Router Table and Fence | DIY Router Table Build - Part 1

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In this DIY video I’ll show you how to make a router table and fence. I’m using the Rockler Pro Lift router lift as a router insert for this DIY router table build. This homemade router table is dead flat with a melamine tabletop, and the router table fence is perfectly square to the top.
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[@payres48]

I have lost count of how many videos I have watched on router tables but this is by far the best looking one I've seen. Will very likely base mine on your design. Cheers from Australia.

[@WPGinfo]

Thank you. Very nice, down to earth, practical instructions with some nice tips too!

[@roytwo]

I don't know what is more impressive, your woodworking skills or your video creating skills. Very nice table, well done, well explained, well edited, well lighted and no annoying overly loud music.

[@mattskogen6533]

Your explanation of installing the lift is the best on KZbin! I've watched dozens looking for directions as clear an succinct as this. Thank you. You're a great teacher!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks, really appreciate the positive feedback!

[@davidnleeh4]

I really like your idea on using the Furniture Glides as "Leveling Screws", BRILLIANT!!!!! Cheap & easy to find, I love it!

[@JamesOStanworth-Wang]

Thanks. Great video - straight forward and clearly explained. Off to Part 2 :)

[@jac_builtWoodworks]

That's one impressive router table.I'm in the process of re-doing mine, I'll take some of your tips.

[@911evac]

I’ve been looking at dozens of ideas but this is the best by far. I have ordered the plans and can’t wait to get started. Note : The expense of an off the shelf lift is beyond my budget so I’ve mage my own 😁

[@indianadavejones]

Marie....Simply fantastic videos. I was looking at the Kreg router table, but now I am determined to build my own. Thank you for this great video series on the router table.

[@DIYMontreal]

That’s awesome! So happy I was able to inspire you. Good luck with the build!

[@ambertwin00]

You are such a bad ass and so inspiring! So grateful for all your tutorials as they have helped me so much in my own woodworking ventures. I’ve been needing a router table so bad and this is such an great tutorial to follow! Now time to try and attempt to replicate it myself lol….

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Coming along great! I’m a fan of the laminated top. And the dowel trick for clamping the t track is brilliant.

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks, hope my boards will glide smoothly. Can't wait to try it out! Just waiting on my collar adapter for the router lift.

[@chadyost444]

Definitely one of the best made router tables i seen on here. I want to copy it

[@TheEmre1979]

The best explanation I have ever seen. Without much preface - short, compact and presented best. thanks for this video. It helped me alot. Greetings from Berlin

[@rick91443]

This router table is my favorite so far(and I'm watched dozens.) Think I'll subscribe and see what else I can learn....cheers...rr Normandy, Fra.

[@roofermarc1]

Trim rooter is what I heard! Nice build. Thanks.

[@garymac121]

Great job! I just picked up a router lift and decided to follow your design for my router table top.

[@DJ-yj1vg]

Great setup.

[@philprowse8434]

The router table top and cabinet looks as good as anything I've seen that can be bought. Great job!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks Phil, appreciate it!

[@rickherrick1732]

This is a great video. I ran across at least 3-4 simple tips/tricks that I had not seen before... Excellent video, thank you.

[@chrisconstantinou349]

Best DIY router table video I've seen. Looks great and very do-able. Will be building mine based on this for sure.

[@dibley1973]

Thanks for sharing. Your design may have just popped in top of the list of router table designs I'm going to use as reference when I start to build mine!

[@DIYMontreal]

Wow thanks, I appreciate it! I've been wanting to build this for a long time so I guess all that thinking and researching paid off! ;)

[@Rane1990]

Reppin' Montreal!

[@richardmiller191]

This is the best DIY I have seen. Lot of great ideas I never would have thought of. Thanks for posting! Love that router lift from Rockler.

[@Thom4123]

Awesome job the router table came out great. Also I love the tip on gluing up the fence using the table saw fence ingenious. Thank you for the awesome video. Take care.

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks Thom! I started out doing it another way and then it just hit me! I have such an awesome saw now, might as well use it in every way that I can. :)

[@BruceAUlrich]

A ton of great features on this table. Great job, Marie!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks Bruce, had to put some thought into this one! ;)

[@LoneWolf-yp2mo]

Beautiful job !! Now I know exactly how I want to build mine. I'll make mine so it slides away under my work bench. Thanks again !!

[@DIYMontreal]

Sweet, enjoy!

