The EASIEST DIY Router Table on YouTube

[@maxcassinelli4480]

It's really refreshing to see a "beginner" video that doesn't assume that you have a whole workshop full of tools available

[@CraftReaper-OmarFaruqTawsif]

haha yeah totally.

[@bobmuehe7979]

Perfect. Been searching for an hour. When you say simple you mean it.

[@northernworks]

Glad it helped!

[@billj5645]

I did something similar but I mounted the router under the outfeed table for my table saw. I also made a simple fence by drilling a hole some distance away from the router and putting a T-nut under the table. I just use a long piece of wood for the fence, with a notch in it to clear the router bit. One end is bolted to the T-nut, the other end hangs off the edge of the table and when I swing it around to where it needs to be I clamp it at the edge.

[@northernworks]

That’s genius! I’m going to see how I can add a fence, and that model would be great.

[@ivantodorov9920]

Genius things are simple! Thank You man! Great!

[@grantjackson21]

Hello mate, just come across your channel. Love your work. Picked up woodworking about two years ago randomly when trying to make a basic bench in the garage to refit grips on my golf clubs. It’s been downhill since then and the golf clubs are now literally covered in saw(dust) . KZbin is full of guys with massive workshops and every powertool known to man. Great to see you making stuff with the things mere mortals have at their disposal! Keep it up!

[@northernworks]

Thanks Grant! Same here - returned to making after an accident stopped me working for a few months last year, and now all I’m thinking about is how to make new things around the house! I’ve no space for a workshop, to be honest. But I am planning to cover the driveway so I have somewhere dry to cut and sand.

[@arthurholmes-brown7104]

99% of the features but built in 1/10th the time. Love it.

[@rmarks59901]

Thanks for a great solution at no cost, easy enough way that even I can do it. I look forward to watching more of your videos during the long winter months here in Montana. Shout out to Start Making (woodworking) for introducing me to your channel.

[@Mr-Roberto-Flak7]

No nonsense And as is.... Love it !!!

[@garygerard4290]

This video shows me just what I wanted to find out about building a simple router table. thank you

[@northernworks]

Glad it helped

[@rogerdevries7090]

Love the simplicity, you might find a foot or floor switch handy for turning on and off while working !!!!

[@northernworks]

Great idea! It is a bit of a pain - though it’s a useful reminder to work safe every time I have to turn it on

[@awantamta]

That is just absolutely brilliant !

[@davidmoss7245]

Excellent video.Just what I was after.Theres so many videos out there that go into it extremely detailed and only experts can make those but for me personally this video is spot on for my limited woodworking skills , nice one 👍👍👍

[@PureBloodWNC]

I enjoyed watching your pup in and out of shots. 😊 We don’t deserve dogs. Mans best friend indeed. Great, simple project too. I plan to do something similar soon!

[@northernworks]

He’s brilliant, but he does love to eat the most inconvenient things around the workshop 😅

[@HaveaLukeatthis]

A great, simple solution - good work!

[@richfagan]

Cheers for this, I’m getting straight onto building one with an upgrade to phenolic ply👍

[@Ozninjaguy]

Good idea. Have you designed a fence for this table?

[@wojciechbartczak3109]

Only small feature missing here is a fence. But that should be easy. I bet you have some small off-cut or leftover from projects. What works amazingly good is L shaped aluminum profiles that you can buy in any bigger shop.

[@northernworks]

Yea, a fence would be sweet. Maybe some quick clamps to make it easy to adjust

[@GoCreateSomething]

So if you have a sled for your table saw, you could just put your five holes in that and have one less board lying around the shop. This one might give you a little more freedom in how you can move the work piece, though. This kind of makes the router table a jig which is nice. You can literally clamp or tape any shape to it to hold the work piece for repeatable cuts. If you have some wall space you could just hinge that board to the wall and fold it out when you need the routing table. It could also be a folding outfeed table for your table saw. One thing that would make life better with that would be one of those cheap foot switches so you don't have to get under the table to turn it on and off. It is amazing how inspirational something this simple can be.

[@quirtdrozario856]

I like this. Think I'll do the same . Yeah, sure. I'll give it a go. Thanks for this video.

[@TomRubicon5949]

Great stuff!

[@rickb4384]

Love your videos, simple, practical but clever 👍

[@northernworks]

Glad you like them!

