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Make a Router Table Out of Your Tablesaw Drop Top With an Adjustable Solid Wood Fence, and Solid Wood Fence Plate

Jul 22, 2011 04:15 AM

4 - 5" long bolts
4 matching nuts
8 heavy duty flat washers
4 to 6 - 2" taper head screws
Longer bolts to mount the router base to a thicker surface. These must match the thread of the original bolts that came with the router.
1 hunk of wood - 1 1/2" thick x 4" wide x 36" long minimum
1 board 3/4" thick x 2" wide x match above length

If you have no tablesaw drop top, you can make a table and follow these instructions.

I recommend running a set up piece of wood for each bit once you have it dialed (make a set up jig), and write save on it. This way every time you use the bit you can use the jig to set the bit at the exact same height you had it before. Match your own stuff for years to come.
If you do not have a vacuum attachment on the router base, you may want to read on. I just drilled a 4" hole through my fence with a hole saw, but you can use a jigsaw. Then I jigsawed my cave into an arch, making it into a tunnel to the 4" hole. Then I bought a 4" hose flange, and dropped a 4" dryer hose down from a new port I made in my dust collection tube. You can use any dust collector size, and or hose size, depending on what you have. I just have 4".
Check out the video gallery below for a detailed process.

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