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DLB wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:25 am It looks great!

I have the same or similar router. One suggestion - Pick up a longer T-handle hex key, like a SS Tool Box except size, for adjusting depth of cut from the top. The one Bosch provides is short and likely to interfere with the fence. I want to say it is 3mm, but check before ordering. A poor man's router lift. (I still have to reach under to lock/unlock, something to keep in mind if you enclose it for dust collection.)

- David

Thank you. I will look a longer "Bosch Toolbox" I made the middle supports because I thought this router was a bit heavy to just rely on the strength of the MDF table and cross-supports. I will need to drill an access hole for the depth adjustment, but I'm very glad this router has one. Yeah, it is a bummer that you have to unlock it, but at least Rockler designed the hole pattern to put the lock in the front where you can reach it. My plan for the dust collection enclosure is to put an access door in the front so I can reach that lock.

JPG wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 12:29 pm Good Job!

Does MickyD have any idea of what he has caused to flourish?

MickeyD said to tell you that he has a new addiction now… mountain bike riding with a group guys. It’s obviously much better exercise. He burns a few more calories than I do on a busy day in the shop, like 5 times more.

Tonight I leveled the inserts, drilled a hole for the depth adjustment on my Bosch router, and cut my first round overs, which is the reason I built this table at this time rather than later.

I deem my table functional. I still have some work to do to finish it, but that will come after I finish a few other projects.

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looks good , we have been contemplating adding a switch on a plug for the cord so we don't have to reach under the table to turn the router off and on .

Hobbyman2 wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:33 pm looks good , we have been contemplating adding a switch on a plug for the cord so we don't have to reach under the table to turn the router off and on .

Thanks. I edited my last post to add a photo of the table with sawdust.

You can see my switch on the wall behind my table, it’s the yellow box with the emergency cutoff. I don’t usually use the cutoff button, but it’s there in case of emergency.

That looks really good. Nice job but how heavy is it. Can you lift it up and off without great strain. That would be my problem.

Majones1 wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:45 pm

Hobbyman2 wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:33 pm looks good , we have been contemplating adding a switch on a plug for the cord so we don't have to reach under the table to turn the router off and on .

Thanks. I edited my last post to add a photo of the table with sawdust.

You can see my switch on the wall behind my table, it’s the yellow box with the emergency cutoff. I don’t usually use the cutoff button, but it’s there in case of emergency.

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edma194 wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 9:43 am Very nice looking. Very sturdy looking. Very heavy looking too, so I assume you are still young.

dusty wrote: Fri Nov 05, 2021 7:39 am That looks really good. Nice job but how heavy is it. Can you lift it up and off without great strain. That would be my problem.

Sorry that it’s taken me a while to dismantle my new Router Table, but working on the project around my work and life schedule means I wasn’t able to do it until today. To weigh it, I carried it into the bathroom where our scale is, weighed myself without the table and then again while holding the table.

I got two surprises, first that I had only gained about 5 pounds since I last weighed myself a year ago , and second, the table is only 21.2 lbs. I also thought it would be more than that.


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Great job... Looks very easy to use and very compatable...

I know this is an old post, but that looks really good.

I built a router table last year and it’s on a growing list of projects for me to revisit and re-think.