Woodworker's Journal winter-2010, страница 54

Super Simple "Po' Boy" Router Table

By Bill Hylton

One of the most productive things you can do with a router is mount it, inverted, under a table. This turns it into a precision stationary tool. You'll be able to rout small or oddly proportioned workpieces, cut joinery and even raise panels safely. Router tables also instill confidence if you're a newbie, because you don't have to hold the router.

Building a router table is really no big deal. A quick trip to the local home center and a couple of hours in the shop is all it takes to build a basic table for whatever router you own. I call this design the "Po' Boy." When you shop, buy a quarter-sheet of 3/4" plywood (be extravagant and get birch plywood!) and a handful of 2W^] drywall screws. Also, buy longer screws to replace the ones that attach the baseplate to your router. All the supplies won't cost you more than about 15 bucks.

Cut the plywood into a 12" x 16" top, two 6" x 14" sides and an 11" x 16" back. You'll have more than half the plywood left, so you'll be able to make a suitable fence. Screw the sides to the edges of the back. You want the back to hang below the sides so you can clamp it securely in a bench vise. Set the top in place and screw it to the base. Now mount your router base to the top using the baseplate as a pattern for drilling mounting-screw holes. To make the bit opening, chuck a big straight bit in the router and

The extra-long back is designed to be held securely by a bench vise or clamps.

Router Table Assembly

(Side View)

Router Table Assembly

(Front View)

plunge the bit through the top.

Bingo! You've got a router table. With the plywood you have left, you can make a low fence — just a straightedge, per

haps with a notch for the bit — and a tall L-shaped model with dust pickup. Secure either fence

to the tabletop with clamps.

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54 Super Simple Router Table