A little router table that costs nothing!
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I want this
I'm just getting into woodworking this is %100 on my list of things to make.
Your channel is a huge help in learning more about woodworking .
Thank you for sharing !!
Yeah, but I don't have a router, and I don't have wood, and the electricity in my garage just went out. 🙂
Same here, in addition I lost all my fingers because Stumpy showed a 10 second clip of him using a table saw without a blade guard!
😂😂😂
Excellent idea for those of us who are newcomers or have little space for shop machines! Many thanks!!
Well played, sir.
I can’t decide which I’m more pleased with…the fact that I now have a good game plan for building my own router table or the ocular treat that is the newfangled James Hamilton beard
I watch a lot of your stuff but I rarely comment. This little table is just too cool though. Im def doing this.
The part where you sprayed your 2 part on and used the wrong side made me lol
I sprayed two sides by accident. It was still on the side I glued.
Love it, love it, love it! Thank you!
I have been using a rigid trim router for years and the bits have a way of coming loose while running. Finally, picked up a new one, went with dewalts cordless trim router. Worked great and ended up making this table, took a little under 2 hours but my shop is a mess. Felt good using up some scrap wood!
Great video James. I was just wondering if you are making build plans for this little table
All the details are in this video for free 😀
I love your channel, always something new and exciting ❤❤❤
Just built it! It took me more than an hour haha.
I built your box joint jig as soon as I saw it, about 3 yr ago. but I had a hard time with the cuts cause my jobsite saw has a stubby arbor to rule dado sets out. I found a cool blade from Oshlun that fit a short 5/8 arbor. It will make 1/4 and 3/8 dados. I wanted to give you a link but I think they pulled it from the market cause I couldn't find it on their website. Anyway, I love the dado set and the jig too. good vids.
Thanks! Great and simple idea!
Hmmm, been looking for the link to your box joint jig you mentioned but can’t find it.
I said it'll be there when that video is available. It's not finished yet :)
@@StumpyNubs lOL, that’s not a bad excuse. I heard you say that, but it never crossed my mind that I was actually watching a current video! I sure appreciate your channel.
I would never think that you would intentionally use someone else's design without attribution, but the design of the fence on this little table is very reminiscent of that used by Patrick Sullivan in his somewhat more complex mini router table th-cam.com/video/2EYJdKTVeKM/w-d-xo.html. Check it out. I always enjoy your videos, I just wish you would bring back more of the delightful nonsense you originally brought to them. Cordially, W. David McGuinn.
I haven't seen his video, but similar ideas have been around for decades. I've seen them in woodworking magazines, and perhaps that was his inspiration, too. A box with a fence sliding on runners is a pretty obvious design that multiple people can (and have) come up with. The first place you happen to see something is rarely the first place it was thought of. Generations of smart woodworkers came before us.
Yikes! Mind those fingers at 6:49!
Look closer... The router is not on. I am just showing you the direction of push.
@@StumpyNubs Good intentions, and yes, you weren't in danger. But you're effectively demonstrating how (not) to use the table. Even Sam Maloof managed to feed his fingers into a bandsaw by focusing too much on the wood.
@@raytice8964 Wait till you see how close my fingers get when I'm changing the bit...
@@StumpyNubs 🤣
@@StumpyNubs And I suppose your viewers will push their wood with the bit off too.
came here to say i love the beard
haha i'm glad i'm not the only one
Beards: they grow on ya!
Cool tools next month - Gillette
I wouldnt dream of offering an opinion on this normally but hands down beard is a win.
Bearded team here! 100% approved. 😊
Hi Stumpy. Love your videos .
Greetings to you and all your many loyal viewers from Matamata, New Zealand.
This mf the lebron james/jordan of TH-cam woodworking
Did he make a Space Jam movie?
James, that is awesome. I really don't like having to drag out my table top router table for a couple quick simple swipes through the router bit. This looks like a great fix for that. Can't wait to see it cut finger joints.
Fantastic, finally a simple routing that doesn't need a plate from Amazon and easily made.
Maybe you should have designed your own..............
