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   rodguthrie | May 14, 2004 05:31pm | #1

   Hi,

   It's been quite a while since I had mine, but I believe Fine Woodworking or Homebuilding had a router table you could build.  Mine had a Formica top and I purchased a base plate which I mortised into the top flush.  Only hangup was that it always seemed to be in the way, storage-wise, when not in use.

   I've used the Craftsman variety router tables and was never pleased. 

   The last means I used was to mortise the plate for my router into the surface of my tablesaw (I took off the wings when I bought a Biesemeyer fence) and found it quite handy.  I may have seen it in Tage Frid's first woodworking book, I'm not sure.

   Rod

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   dlb | May 15, 2004 03:11am | #2

   thank for the input & thanks to everyone who responded to this posting.The undisciplined life is not worth examining.

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   sawdustmaker | May 16, 2004 10:40pm | #3

   Rockler has a couple nice ones in that range. I have limited space in my shop. Their table top model had a smaller surface than I like, so I purchased the floor standing top and made my own legs. I've been happy with it.

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   dlb | May 17, 2004 12:20am | #4

   I ended up buying one from Sommerfeld - a phenolic top w/ a fence and a couple of accessories. I too will make a stand but I liked this one because it is not MDF. I'll see how it turns out.

   dlb

   .The undisciplined life is not worth examining.