Mounting Router to BT3000 table

[rowden]

My neighbor trashed the router mounting kit for the BT3000 table which I recovered and found that it can only be used with a Ryobi RE600 router. I have a Ryobi R175 plunge router. Is there any way on getting the R175 attached to the mounting kit for my BT3000?

[lrogers]

Are you talking about the alumium plate that screws to the bottom of the auxiliary table? If that's the case, sure! Just take the bottom plastic plate off your router and use it as a template to drill new holes in the plate. You'll want to take that off any way when you mount the router. The plate drills very easily. Just be sure you get it centered goodand countersink the holes. I had to do the same thing to mount the Craftsman router I had.
I used my Bt like that for several years before I mounted a larger table between the rails. Some t-nuts, some scrap oak and a few hours in the shop and I better than doubled the size of my router table.
If you plan to do a lot of router work, you may want to consider doing something like that as well.