I can’t believe I built this as a newbie woodworker! Revisiting my router table build

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025

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  • @DIYMontreal
    @DIYMontreal  Год назад +5

    Router Table Plans available here: www.diymontreal.com/product/router-table-and-cabinet-plans/

    • @Caleb-fe2dl
      @Caleb-fe2dl Год назад

      what did the whole build cost you roughly?

  • @Ron_Boy
    @Ron_Boy День назад

    Just found your channel and website. What a breath of fresh air!! Nice narrative/VO, talking slowly, and detailed plans too. Thanks so much.

  • @Codeyellow
    @Codeyellow Год назад +2

    Ha! I used this video a reference when I was new and building a router table. Yours is the only video that gave information on where to put the t track. Everyone else skipped over that and I was stumped. So thank you!

  • @crescentworks6855
    @crescentworks6855 Год назад +3

    That dowel trick is ❤‍🔥! Good work!

  • @tonyborzumato8510
    @tonyborzumato8510 4 месяца назад +3

    Hi Marie. Great build. The dowels to clamp down the T-Track is genius! 25 years of hobby woodworking and I'd never considered that. Just goes to show you...

  • @patriciasheerin838
    @patriciasheerin838 Год назад +8

    I have been watching your channel for years, and I think I have watched every post. Thank you for your ideas and inspiration. My router table was based on this design. Keep posting, I love your channel!! Patricia from USA.

  • @mitchblackmore5230
    @mitchblackmore5230 Год назад +21

    It's videos like this that make me feel like I can actually do more than what I normally think I can do. So clearly presented that it takes the fear out of trying something like this. Well done.

  • @WPGinfo
    @WPGinfo Год назад +1

    Clear, concise and to the point. Thanks.

  • @shayroche
    @shayroche Год назад +4

    I've just come across your site, and I can honestly say you're one of the best for explaining in detail how to make projects,I will continue to view your site and learn from you,unfortunately I've a very small shed which I use to make things,mainly garden seats garden chairs and other small items. I'm glad I've come across your site, regards Shay from Dublin in Ireland

  • @adrianlouviere7650
    @adrianlouviere7650 Год назад +4

    Great instruction! Subscribed. Have a great day.

  • @Sebastopolmark
    @Sebastopolmark Год назад +2

    GREAT job Marie. A testament to you and the pocket screws! !! !!!

  • @andiedonahue9400
    @andiedonahue9400 Год назад +11

    Wow! I just discovered your channel! This is the first of your videos I have watched, and I am subscribing! I’m a 63 year old grandma and just started woodworking last fall, so I’m a super-newbie! Thank you so much for your straightforward, uncluttered verbal delivery and for NOT over explaining everything! I’m encouraged and I’ll continue to watch!

  • @kenrogers375
    @kenrogers375 Год назад +3

    It was fun seeing old footage, thanks for sharing. I need to finally start my router table build!

  • @archiem6323
    @archiem6323 Год назад +7

    I can believe it. You are the best at what you do. 🙋🏻‍♀️ Great videos.

    • @DIYMontreal
      @DIYMontreal  Год назад +1

      Thank you! 😊

    • @archiem6323
      @archiem6323 Год назад +1

      You are more than welcome.🙋🏻‍♀️

  • @norm5785
    @norm5785 Год назад +2

    Wow five years. Very nice router table build. Thank you for sharing your awesome project with us today. Stay warm, safe, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia

    • @DIYMontreal
      @DIYMontreal  Год назад

      My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed :)

  • @jewdd1989
    @jewdd1989 Год назад +2

    You did a fabulous job with that, it’s one router table I’ve watched and rewatched many times. Good job, I’d love more shop projects

  • @stretch3736
    @stretch3736 Год назад +1

    woohoo...I bought all the plans and I am almost finished building this project. I have a Jessem lift and I can't wait to start using this table!

  • @laurielyon7740
    @laurielyon7740 Месяц назад

    Wow!
    Great job. Very much enjoy your videos and so subscribed a while back.
    I plan on building this cabinet now that you’ve provided the plans, not to mention the inspiration.
    Also…….it’s so satisfying that you display what you’re building at the BEGINNING of your clip. When RUclips presenters don’t do that, letting me know what they’re creating, they loose me from the get-go.
    And very nice to have a Canadian presenter, too. From that comment, you’ll easily guess on which side of the border I reside!

