Which benchtop router table?
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Which benchtop router tables do you recommend?
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#12
A homemade one. You can add or delete any feature that you want to.
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#13
Homemade in the TS wing, works best for me.
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(01-04-2023, 08:45 AM)pgmrdan Wrote: Which benchtop router tables do you recommend?

I bought the Bosch RA1171 many years ago and would recommend it for a store bought, benchtop RT.
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(01-05-2023, 07:28 AM)pprobus Wrote: I bought the Bosch RA1171 many years ago and would recommend it for a store bought, benchtop RT.

I have that one.  It has a lot of nice features for the price.  Overall I've been happy with it.  The only complaint I have is I wish the clamping knobs for the fence attached to a track instead of slots in the table top.  I don't think the carriage bolts that come up through the table top get enough purchase to really tighten the knobs down securely.  I always feel like I'm going to pull the heads through the slot.
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#16
Benchdog, if it’s still available.
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#17
A few years back I looked at a Bench Dog benchtop router table.  It looked very good.  I can't find them online now and the stores don't carry them.  I guess they're not made any longer.  Anyone know?
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(01-11-2023, 09:32 AM)pgmrdan Wrote: A few years back I looked at a Bench Dog benchtop router table.  It looked very good.  I can't find them online now and the stores don't carry them.  I guess they're not made any longer.  Anyone know?

Seems like Bench Dog was bought by, merged with, owned by or controlled by Rockler (or vice-versa), but the brand seems to have faded away over several years.  The similar products they had, that i'd seen in person, to me the Bench Dog versions were generally nicer--but that may have been my perception instead of a fact.
earl
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#19
There are a great many plans and videos online for building a bench top router table much more affordable and with higher quality than today’s commercial products. Having a good bench top router table is always a nice shop tool even if you have a full size router table or plans for the future. One nice thing about building one is that you don’t need one to do so.
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#20
Pgmrdan, tried to send you a PM, but you must not have that turned on. Anyway, I have an unused Bench Dog router table if you’re interested.

Thanks.
Kevin
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