Wow, what a great idea! I learn so much on your channel!
It's the old, "See you again next week. Same time. Same channel," trick. I look forward to the sequel. A cheap, portable router table is something I can use. Thanks, James.
I can make this so it breaks down to carry in the motorhome! Well done!
If you have space to store yet another jig/device then this makes a lot of sense. I have a Bosch 1600E that does not get a lot of use and there are plenty of times I have to swap out bits on my router table, (Triton TRA001) which all takes time. What I would really love to see is a device/jig that makes it easier to use a flush trim bit on a narrow edge. I did this on 18mm ply recently, and ended up with a couple of nicks were the router tilted a tiny bit. And this was with a small 1/4" router and not the big Bosch. I'm looking forward to the box joint jig.
If one makes this, don't go hard on the router bit and over stress the mounting screws. I made a small router table similar to this to mount a trim router, (Larissa Huff's project from Fine Woodworking actually), and someone at the community shop went really hard on it and the screws pulled through the top. The design and size are really meant for working carefully on small pieces or light passes. That's not to say it's not capable of being useful but it's not the same inertia and mass as a 3-hp router in a 300 pound cast iron table. I am really looking forward to the finger joint/box joint attachment that Stumpy promised us. Great teaser video! (For those that like football analogies, this table is a running back, not an offensive lineman.)
I don't have a lot of space. This is so simple and amazing...Great idea Thanks
I have a spare router with a broken trigger switch and I was planning to buy a cheap router table for it, but storage is a factor so I was reluctant, given the cost. I have an identical model that is fully working but I wanted to use my broken one with the trigger switch bypassed in a table that I could leave it in permanently. A separate on/off stop button on the table would then make it safe to use.
But when I saw your little project here, I fell in love with it - I have scraps of wood so I can put it together for nothing and the fact that it is less than a quarter of the dimensions I was expecting from a bought one, makes this just perfect. Thank you for this upload. I had toyed with the idea of building a table but never got beyond thinking about it because I had a much larger image in my head.
Definitely now subscribed to see what you have planned for it. Excellent!
It took me years before I realised it would be useful to have a tabletop trim router table to go with my NYW-style router table - for quick roundovers or anything that didn't need the power of a 1/2" router & bit it has been brilliant.
This is exactly what I need. I just didn't know it. Now out to the shop! Or garage. When I'm out of it, it's a garage. When I'm inside of it, it's my shop. Depends on which side of the door I lock. 😂
Haha! I love that 😆
As someone who is trying to get into woodworking and lacks a garage (thanks, Navy Housing), I can't thank you enough!
Great! Now I can take a router table with me when my wife and I go on a vacation trip! 😂 Thanks, James. Seriously, this would be a great project to bring my old PC 690 back into use.
It'll fit in the overhead bin, too! Of course you'll need to check your router bits.
Thanks again James for a practical solution for those of us who would occasionally benefit from a router table, but use one so seldom that it doesn’t makes sense to buy one. There are lots of DIY router table videos. This is my favorite for its simplicity & portability.
hi! Great idea and lovely beard!
Great little router table. If you make the height to a known size then making an extension for a run off for longer pieces would be straightforward. Very good project!
I had to go back to a previous video.....has he always had a beard 😁?
I like your channel Stumpy.
Love this channel, and your vibe, thanks man!
Didnt have any MDF around so bought a 2x4 1/4" sheet from the Big Box store, that said, THANKS STUMPY! I now have a "router table" for my Dewalt DCW 600B battery router.
Works great so far and makes me much more comfortable routing things till I decide I need a corded and bigger table.
- This is the internet, there are people who will always say: "I need detailed plans"- the same people who buy templates for push sticks...
IF "one is interested/keen on in woodwork, but can't make a box without plans, maybe start with cardboard and scissors. Then once you have that worked out...buy a jigsaw (or vibratory multitool) and cheap corded drill- as a first powertool set.
For beginners - 6:49 demonstrates why top bearing guided router bits are much safer for those who want to keep fingertips intact.
Note, for a slightly less "build" project - the Router table could be made on the bottom surface of a storage crate - without losing the function of the crate.
