Router Table: Buy or Build?

[Rick Potter]

Whoa!!

Cup holders? What an idea. I knew I was missing something. Put a new blade in the hacksaw, Mabel. We got some custom work to do.

Potable Potter

[Rod Sheridan]

I vote you skip the router table all together and buy one of the small Grizley or old Delta 1/2" shapers. Tons of cutters available cheap, and much sturdier. They cost about the same money as a router table with a couple of toys.

My first shaper was a 1/2" Delta, and it did a lot of work for me for a number of years. Bought it used, sold it for what I paid for it.

Larry

I also vote for leaving the router to what it does best ( freehand work) and buying a shaper.

Never heard anyone complaining their shaper table sagged...............I use my shaper frequently, and if you're working solid wood, a 40mm Euro block head and HSS knives are a cost effective solution...........Rod.