[@stuartkerr2205]

Excellent video, the tip on using two boards and the t track as a spacer to router the cut out for the t track is a great idea. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@wagsman9999]

Well, I just finished this build! Wow. Wanted to thank DYI Montreal for these fantastic and clear videos and tips. Also useful were the links to the materials used. I used a different router lift, but that’s no big deal. If I had any recommendations to anyone thinking of building this table it would be to use good plywood. Spend the money for high quality birch plywood. My top ended up with a slight bulge. I corrected this with some laminated “beams” which I jointed and screwed to the bottom on the top, which complicated the construction of the base. Great build, thanks again!

[@nomad4731]

Thank you Ms Marie for sharing this video, it was sweet, short, and to the point

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks, appreciate it!

[@Nickname-ht5oi]

You made that look easy

[@aclawrence]

Great job!

[@lha9310]

I built this with a few modifications and love it. Thanks for the idea.

[@DIYMontreal]

Sweet!

[@robertscialanga1724]

Once again, simple and sweet. Great job and very economical with all the features of a first class router table. The use of the table saw as a jig and clamping the track with the dowel = effortless.

[@DIYMontreal]

That’s what I was going for. Top quality at an affordable cost. Really happy with the result. Thanks Bob!

[@robertmoran4005]

Fabulous video! The simplicity and delivery of instructions was/is perfect. Thank you very much for sharing!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks, appreciate it!

[@wef0711]

Thats an AMAZING looking router table!! Great job!

[@DIYMontreal]

thanks!

[@LanceMcGrew]

Using dowel rod to clamp T-track and chair leveling screws made me smile but the toilet bowl bolts in T-track put it over the top thinking dang this lady has it together big time!! Beautiful design - thanks for sharing.

[@Lutzboater]

That's as nice a router table as you could find anywhere. Well done!!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks! Can't wait to try it out.

[@jeffreykirby5280]

Fantastic video!! Exactly what I needed for my build. Thanks

[@michaelgervais2901]

Thank you!!! Like and subscribed!

[@DIYMontreal]

Awesome, thanks!

[@timbuckner2847]

Thank you !

[@antonoat]

Really liking the design you’ve created here, worth a subscribe and a thumbs up I reckon! 👏👍😀

[@elained2448]

I just discovered you Ms. Marie and may I say excellent job with the build, the video and explaining! Well done!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thank you! Glad you stumbled across my channel :-)

[@rodfauth1280]

Great build! It took me a while to find a good video on how to do this. Yours is the one. Thanks!

[@170166]

Very nice build.

[@jandrgarage3107]

The Odel trick is a great idea!

[@scottlouis7785]

I`ve got that job to do in the next couple of weeks. Been looking & making up what I want, your`s helped

[@DIYMontreal]

Awesome, glad I could help inspire your build!

[@B16nobby]

Really nice job

[@projetsterna]

Très beau travail! Merci pour l’inspiration.

[@jeffreyprice2982]

Absolutely brilliant! Well done!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thank you!

[@ericmoran1072]

This is a nice looking table and is so easy to understand all the process. A perfect video.

[@greghamilton5872]

What an awesome job on your router table! I am in the middle of my table and wish I would have seen this video before I started but the dust collection part was helpful. Thanks!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks!

[@jaytheist]

NICE! After watching many router table build videos, THIS is the video I'm going to follow. Thank you. 🙂

[@barryroberts6470]

Brilliant build Marie, love the design and the look of the table, looking forward to part 2. Barry (ENG)

[@DIYMontreal]

As always, thanks Barry!

[@dleivam]

Awesome

[@SuperZmeister]

Just watched you 3 part table build. I’m in the middle of doing much the same but adding the table to the end of my cabinet saw. Adding an enclosure underneath. Seeing the significance of venting the motor enclosure, I will certainly add that to my build. Not being a fan of melamine, I’m using two 22”x44” 3/4” birch ply and then laminate a Formica top. Thanks for all the well thought out tips.

[@davfpinball]

Great video thanks.

[@jeannettehoward7990]

Super, I will give it a go. Thanks

[@mrclay1964]

Great video was trying to figure out how to do one without dado until I seen you use pocket holes. I never done but tried it out love it

[@50plymouths]

This is an awesome router table...👍

[@gavingunn8133]

Liked the brush Handel camping

[@longfinger]

This is awesome!! Thanks for the inspiration! I am definitely building one! Cheers!

[@luiszarazua1265]

Nice work

[@markbrown2423]

Great video, no music and your commentary is perfect.

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks!

[@blueslurker1]

No music? Check the batteries in you hearing aid.

[@robing4566]

Definitely the best top I’ve seen on you tube, nice job!

[@yveslarochelle2519]

nice work

[@terryroot3022]

I'm going to make one. Thanks for sharing.