Been following you for years and you always amaze me with your practical, no nonsense builds. Thank you! Thank you!
I would absolutely buy your strop compound if you offered it again. I can only find 0.5, 2 and 12 micron compound on Amazon rn. I'm thinking about getting the 12 micron and just use it very sparingly and lightly. Not sure if that would work or not.
Was it my imagination or did you spray the accelerator on the first runner and then put it outward instead of in the glue?
Looked like it to me too..
I accidentally sprayed the wrong side at first and had to spray the other one.
Does the board need wax? I don't have any and really don't want to spend 20 bucks for something I'll use once
dat salt and peppa beard looks great on you! Quality video as always! Cheers!
Stumpy I love that you continue to churn out videos to advance people’s skills and the overall trade. Far too many TH-cam woodworkers have fallen into a loop of buy this tool not that tool. Maybe they are burnt out, hit the end of their skillset, I honestly don’t know. One can only take so many of those videos. Especially when 10 different woodworkers you follow are doing similar vids. Trust me, I applaud them for the hard work they put in to get to this point. Just not my cup of tea. To you sir, I tip my hat.
I still do 6 Cool Tools videos a year. In fact, a new one comes out on Friday :)
@@StumpyNubs You are not pumping out 6 Cool Tools one week and 6 Bad tool the next followed by 6 more cool tools the following week and 6 more bad tools after that. You have a flow through different formats that is appealing. Sorry to vent in your thread.
I tip my hat too 😊
I’m so going to make this! Thanks Stubby!😊👍
I’m going to make this however I think using melamine would be great for the surface.
FYI: Your Center-Finding Ruler link goes to a 404 page.
Should take about an hour or so, eh? Welp, I’ll be setting aside a few weekends for this…
Thank you so much for this. It's exactly what I needed.
I bought a router. Now I need to build a box/table for it. Thanks for the inspiration.
That's a neat little router table, James. Thank you! 😊😊😊
I have router, but it’s a press and hold button to operate. Love the table and would to make one, but with my router need a new plan, any ideas…
Awesome, was thinking of buying one, now I will make one! Thanks, again !
Would it be possible to obtain dimensions/plans for this simple router box??
Absolutely love it. We have a router table but now we will have another one. Outstanding and clever design. Looking forward to videos on its use. Thank you!
Perfect. I frequently use a 1/4” mini roundover bit set to the same height for the edges on my bandsaw boxes and drawers. Was thinking about buying a small router table & router to dedicate to this purpose. I’ll make one of these instead and fit it with an inexpensive trim router. Always ready when I need it. Thanks!
Could you mount a 15amp skil router to it?
I bought a bridge city try square in the late Eighties for layouts on cabinets and it is incredibly precise and well made , I love it
I was looking for EXACTLY this - going to buy MDF right now- thank you James!
Fantastic build, James! It looks great! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
love this nice and simple
Love the slightest little bit of....sarcasm? Your videos are fantastic but no matter how good and informative they are there will always be a few that whine or complain. Keep up the great work sir, 98% of us appreciate it!!
Superb Video ! George U.K.
Really nice. The beard that is!
What gauge nailer is being used?
Nice. A thought on your fence: Since the bit is roundish and rotates, no matter what angle your fence is to the bit, it will be square to the bit. Therefore, you can make a fence that s adjustable to 1/100 of an inch by pinning one end of the fence to the table and clamping the other end. That way, you can move the clamped end just a hair and the fence will move a fraction of a hair at the bit.
It's not about keeping the fence at any particular angle to the bit, it is about keep in the fence sliding smoothly back and forth from both directions.
5:33 The accelerator wasn't usefull, after all, apparently ^^. Great little project, I could totally make this even if I am not a real woodworker but more of a DIY guy. It's always sad that you need to make these kinds of videos hover, it seemed pretty straightforward how to interchange techniques for me all these years watching your videos, it shouldn't be necessary. Intuitively I would even have built it in a similar way but you added lots of small useful details thanks to your skills!
It's sprayed on two sides.
