Woodcraft Magazine

High-Tech ROUTER TABLE

y former router table was, shall we say, the lowest of low-tech. It was a rickety, stamped steel bench-top model with an underpowered motor and a sad fence. In designing a new one, I wanted everything that garage sale find lacked: storage for bits, collets, and wrenches; enclosed dust collection; mobility; simple bit height adjustment; plenty of power; and a reliable fence and miter gauge. With that wish-list in mind, I pulled together what I view as the state of the art in router tech and incorporated it all into one cabinet.

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