Router Table/Planer Station is done!!! yippeeeee

[Terry Hatfield]

I just came in from a l o n g day in the shop. A good day too. I finished the revamp on the router/planer station that I started on last weekend!! I think it turned out pretty well. The fence and the storage are certainly WAY better than before.

Here is the old station...obviously it's made from some recycled kitchen cabinets...

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Here it is after some "demo"........

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Got the new top on .....

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Here it is with the old drawers and doors removed and the new oak face frame installed...

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And here it is done...

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It's almond 3/4" melamine. The top is a 2 layer gule up with a 3/4" mdf layer on the bottom. The top, the fence and all the drawers are edgebanded with oak. I used the big Rockler plate and Rockler t tracks and t bolts etc...

The drawers are all dovetailed and the 3 center drawers are on 100 lb. full extension slides. The top drawer is where I will store my routers and bits. The drawer is 37"W X 20"D X 10"T!! All the drawers are made from 1/2" baltic birch plywood. All of the drawers have 1/4" melamine faced hard board for bottoms except the big drawer. It has a 1/2" bb bottom for additional strength.

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I have sanders and sand paper in one of the lower drawers and finishing supplies like brushes, gloves and such in the other.

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Thanks for looking!!! I enjoyed building it and I'm sure I will enjoy using it even more!!

Terry

[Jim Becker]

Way too nice, Terry. You're making my shop look like a slum!

[Von Bickley]

Terry,
Great looking work station (as usual)......

[Terry Hatfield]

Von,

Thanks..you know me. I can't leave well enough alone.

Jim,

Yeh right...slum.....I've seen many a Euro combination machine in the slums around here.

I just got tired of looking at the bench top saw so I decided to build a different top. Things kinda got out of hand along the way somehow.

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[David Rose]

Nice "rework" Terry! That is a vast improvement. Don't the "utility jobs" always get out of hand?

David

Von,

Thanks..you know me. I can't leave well enough alone.

Jim,

Yeh right...slum.....I've seen many a Euro combination machine in the slums around here.

I just got tired of looking at the bench top saw so I decided to build a different top. Things kinda got out of hand along the way somehow.

t

[Glenn Clabo]

Terry that simply is a slick revamp...ya done good. Once again you've given something for us organizationally impared to aspire to.

[Todd Burch]

Terry, aren't you a little premature on the celebration there bud?

Websters: "Done: To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish"

I don't see no stinkin' finish on the oak edgebanding! And, those drawers are not clear coated, and those knobs... BARE WOOD! Face frame - RAW. (Just pulling your chain Terry! )

Anyways, your UNFINISHED project looks great!!

[Tony Falotico]

Looking great Terry. But I'm SURE you will find additional improvements you can make. But next time, you need to start from scratch. Soooo, let me know when you begin the NEWER IMPROVED model, and I'll come haul that one away for you, absolutely FREE of charge. Now don't spread this around, I wouldn't do something like that for just anybody!

[Terry Hatfield]

Terry, aren't you a little premature on the celebration there bud?

Websters: "Done: To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish"

I don't see no stinkin' finish on the oak edgebanding! And, those drawers are not clear coated, and those knobs... BARE WOOD! Face frame - RAW. (Just pulling your chain Terry! )

Anyways, your UNFINISHED project looks great!!

Todd,

ARGGGGG.......foiled once again!!!! I'm putting some finish on the coffee table project today. I'll get some on the naked parts of the router station a well.

t

[Mark Stutz]

Terry,
Great looking, and very functional. I'm amazed at how fast this came together. Would have taken me a couple of months!

Mark

[Terry Hatfield]

Hey Todd!!!!!!!!!!

Is this better?????

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Didn't get everything I wanted to get done today, but I made sure to take time to get a good slathering of tung oil on that naked oak on the router station.

t

[Jim Young]

It's always a great feeling to get a shop project done. Makes me feel like I'm getting more organized in the shop.

[John Miliunas]

Wowza! One heckuva' a nice transformation! And another one of those "start to finish in quick time" things again. Terry, you've just GOT to slow down a bit. You're making way too many of us look even slower than we already are! Great job!

[Todd Burch]

Terry - Approved! You get my stamp (for whatever that is worth!!)

[Kelly C. Hanna]

Heck of a job there buddy! I like the new arrangement much better.