DeWalt Fixed Base Router Table Build

This garage workshop has been needing a serious router table upgrade for years! Check out how I build this easy weekend project with just two by fours and plywood...And a modest shop full of second hand and third hand tools. Thanks for watching!

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" Dragon speak"
By McDragon Records

[pjmbidge]

Nice to see someone build something decent, sharing their knowledge and ability, taking the time to explain what they are doing and why they are doing it, without trying to sell the viewer their own and their sponsors stuff
Thanks you!
From someone who's tired of watching builds that are just thinly veiled adverts!

[Kelvinkid]

I like this design because I can always put sides on it later or even add drawers in the future.I am a welder with almost 23yrs experience so I am looking to expand into woodworking as well.

[raifmt]

Thanks for the clear instruction without frivolous unnecessary comments. I plan to build this table.

[gadfly]

Thanks for the build. I’m tired of my box store router stand as well. Might I suggest adding a small chamfer to the bottom of the fence face, so sawdust buildup doesn’t cause small errors between the fence and workpiece. Again, TY.

[gregcox]

I made this table and it's handy dandy. The one major modification I made was just plugging the router into a foot switch instead of rewiring anything.

[kimmozejko]

Nicely done Pete. I like how you filmed, documented and built your router table. I am going to model mine after yours and will let you know how it turns out. Thanks, man.

[HanifPayandeh]

Great video! Very easy to follow and entertaining. Thanks Pete.

[alinver]

Simple yet functional. The fence clamps were a great idea. Nice work young Sir!

[seanj-ski]

You just gave me an unintended tip. I’ve been changing the router bits with the base attached. What a pain. Never thought to remove it first. So stupid I am. Thanks!

[ladykenja]

- Good job. No fancy stuff. Luv it. Thanx 4 sharing.

[antonioperez]

Nice!! I like the fact that my tools look like yours, not like hi-tech equipment that is out of reach for most mortals.

[ChefJPerri]

Well Done! I liked your scripts without no words. Ciao!

[williamday]

Nice job - very functional and clean. Thanks for sharing - watching other woodworkers always gives me techniques, tips, and new tools and tricks for my own toolbox!

[essextwo]

Saved to come back to this in a few hours.

[clandestineprivateinvestig]

I suggest using sealed outdoor electrical boxes as those ones you used can fill up with dust, and then with any sparking, be a fire and explosion hazard.

[richardharrold]

Nice, and much less complicated than some of the builds I've seen.

I'm intending to adjust your design for a tabletop version, but I'm definitely copying that idea with the toggle clamps. Love the idea that the surface can be cleared for larger pieces (even though the dust might prompt a rethink).

[BobAbbott]

I'm surprised you don't have more subscribers and views. Great vid, simple, no-nonsense and just the right amount of humor. this will def be the router table I build this week. Since you're not using a Sawstop some better table saw safety would be good, if I can offer that. Put a splitter or a riving knife (better) on there, mate.

[pat.traynor]

I've already built my router table and I'm reasonably happy with it, but I *do* have a bear of a time keeping the fence in place when the router bit is trying to push the wood to one side. I'm definitely going to get myself some of those HF clamps. Those look slick. Thanks for a great video!

[kidt]

Nice router table!!
I’m gonna make a similar build but will use aluminum as my fence. Just a preference of mine

[willb]

Lovely Work. Very Enjoyable and a sturdy correctly built table. Thank you I will probably follow this for my own build - I have the same Ryobi - in fact it is shocking how much Ozito and Ryobi power tools that I still have and works very well indeed after 4 or 5 years. I thought they would break once the box was opened. Nice DeWalt too!