and fence you will cut down on the amount of damage that may occur.  You have to remember the human element in the shipping equation.