Any suggestions on a bench top router table?

[tanda4]

The Bench Dog looks pretty good and was well rated.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002242E/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Any other suggestions?

 

[jimvannoy]

I have a Craftsman I got 10 or 15 years ago. Works fine for me.

 

[PAToyota]

Those are nice, but I'm planning on building my own so that I can customize it a bit to my own preferences. I'm starting with these plans: http://www.shopnotes.com/plans/complete-router-table-cabinet/

 

[tanda4]

Are the plans pretty good? I should probably do that and save a bunch of money.

 

[PAToyota]

I've used the ShopNotes plans before - they are pretty straightforward and detailed.

 

[Da Bull]

Try here, http://www.oak-park.com/ watched their TV series all the time great system!

 

[SteveU]

Not sure if woodpecker makes a tabletop model but their Incra fences are awesome. I have one on the router and one on the tablesaw, with the one on the saw I can cut a part, move the fence, move it back and cut another part & it will be within a couple of thousandths of the first part. I have the twin linear on the router table & it is great for doing decorative boxes along with other router work plus it has pretty good dust collection.

 

[SteveL]

For a bench top version that will not get used a lot, I would definitly make one instead of buying. I built a free standing router table out of an old kitchen cabinet and put a JessEm router lift in it. Made the fence out of mdf and the top out of two pieces of mdf glued together and laminated both sides with Formica. Weighs a ton and works great for about 1/4 the cost of buying one.