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Thread: router table to buy or make?
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18th January 2012, 06:38 PM #1Member
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router table to buy or make?
Hi everybody so i would like to get more out or my makita router and seems like a router table would be a great edition to my shop anyway does anybody know were i can buy a nice router table or should i build my own? but somtimes by the time your done your could of just bought one.
does anybody have link to a good router table to purchase???
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19th January 2012, 07:26 PM #2Intermediate Member
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Hi, if you were to buy one how much would you be prepared to spend? and how big o9f a work bench do you require around the router??
Dave
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19th January 2012, 09:13 PM #3
I started at the point where you are, and after a good look I decided to make my own. https://www.woodworkforums.com/f20/wa...r-table-48663/
If you use the right bits and bobs you can't go wrong.
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19th January 2012, 09:20 PM #4Intermediate Member
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That's a good design Waldo, i like it Just looking at your sketch-up images, are you a joiner and shopfitter or a cabinet maker by trade?
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19th January 2012, 09:23 PM #5
Thanks.
No, I'm a trained Art Director - a glorified graphic designer who works in advertising/design.
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19th January 2012, 09:31 PM #6Intermediate Member
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I tend to think people stick with what they do the best, so if you built that router bench to that quality all i can say is you must be one sh..it hot Graphic Designer.
Your quality for work is fantastic, especially considering it's probably not what you do on a day to day basis, now i know why your sketch-up plans where so detailed
If your quality of work is high Garageman, i would have a good at building one, there will be much more enjoyment, not to mention you will be able to make it to your own specifications..
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19th January 2012, 09:36 PM #7
There were two primary reasons I built my own:
• I didn't feel any r/tables out at the time that you could buy were well made, or big enough for what I wanted; and
• they were all too low for my preferred working height.
Starting in Sketchup allows me to really visualise what I'm making and iron out any issues before I start cutting stock up.
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19th January 2012, 09:41 PM #8
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