cd
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Well its been nearly 3 months in the making but I've got a router table at last. Thanks to all of you who helped me out with the questions along the way.
It started out with a sheet of 18mm MDF cut to sizes, rabbets cut in with my cheapie router.
First pic with the main bits glued and screwed together
Next to put shelves in and start the electrics
A test fit of the top, bought in the Rutlands xmas sale. I was going to make my own, but by the time I'd bought laminate, T track and an insert it wasn't much more expensive to let someone else do that bit
I wanted to make sure I could move it around the workshop so 2 castors and 2 feet were added.
Next some sanding filling screw holes and a coat of undercoat.
After a couple of coats of off white eggshell it was time to think about dust extraction. Some 40mm waste pipe into the router box and a bit of an old hoover pipe for attaching to the fence later.
I now needed to use it to finish it, but I didn't want to drill the nice new router insert to fit my cheapie old router. A £1.99 plastic chopping board from Tesco was a good substitute and I could at last use my table. Even if it was only half finished
Next to cover all that mdf edge on the front. I had some bits of mahogany left over from recycling an old fire surround. just needed gluing up and pinning on.
Two drawers and the doors next. These were painted MDF edged in more mahogany. I'm afraid I forgot to take pictures here as I was doing this bit in the odd half hour here and there.
Next came the new router to but in it, I went for the Triton as it would spend all of its time in the table and while i've only has it a couple of weeks I have to say its outstanding.
Well it still needs some oil on the mahogany its not perfect, the observant will have spotted that I drilled for the door pull in the wrong place on one of the doors, but overall I'm very happy with it.
and from the top
Now I just have to make something with it
cd
It started out with a sheet of 18mm MDF cut to sizes, rabbets cut in with my cheapie router.
First pic with the main bits glued and screwed together
Next to put shelves in and start the electrics
A test fit of the top, bought in the Rutlands xmas sale. I was going to make my own, but by the time I'd bought laminate, T track and an insert it wasn't much more expensive to let someone else do that bit
I wanted to make sure I could move it around the workshop so 2 castors and 2 feet were added.
Next some sanding filling screw holes and a coat of undercoat.
After a couple of coats of off white eggshell it was time to think about dust extraction. Some 40mm waste pipe into the router box and a bit of an old hoover pipe for attaching to the fence later.
I now needed to use it to finish it, but I didn't want to drill the nice new router insert to fit my cheapie old router. A £1.99 plastic chopping board from Tesco was a good substitute and I could at last use my table. Even if it was only half finished
Next to cover all that mdf edge on the front. I had some bits of mahogany left over from recycling an old fire surround. just needed gluing up and pinning on.
Two drawers and the doors next. These were painted MDF edged in more mahogany. I'm afraid I forgot to take pictures here as I was doing this bit in the odd half hour here and there.
Next came the new router to but in it, I went for the Triton as it would spend all of its time in the table and while i've only has it a couple of weeks I have to say its outstanding.
Well it still needs some oil on the mahogany its not perfect, the observant will have spotted that I drilled for the door pull in the wrong place on one of the doors
, but overall I'm very happy with it.
and from the top
Now I just have to make something with it
cd
