Mini Router Table....

**Boxinator** · 28th May 2007, 02:50 AM

Hello all, I thought I would post my little mini router table that I built primarily for making boxes. The reason I built this is 2 fold....I have a small shop and none of my equipment other than the table saw and DP is used with out rolling it out or moving it to the center of the garage. The Bench Dog is pretty darn heavy and with the 3 HP router it can be a chore for me and my bad back to move around. So I wanted to dedicate that one to heavier duty projects and for the Gifkin. I wanted a small lightweight table that could be easily moved around and would be used primarily for small 1/4 shanked bits that I use in box making. Little dados, rebates, round overs and the like. For Christmas I got a Bosch Colt palm router which is 1 HP and has a very good reputation. So I decided to use that and ordered from Oak Park (The Router Workshop boys) one of there 7 inch base plates without mounting holes so I could mount the Colt on it. The Colt really does work well for a Router Table. All the controls are up front and it's easy to adjust with the coarse adjustment then lock that in with a twist and you can make the fine adjustment with the wheel with it then at the top near the base plate. Then lock it all down. The speed control ( if you need it) is located on the top of the router and in the table it is right under the power switch. Really works well. Anyway, it was not without a few headaches but here is the table. I will use primarily an Oak Park fence on it. The table top is 22 inches wide and 14 inches deep. I think I will even be able to use my Oak Park box joint jigs on it.

Corey

**Harry72** · 28th May 2007, 04:14 AM

Where there's a will there's always a way!

Cute little RT Corey.

**Bob N** · 28th May 2007, 05:35 AM

Corey,

I'm afraid we are going to have to re-assign you to KP if you don't stop coming up with all of these nifty ideas. I'm not ever going to get my boxes made because you are keeping me too busy trying to copy your really cool designs.

This one is a real winner in my opinion and a most useful tool for making boxes especailly. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Now I better go back to the shop and start working on my mini table

**Boxinator** · 28th May 2007, 06:07 AM

Bob, I need to be getting that kitchen done and shouldn't of been playing with this but hey..... I have to get a little shop time in once in a while. I can't wait until I can get back to making some boxes and using some of that stock I have been collecting

Corey

**Bwillie** · 28th May 2007, 06:14 AM

Corey,

I say you give us your home address, we'll mail the money and you can mail us the router/router table

Great job. INspires me to make one, because I have the same issue with a large set-up that's a little much for some jobs.

ICN,

Bill

**Boxinator** · 28th May 2007, 08:07 AM

Thanks Bill I appreciate it. Go ahead and send the money...I will let you know when I receive it

I am glad I made it....using little 1/8 inch bits etc. is much easier in this table.

Corey

**munruben** · 28th May 2007, 02:22 PM

A little beauty.

**Boxinator** · 29th May 2007, 01:37 AM

For those interested in a small table powered by a palm router, my interest in this was spurred by this design from Shop Notes. It's a cool little palm router table and has both a vertical and horizontal position. I decided to go with a simpler design based on the Oak Park table, but I think this is a neat little router table. You remove the plate and it slides down a channel in the back and it is a mini vertical router for doing small mortises etc. The plates slide in and are locked by the handle up into a nut insert. Pretty slick!

http://www.shopnotes.com/issues/090...n-1-multi-tool/

Corey

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