  • @dennisfahlstrom2515
    @dennisfahlstrom2515 Год назад

    Marie, I recently discovered your YT page and enjoy your projects a lot. I have a small 10.5V Bosch drill I got years ago and while most of my cordless tools are now Milwaukee I still grab that little Bosch for most of my projects that don’t require loads of torque. Unfortunately it’s been discontinued but they do offer a small kit for under $100 US on Amazon that has both a small 12V impact driver, a small 12V drill, a charger, and 2 batteries. It’s not brushless but their brushless kit with the same stuff is 50% higher. I’d highly recommend this kit for the size and value. Bosch tools are quite reliable as well.
    Keep up your fine projects. You do them well and aren’t afraid to admit a mistake which gives your videos that much more an air of integrity.

  • @maitajack
    @maitajack Год назад

    Absolument brillante idée des goujons pour coller les rails. Merci de décrire les erreurs et leurs corrections. Votre diction en anglais est impeccable. Je réussis à tout comprendre même l'humour subtile et intelligent de certains commentaires. Bravo et soyez fière de vous.

  • @dgoddard
    @dgoddard Год назад +5

    Right after I started woodworking again, I ran across your first video on this. It inspired me to design and build one almost exactly like it. I use it all the time and it's held up great. So thanks!

  • @harryshaw4998
    @harryshaw4998 Год назад +1

    I made this router table and I love the heck out of it!! You did super job !

  • @mikeguyonYT
    @mikeguyonYT Год назад

    hey Marie; I have a plumber/pipe fitter friend and asked him why my converted garage wasn't heating well. the first think he said was was my piping for cold air duck and heat ducks the same size in volume.
    they weren't so i made them the same size and the problem was fixed. So I make sure what ever size hose volume that is extracting the dust, the hole volume for the intake air was equal.
    I enjoy your work.

  • @justMikeKplwd
    @justMikeKplwd Год назад +1

    I built this as well must be close to 5 years. I was a newbie too. Turned out great! Still going strong!!

  • @MarroktheWarrior
    @MarroktheWarrior Год назад

    I am looking at building a table of my of my own and you are the FIRST person i have watched (and ive watched a lot) that has said how far from the base plate you put the miter or t track! So thanks!!!

  • @doneldridge202
    @doneldridge202 Год назад +1

    Another excellent video! You have outstanding common sense with a high level of intelligence to back it up. But the most beautiful attribute you have is the ability to physically translate your thought into really exceptional end product. I am really enjoying your channel!!! Thank you for honestly sharing yourself with us!

  • @thewoodworkersjourney3314
    @thewoodworkersjourney3314 Год назад +3

    Really nice build, Marie, your channel continues to be an inspiration to me.

  • @phasemargin
    @phasemargin Год назад

    Good insights on dust collection strategies. The power switch on the door allows for 1-2 more drawers, nice combination of space. I made a conceptually similar router table and am now thinking to take it apart to improve the dust collection and maybe a few more of the many goodies in your design - thank you!

  • @hobbyetest
    @hobbyetest Год назад +4

    Ciao... complimenti, sei bravissima

    • @hobbyetest
      @hobbyetest Год назад

      Hello ... I sent you an email, check your mail

  • @rogerwoods1351
    @rogerwoods1351 Год назад +1

    nice work lady, that looks great

  • @sonofsandwiches6892
    @sonofsandwiches6892 Год назад

    Been looking for a comprehensive router table build. I love that no special tools are required, but will def. get the Kreg drawer slide jigs. Plans downloaded!

  • @PatchworxStudios
    @PatchworxStudios Год назад

    Did almost the same with more special functions and safeties and diy routerlift. Most useful mashine till today.

  • @juvelito21
    @juvelito21 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome! I really liked your dust collector DIY job. We really need one in our furniture shop. I watched until the end and listen to every bit of instruction your were sharing. Thanks for this informative video. Kudos to your future woodworking jobs!

  • @DJ-yj1vg
    @DJ-yj1vg Год назад

    That is a brilliant design. router bit drawers, enclosed, one piece fence

  • @marlinstudio.
    @marlinstudio. Год назад +1

    Great video. To clean up any rough edges ie the cable hole. Use a round over it in the trim router.

