Router table-looks like I think I need it

[messmaker]

They make it. I wonder where you buy it. They must sell them somewhere. Looks a little like a Rockler product. Any ideas? http://www.manufacturers.com.tw/show...00031671-0.php

[jbalders]

I can't help you with that, although I think I might have seen something similar at Harbor Freight.

I saw this one a while back and thought it looked cool: http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0528

Seems to me a really heavy-duty table, with BT3100-esque sliding table instead of a miter slot.

Then again, it strikes me that if you have a BT3x00, build a nice router-table fence to clamp/bolt to your rip fence, move the SMT over to the right of the saw, you have about the same thing.

[mpc]

Freud makes a similar table, the link shows a "kit" of their whole system plus router:
http://www.freudtools.com/woodworker...Routers_2.html
A couple years ago Lowes was closing out a similar kit so that's how I got mine. It's held up pretty well. I gave the stand/legs to dad since I put the table onto a closed box cabinet instead. The stand was pretty solid though; dad's got a thickness planer mounted to it now with a lower shelf bolted to the horizontal leg supports to add extra stiffness. The "micro adjustable" fence is somewhat gimmicky but it does micro-adjust easily. It needs larger wood fence pieces, they're easy to change.

Freud's web site has a dealer search link at the top/right, just give it your zip code. Would I buy this setup again - especially at full price? Probably not, a router table and basic fence are pretty easy DIY projects and good practice. You can always add-on or upgrade later once you have a better idea of your needs.

mpc