Router Table Build - For Your Table Saw (Easy) 

Thanks Miles, so glad they are helpful. I will pass your comments on to Luther, Jake and Frick, we all work together to make these videos

Its the only brand to get.. period

Great to hear! let me know how your first project goes

Glad it was helpful!

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Thanks we always show the errors learning how to fix the errors is almost more important than learning how to build the thing in the first place

we reshot all the call to action videos...and I shaved!!!!

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Hope you enjoy it! send me a pic when its done

Hey that’s great feedback thanks

Agree but the cost is tremendous, Rob's solution is by far and away bare bones minimal.

I do it all the time to toughen up the core. Thanks for commenting

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Once you use them you will never go back

we knew that which is why we made this for you !!!!!

@@RobCosmanWoodworking Why thank you haha

you got it

Well they make one for the cast iron ring for the win

Cast iron wing and one for the saw table but we’ve gotten reports of the cast iron wing drooping under the weight of heavy saws and I didn’t wanna spend the money for the tablesaw insert

let me know how your build comes out

Triton is an awesome router. I have had my routers for many years and love them and have not really kept up with the current batch. Maybe I will buy some and do an evaluation

Its a real neat way to toughen up MDF core

How do you like the Bosch 1617?

Great tip thanks

I just rough up the surface first. Sandpaper or even scotchbrite pad will do... get the gloss off, but scratches actually help the adhesion. When building a T joint with double-faced melamine panels, I run bits of tape down so I can sand the melamine close to (but hidden) where the edge of the intersecting board will fit.

That works too. I prefer MDF. they are both good options

That works too

I tried...I just didnt think it through good enough and had to change in mid-stream

His concern was deflection of the table when considering the weight of the router, and the relatively thin Sawstop table/extension material. Stumpynubs, another RU-vid guy, identified the same problem as he initially did as you suggested as well.

Maybe he’s doing it to make the router removable? And cut the hole so that he can … put other tools like a jig saw or … a different tool in there? Idk I’m still watching. Hmm. …. Man, He sure does a long time to do stuff though. It’s like… it’s sort of boring watching someone try to figure Things out as they go…. Especially when it’s doing things you’re totally not gonna be doing also - & all you wanted to do was get the solid steps & techniques on how to make or do something. I mean dude like WHOAH … all I’ve seen so far almost half way through is…. a hole be cut… & since then - some fussing with the fine details of it… & ******* Whoahhh again. I’m back. I’m sure no one even noticed but I left but I did. Yeah I Went to the kitchen.. got something to drink.. I was a little thirsty. I left my phone on the chair - it was still playing this video when I left the room. I had a whole conversation with my Mom - about juice. & laundry baskets & stuff.. and now I’m back. And to my ‘surprise’ (& this is the reason I typed WHOAH a second time) when I got back…. This guy was STILL FUSSING with that God for sakin HOLE. Jeeeez REALLY? Uhhhhh. While he fusses some more with that hole & that glue…. I just thought I’d point out that at the beginning he started the video out by saying his name with pride: ROB.. Coswaybor something. & I LIKED the way he said his name. Such confidence. The way he said it made ME confident in HIM. Thus… the reason im sitting here almost 30 mins in. But he Also said at the beginning of the video was that he’s gonna “show us how HE makes them” (router tables that is.) I bring that up because by the looks of this he.. DOESN’T.. “make them.” Not often. If he did, I’d think he’d have this whole thing DOWN. But he doesn’t. In fact this whole video….. this man appears to have been winging this project. If I didn’t know any better I just might think this guy was layin it on a little think…. Trying to make it sound like he makes them all the time & stuff. “Im gonna show you how “I”‘make them. Dude I’m just gonna say it ok?! And……I mean this is like…. it’s like the worst router table making video I think I’ve SEEN. I mean, Ive never seen any other videos from this guy but from the comments it sounds like he has some viewers that are fond of him. Sounds like he has some fans. So I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt & assume that this one was just a … FLOP. I mean … horrible. This video SUCKED. WORST router table video possibly on all of RU-vid. MAN I wish I never turned this video on. Think I wanna watch some man FUSS over GLUE & some HOLE in a table & nit pick the whole time about the very work he made jt sound like he did all the time. Pfffft.

