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I have been working on this project for some time now. It was not that it was all that complex but rather things just seem to keep getting in the way of me finishing it. With that I believe I have pretty much finished this particular project today and I think I will be happy with my new router table. I guess that I have been building up to making this for some time now. I started with my router being mounted in my BT3000 and then went to a POS Delta Shopmaster Shaper and from that to a PC690 mounted in a Rockler plate with a table I just threw together to satisfy a need quickly. When I bought the Woodpecker Router Lift and the Jess-Em fence I modified the existing top to accommodate them.
So then here lately with my quest to organize my shop and get things more work station oriented I decided to build a new Router Table/Cabinet. I had no plans for this so I just started looking around at other people’s tables on the internet and from that inspiration I designed my own to my specifications and needs.
So here is the results of what I designed and built. It is made from Baltic Birch edged in Cherry with all the drawer faces being Pine.
The top was made from an old piece of a computer desk I had. It is 1-1/2” thick and quite flat. In that I installed my Woodpecker Uni-Lift and my Jess-EM Master Fence. The top is 34” wide by 24” deep. So far I decided not to install a miter slot as to this date I have never used the one I previously installed. I may change my mind later but for now I have left it off.
The 3 bottom drawers are mounted with Ball Bearing Slides that are full extension.
On the 3 upper left drawers I made into bit storage. I ended up having to buy metric drill bits for the holes so I could oversize them just a bit so the router bits would go in and out easily. The top drawer is for ½” shank bits, the middle is for ¼” shank bits and the bottom drawer is drilled for both. The right drawers are just standard drawers for storage of miscellaneous tool for the table and what not.
So anyway I am pretty happy with it and I think it will work out fine. I do however need to pipe dust collection to it. I have not decided if I am going to put a finish on it or not. Kind of funny when I was building the cabinet the wife came out to the shop and took a peek. The next thing I know she was measuring the top so I asked her what all that was about and she said, “Just seeing if my bathroom sink would fit in it”. I guess I am lucky that the measurements were not to her liking but it does seem as though I will be building another cabinet shortly!
Thanks for having a look.
Ken
So then here lately with my quest to organize my shop and get things more work station oriented I decided to build a new Router Table/Cabinet. I had no plans for this so I just started looking around at other people’s tables on the internet and from that inspiration I designed my own to my specifications and needs.
So here is the results of what I designed and built. It is made from Baltic Birch edged in Cherry with all the drawer faces being Pine.
The top was made from an old piece of a computer desk I had. It is 1-1/2” thick and quite flat. In that I installed my Woodpecker Uni-Lift and my Jess-EM Master Fence. The top is 34” wide by 24” deep. So far I decided not to install a miter slot as to this date I have never used the one I previously installed. I may change my mind later but for now I have left it off.
The 3 bottom drawers are mounted with Ball Bearing Slides that are full extension.
On the 3 upper left drawers I made into bit storage. I ended up having to buy metric drill bits for the holes so I could oversize them just a bit so the router bits would go in and out easily. The top drawer is for ½” shank bits, the middle is for ¼” shank bits and the bottom drawer is drilled for both. The right drawers are just standard drawers for storage of miscellaneous tool for the table and what not.
So anyway I am pretty happy with it and I think it will work out fine. I do however need to pipe dust collection to it. I have not decided if I am going to put a finish on it or not. Kind of funny when I was building the cabinet the wife came out to the shop and took a peek. The next thing I know she was measuring the top so I asked her what all that was about and she said, “Just seeing if my bathroom sink would fit in it”. I guess I am lucky that the measurements were not to her liking but it does seem as though I will be building another cabinet shortly!
Thanks for having a look.
Ken
Turaj (in Toronto) 
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