[@mvilla4614]

Thank you so much def going to try this method

[@MichaelCarroll]

I reckon I'll do the same thing... mainly because my router is the scariest of all my power tools and using it this way does look safer and more practical!

[@northernworks]

For sure - they’re scary as hell. It’s definitely a better way to rout long edges though

[@yasinros426]

How did you get that centre for the circle?????????????????????🤯

[@bikeybikebike]

He drew two chords, straight lines touching the circle in two place. He measured the centre of those chords and drew lines at 90° to them. Where those lines cross is the centre.

[@yasinros426]

@@bikeybikebike Thanks

[@shaundavey5938]

I might try similar with leftover laminate.I can increase or decrease the table top size as needed!

[@northernworks]

Having the large surface made all the difference for me. So much easier to work with big shapes like legs

[@matthewbolduc2714]

Excellent.

[@johnpetrea]

Really cool 😎… Thanks

[@dekdeejay5081]

great video, make me laugh when people show you how to make cheap stuff using there 50 million quid's worth of tools, loved it the minimal tools job done !!!

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

01:36 Holy cannoli - did doggy just wanted to lick that drill bit?

[@northernworks]

He’s fearless. Or stupid. Spinning things must look tasty!

[@larryford2303]

Hello Mate, Dual National here- mum &dad were RAF WWII, dad & I both born in Southampton. Haven't been back in years and it's always on my mind. Manchester- north, industrialized and took a beating from the Luftwaffe. Have several of Lisa Stanfield's cds. Although not from Manchester, I've been listening to EBGT since th 80s. Discovered your channel as I was building a smaller version of your router table. We're also using some of the same tools. I'm sure you'll find ways to make it even more useful! Best, Larry Ford

[@evelyngorfram9306]

Great idea & execution. One thought: either label it clearly something like "ROUTER TABLE," or else don't store it with the scrap wood. 😉

[@northernworks]

Haha, exactly - I’ve got NOT SCRAP written on the bottom in massive Sharpie letters

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍👍👍.Thanks

[@SRG-Learn-Makers]

Quick and dirty, this is the way.

[@northernworks]

You’re not wrong, and when it works this well it’s amazing!

[@JanSzymonGoowacz]

Years ago I make such top on jobsite and I still use it today. In shop I put it on old ikea style cabinet to get any daust colection. Only in my opinion this router is to small for this job. Bay any chinse 2kw router and will be much more beter then that trimer.

[@northernworks]

That’s definitely good to hear they last that long, and I can just swap in a bigger router when I get round to getting one!

[@gedreillyhomestead6926]

Just noticed, if you made one of your drawer fronts removable you'd have the same thing. 🤔

[@northernworks]

Genius! 😅

[@Grow_A_Pair]

Dangerous as hell! If that board falls of those legs it'll take your feet out lol. But i like it.....

[@davidndahura7437]

Can be cost effective but looks risky especially when I make woodworking for a living , hardwork can threaten its consistency.

[@northernworks]

For sure, it’d be way more stable with 18 or 22mm plywood. Plus I’ve started using it with a fence (just some pine 2x3) just to keep everything lined up more consistently

[@michaelhooker3473]

Yes, very nice and simple. I can do a lot of complex things, despite being 74 with Alzheimers, and I still have all my fingers. The problems with all these videos is that they start with an "offcut" of half or three quarter inch plywood. Where the heck do you find that? All the local suppliers here have is huge boards which I can't afford on my pension, and if I could afford one I couldn't fit it in my car, and if I could fit it in my car I couldn't lift it, or move it around in my poky house to attempt to saw it up.

[@ikda1982]

some places sell there off cut pieces in pile..i usually rummage through them when in shop. usually pretty cheap and easier to transport

[@freakeystyley34]

More importantly, what are you making 👀

[@northernworks]

Haha, you’ll have to wait and see…but it involves a Christmas tree

[@freakeystyley34]

@@northernworks Hmmm... interesting! I've also bodged a router table together in the past with a little trim router. It works so well but I should have gone with a bigger table like yours.

[@davidearl5732]

Get rid ot the music

[@jimmywilliams6023]

Yes the music sucks! But good video otherwise.

[@jeffmastin]

Uuggg, so painful watching you do junk work. No one should see this except as a lesson what not to do

[@dean825]

Going wrong direction against router bits Good video