I was thinking the same thing. Plus, if you already have a table, why not simply drill the table and not have a plate at all? Sorry if there is a simple reason why not.

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@@RobCosmanWoodworking I hope he took every word as flattering; it was intended to be. Rob's a personal hero.

Yes that’s why I changed and put on the mask and made the comment that I should have been wearing one

@@RobCosmanWoodworking - don't know how I missed that part.

send me a pic of your first dovetails

Yeah that was my plan to until I screwed up the template that I made and I had to go with my alternate method of a kind of pieced together template

Yes I know but I didn’t have any and I wasn’t going to hold up the project to go get some

Because I thought my way is quicker and easier. Your way would work too.

I dont know...but I dont have any of that sitting around my shop

I would suggest that it won't. I have a similar router setup on my table saw, with obstructions on the immediate right. They have never been a problem.

no..it rotates

its a Rousseau. Here is a link www.amazon.com/Rousseau-5000-Solution-Miter-Silver/dp/B00MFGRT06/ref=asc_df_B00MFGRT06/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309802506143&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=97139502359201536&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031340&hvtargid=pla-435711898201&psc=1

Yeah that’s a good idea where were you when I was designing this thing?

Rob mentioned ply specifically in the video. He prefers MDF because it is more stable.

Nope, I just grabbed my trusty jigsaw and the blades I had on hand. I bet your idea would have worked.

I cut a lot of faced boards, melamine, paper, vinyl, painted, whatever. The easiest solution is to run a sharp utility knife right on the cut line, to score or sever the surface finish - pencil into the scratch if you are blind. When you cut the material, the surface chips back to the knife's score line.... works 100% perfect every time, better than fussing with jigs and routers.

Yes that would work, but you only have to level it once and I didn't have allen screws. I super idea though

Very carefully....thats a different video

I’ve never heard of that I’ll check it out thanks for the tip

Lither dors add metric sometimes but all my tapes are imperial so i cannot convert on the spot

@@RobCosmanWoodworking No Problem Rob, I guess rest of the world has to change to imperial🤣😂

we just made a video on drills where I show that will be out in a week or two

Oh yes I’m not a big fan of gorilla glue either I had never heard of Mela mine glue wish I had known about it previously I would’ve gotten some thanks for the tip

Because MY priorities are different than yours. If I’m using my router for multiple repetitious work I’ll take the time to grab my respirator. If not, it’s just a nuisance that I avoid. My lungs, my choice.

I dont like them

I have never had luck with shapers

Shapers simply do not have enough RPM to be used as a router table but for only the largest bits.

Granted shapers may run on the slower side of routers, but whether soft or hard woods, it cuts as clean as my two routers. I'm just saying there is more bang for the buck and as with any good tool will do a good majority of the work expected. I just think folks should be aware of the option, which most people aren't that there is a shaper and it should be considered. If you prefer a router table I hope you have a good one. As for me I usually run the smaller bits that are 1/4 inch shafts. You make a good point.

And what use would seeing that be to anybody? You gotta wind the screws until the insert is level with the face of the table. Seeing how somebody else does it won't assist you in the slightest when it comes to levelling your own.

@@johncoops6897 It was not shown how the two screws interact to level the insert plate! First screws were inserted into the opening in the saw table and then another set of screws were screwed in from the top of the insert, but how are the upper and lower screws interacting? Are the adjustments made from the top screws or the bottom screws?? We need more explanation on how the system works!

@@shemondoublejack948 - they are screws FFS. Surely you don't need somebody to explain how a screw works? Go to a hardware store, buy one and you might understand. The screws underneath are holding the wooden cleats. The levelling of the insert is done from the top. There are 6 adjustment screws, not two. This is very basic stuff indeed. I can only imagine that you asked the question before watching the video, right? It is impossible to understand why you need to ask the question... it is all shown in the video very clearly.

Been using it on my other saw for 6 years.

Hahahahaha

Because I want to be able to pull out the router change and change router bits and make adjustments without having to unbolt the router to get it out of the table

Sorry, for every comment like yours I get 10 thanking me for not skipping processes. Guess who wins? Sorry.

You want to be poor, be poor! Don’t cast it on everyone else. Dude, raise your sights!

@@RobCosmanWoodworking So you consider people that don't have 3 or 4 grand to toss around on a single piece of shop equipment poor? Not a good look. Enjoy your day.