[@rickhayhoe]

Inspiring, Marie. And your use of furniture glides to adjust router plate height is a terrific idea that I've seen nowhere else. The ease of fingertip adjustment makes it the best I've seen -- and so simple. I wonder if using some low-strength Loctite on the threads for the final adjustment would be a good idea, to prevent movement caused by vibration. Of course, one would want to use steel threaded wood insert nuts, instead of the plastic inserts, to anchor the bolts in the plywood.

[@eugenioramosstudios4694]

Good job 👍👍👍👍👍

[@rogergreen2270]

Love your shop..

[@MrMustang1973]

Nicely done. Looks like my next weekend project!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks! sounds like a plan. Good luck with the build!

[@travisbj1]

Very nice video thanks 👍👍🙏

[@botousai]

Using those leveling screws to adjust the height is genius!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks!

[@khaledal-awadhi5000]

Easy to follow your steps dear, thank you.

[@DIYMontreal]

Thank you!

[@leksey7870]

Great table for the milling machine!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thank you! Turned out flat and smooth, really a pleasure to use.

[@apprends-en-ligne8403]

Très bien fait et expliqué! Merci

[@DIYMontreal]

Merci!

[@rubenlazarte1512]

Excelente trabajo muy bien explicado Gracias

[@DIYMontreal]

Muchas gracias!

[@raymenchaca8118]

Wonderful build- it looks so professional. I'm new to woodworking at 60 yrs old and so slow making cuts or routing tracks. Can you show how you made those fences for routing the groves to install tracks. They look fairly simple and effective- I take forever to figure out how to get a stable edge for my plunge router- can't wait until I can make a table router close to yours.

[@manuelc.a.1506]

Good and beauty work! Congratulations!

[@GunHolsters]

I love the design of this router table. I plan to make one in the near future. To keep the cost down, I’m planning to use a router plate rather than lift. Great table, great video!

[@DIYMontreal]

Absolutely! A plate will work just as well. Enjoy the build!

[@patriotwoodworker6092]

Great build!!

[@felixmx3]

Fantastic work!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks!

[@johnhine4619]

Fantastic video. I followed it to the letter. Thank you for showing which router bits you used. I'm going to be watching all of your videos.

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks! Glad the video was useful and the details were helpful 👍

[@sthelena1]

brilliant - best one i have seen- good job

[@chrisybradshaw8594]

Love it

[@tonydownunder5703]

Wow,, I'm impressed 👍👍👍👍 very very nice job 👍

[@yuventiqballa4698]

thank you

[@SteedmanWhite]

This is pure unadulterated genius

[@charleslilly8781]

great video nice looking table

[@reaper060670]

Hey Marie.. Love the look of this router table.. The issue I have with the insert plate from ROCKLER is the cost plus the shipping to IRELAND.. I would love to get it but the cost is too much so I will build my own lift mechanism in the future.. I'm spending monrey like crazy atm trying to get my workshop up and running so the router table will have to wait. I amy buy one of the TREND TABLES in the near future when I can see the benefits of such a spending spree. Not right now though Maire.. Ur table is sweet looking and I love the red accent against the white back drop on ur router table.. I salute u girl.

[@r.in.shibuya]

That is some real skill!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks so much!

[@Blethrow]

Hi there. As a newby to woodworking (but an exacting hobbyist) looking to build some quality infrastructure, I'm very impressed with both your design, and your presentation skills. Thank you for this great resource.

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks, really appreciate it!

[@hrishikeshb]

Very nice! I've been meaning to build one for myself and this is a nice clean design. Just one thought: Replace the plastic insert for the leveling screw with a metal one. I've used those for something else and they wear out really quickly.

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks, much appreciated! I'm hoping I won't need to touch the leveling screws much once adjusted correctly, but definitely a good idea to go with metal for the long run.

[@tq2655]

Nice job Marie

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks Tom!

[@valterleao6795]

Parabéns, adorei ver, estou fazendo uma mesa desta para a minha tupia, ainda estou aguardo os trilhos, a sua fico espetacular, ajuda muito no trabalho! Abraço aqui do Brasil 🇧🇷

[@johncooper7242]

excellent tutorial thank you. Lots of great tips and also some very useful accessory ideas too

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks!

[@GrahamOrm]

Great job.

[@DIYMontreal]

Thank you!

[@ivanlarose6899]

well done so glad i found your channel

[@espjason]

Cool very impressed

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks, appreciate it!

[@richbaumann2999]

Nice!

[@donnahoward4300]

Nice job!

[@DIYMontreal]

Thanks!