Blowout Beater
A coping sled is a must-have accessory for router table work. It helps you hold a narrow piece, such as a door rail, perpendicular to the fence and backs up...
$100 Router Table
As easy to use as it is to build. Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the March 2008 issue of American Woodworker. Adjusting for inflation, the correct title would...
Infinity Professional Router Table Review
Tool: Professional Router Table Package Buy Now Manufacturer: Infinity MSRP: $1074.40 Tricked Out Router Table Over the years, I’ve been fortunate enough to use a variety of [...]
Quick Circles on the Router Table
One afternoon my wife called out to my shop with an urgent request. She needed me to make a round plywood cake plate for a charity auction. I assured her...
Floor Sweep Dust Port
Floor Sweep Dust Port My router table is probably the most-used tool in my shop. I have dust collector ports on the fence, but when I rout with a bearing-guided...
Simple Router Table
Simple Router Table While many woodworkers spend weekends making stationary router tables, mine have always been very simple, driven by expediency, and the desire to get other things done. My...
3–in–1 Setup Bars
Tool: Precision Router Table Setup Bars Manufacturer: Kreg MSRP: $69.99 Accurate tool setup is half the battle of doing good work. Kreg’s Precision Router Table Setup Bars make the battle a...
Kreg Precision Router Table
Tool: Precision Router Table System Manufacturer: Kreg MSRP: $549.00 Some router tables have gotten so complex and expensive that they actually rival a decent shaper. I’ve always preferred simple [...]
Quarter Columns
Forget the lathe; a router table setup makes quick work of these striking architectural features. If you want to add a little punch to your next traditional furniture project, try...
Tool Talk: Festool CMS Router Table
Tool: CMS Router Table Manufacturer: Festool Price: $1720 On one end of the spectrum, there’s the router screwed to the underside of a piece of plywood, supported on sawhorses, with a...
Workshop Tips: Turning Tool Tamer
Turning Tool Tamer by Richard Tendick I was turning a vase recently, and as I got deeper into the turning, the vase’s rotation pulled the tool’s tip down, making it...
Router Table Dovetails
There are lots of excuses for not using dovetails; cutting them by hand takes time, patience, and lots of practice. A dovetail jig is relatively fool proof, but if you...
