Workshop Router Tables, Cabinets and Jigs

The perfect companion to your shops most versatile tool, this go-anywhere benchtop router table helps make even tough routing jobs easy. To enable you to use your router away from the router table, we...

For this special issue on routers, we asked a trio of seasoned router experts to share shop-made jigs they have found super handy over the years. We will provide the plans for each, and also show how theyâre used. Add to that a healthy dose of expert wisdom along the way. We start with a Two-Part Router Jig by Pat Warner. Next is a Multi-Hole Doweling Jig by Patrick Speilman. Last but not least, Finger-Saving Push Sticks by Carol Reed.

This project is a must in your shop and you can put it together in a weekend for less than $100 plus the cost of your own wood. Its fence adjusts in a flash and locks into T-slotted mini-tracks with...

Using inexpensive MDF, hardboard and pine material, you can create a cabinet that offers great storage for router bits, bushings, wrenches, safety gear and anything else you use with your router. The cabinet can also be easily hung in a convenient location, like the side of your router cabinet or on the wall.

Maybe you have looks of ambition to build woodworking projects but you are a bit short on space. This little portable, bench top mounted router table is big enough to hold some of the largest portable hand held routers. The simple hinging of the entire top base allows easy access for changing routers bits or routers, along with some pull out storage drawers to hold your commonly used bits.

This full-featured fence and a team of accessories make an unbeatable workshop combination. To add flexibility, the fence is designed to attach to a router table in just about every imaginable way...

Cut dadoes to the desired width with the help of this handy shop aid.