That is so easy such a great idea, it would be worth keeping an eye out for a corded trim router on sale, and buying it to be dedicated to this portable router table
Can I use 1/2” thick MDF for the top instead of 1/4”?
Yes
I missed how this replaces a table saw... Cool little project, though.
Read the rest of the title.
Question from a newbie...I am wanting to make cabinet doors with a rail/stile bit set and this requires a larger router. Can this table be used or is this only for a trim router?
If I was using a larger router, I would make the top of this out of 1/2-inch Baltic birch plywood so it had more strength.
Maybe I’m dense, but why does the router table need to be perfectly square? Could this technique not be used to build a rectangular router table?
This makes it possible to run the fence carriage in either direction. That, in turn, makes it possible to use the lip at the bottom of the box on either the end or front of the bench, depending on which direction you are pushing the wood. It's a very handy feature if you don't have a vise, or if you don't want to clamp it down.
Not sure I understand why the fence MUST be square to the table. It makes no difference to the bit. The fence I have is mounted on a pin on one side with the fence able to move in an arc around the pin. When in use the opposite side is held by a clamp, I can now use all the table all the time.
You will understand after part 2
Husky (Model# 224317) makes a killer portable work table that is also a router table. I absolutely use the heck out of it. I need to figure out a way to make this jig work for it. a "4 bolt T-slot slider" maybe...
Nice work
Beard!!! W!
Ha! Any router? I bet you'd have a problem getting my ancient Black and Decker No. 7600 router to work with that design. Base plate? What's a base plate?
Cool, now make a video on how to make an inexpensive router for the people who don’t own one.
This is the internet, remember that.
What about people who don't own an internet connected device so they can't watch this? Maybe a quick vid on how to build an inexpensive computer. 😀
thanks
Fireproof suit on: I don’t have any scraps “laying” around the shop but do have many “lying” around.
Did Stumpy Nubs suddenly become Puerto Rican?
Simple, practical and dirt cheap. Exactly what the weekend warrior needs. Good job James, good job...
GREAT! Now I have another thing to make... well, at least this will actually be useful😆. As always, thank you for your time, patience, and teaching--much appreciated!
At 5:29, witch side do you put the accelerator on?😄 Nice tool, I'll probably make one. Thanks for all the videos you have done.
Something like this might be just the thing for my plunge router, I just have to figure out a convenient way to finely adjust the cutting depth. And add some chip/dust collection.
I made myself a lot bigger router box based on this design. The Top is 3 foot x 3 foot. And 4 feet tall. I placed it on wheels/casters.
I had some oval window frames to carve out of plywood. Hence I made a template out of hardboard and then used a following bearing router to carve the shape in plywood, following the hardboard profile.
bearded stumpy looking fantastic
James this is seriously in my top two favorite woodworking channels keep up the great work! I don’t usually comment but people need to know when they are appreciated. You never sold out and that’s a huge part of why I keep coming back to the channel! Oh aaaaand…. LETS GO RANGERS!! Sorry bud born and raised in NYC! Had to throw that in there!
It's amazing to see how scarps of wood is converted into such a useful resource and that too in a simplest possible way! Many thanks for sharing this here 👍
Built one somewhat similar around 4 yers ago! But added a lift system with aluminum top insert! Love it threw my router table away in the trash actually sold it! Also made a box joint jig freaking sweet performance unbelievable! 🍻
What about changing bits or adjusting the height? Do we need to get the router out of the box?
You can reach under the table through one of the openings, or tip it on its side and access the router fully from beneath.
Beautifully simple design, James. Thank you for sharing.
6:48 awaiting for the haters right about now 😅
Stumpy nubs indeed. No wonder he's shaking!
Wow...very simple and so useful model of small router table...thanks for sharing.
Congratulations from Brazil
I built one of these router tables- haven't actually used it for routing yet, but it proved very useful as a sturdy 90° clamp for putting a cabinet together :)
Great video James simply router table Thanks for sharing
How easy is it to change your router bit with this setup?
Not difficult at all. You can reach under the table through one of the openings, or tip it on its side and access the router fully from beneath.