  • @bobstokes4457
    @bobstokes4457 Год назад

    I liked the design of your router table so I decided to build it. SO - I bought a Jessem Master fence II, a Master lift II. Had to downsize the plans because how the Jessem fence is attached. I got to the part of fasten the T track with Weldbond the bottle says it bonds to a lot of stuff, but one of the exceptions is metal. So I decided to go with the JB 5 minute epoxy. Your clamping setup using a a wood dowel is fantastic! I have the top routed, T-Track glued, soon I will be on to making the cabinet. Thanks for the helpful info.

  • @ROOSTEE7100
    @ROOSTEE7100 День назад

    Use Epoxy to fill in the etching on router lift plate to make it smooth

  • @mymemeplex
    @mymemeplex Год назад +1

    at 24:26 the router bit starts to wander upwards. I've had this happen with my janky diy lift as well, but figured because I didn't secure the router well enough to the car jack I used as a lift it got sucked up.(I figured the car jack is supposed to stop the car going down, but maybe there's no reason for it to stop it going up). But it seems pro router lifts suffer from the same problem?
    I'm already considering several changes to my design, your airflow experiments helped a lot, thanks.

  • @paulschwartz6074
    @paulschwartz6074 Год назад

    Thank you fir another great video. I really appreciate how you keep everything -- technique, instruction, editing, etc. -- super clear and accessible. Also like your little dabs of humor.

  • @clutteredchicagogarage2720
    @clutteredchicagogarage2720 Год назад

    Since you mentioned how it's a pain to move big sheets of plywood, I thought I'd share how I do it. My car is just a little 2-door hatchback, but I made sure to buy it with roof rails so I could install a roof rack. I installed a pretty cheap aftermarket roof rack with just 2 bars that run parallel to the front of the car.
    When I transport long dimensional lumber, I just ratchet-strap it directly to the cross bars of my roof rack with small ratchet straps (the kind WITHOUT the hooks). This works really well. I can move ~ 18 2x4s on top of my car at a time. I built a tree house for my daughter over the summer and hauled a pretty sizable stack of 4x4s, 2x12s and 2x4s on top of my car in a single trip.
    For moving 4x8 sheets of plywood, I built what's essentially a very large palette that I strap onto my roof rack. I then have a system where I slide the 4x8 sheets onto the palette and then clamp then down with some big bolts plus so cross-rails made out of ~ 1x3 hardwood stock (from some hardwood bed slats that I scavenged).
    Even though I have a small car, I can move multiple sheets of plywood and/or a pretty sizable pile of lumber on top of my car with my roof rack. It was definitely worth the time that I spent to install the roof rack and build a special sheet-goods-pallete with integrated hold-down clamps that I made out of scrap dimensional lumber and bed slats.

  • @BadSpock
    @BadSpock Год назад

    Great video. One point on router lifts that I didn't realize for a while... some routers can be adjusted from above the table without a router lift. You just have to drill a hole for the wrench to go through. My Bosch router is able to do that.

  • @didz2064
    @didz2064 Год назад

    After searching every router table on RUclips, I built your yours. I put plexiglass in the door so I can see how the dust collection is working, and put the pocket screw holes on the outside of the cabinet (so they bite into the wood correctly). I put the power switch on the right hand side and fed the wires out the back and along the side. For the fence, I found a new/never used Woodpecker fence at a yard sale. Love my/your router table!

    • @xMrSilver99x
      @xMrSilver99x 10 месяцев назад

      Am I missing something with the insert plate? Is it help just by the weight of the router and not secure somehow to the table? I saw the leveling feet but dont understand how they also keep the plate from bobbing from any kickback. Curious is you did the same with your build, thanks

    • @didz2064
      @didz2064 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@xMrSilver99xjust the weight of the router will keep it in place. Plus the fence will also prevent it from moving. It hasn't been a problem at all.

    • @xMrSilver99x
      @xMrSilver99x 10 месяцев назад

      Thank you!

  • @Mr.Stacey-L-SCC
    @Mr.Stacey-L-SCC Год назад

    Thanks for this. It took a lot of the mystery out of router tables and lifts for me.

  • @makernova8160
    @makernova8160 Год назад +1

    Good timing! I've been looking at different router table build ideas lately. The plywood under the melamine is smart! Thanks for the inspiration and ideas. I'll definitely be using them when I get around to building mine!

  • @tlull
    @tlull Год назад

    I wanted to build your table since you made it. I saved your video. Can't believe it's been 5 years. Christmas 2022 I finally bought the router lift ànd all the other gadgets I needed for the build. Hope to get started soon.

    • @ridley8340
      @ridley8340 4 месяца назад +1

      So did you build it?

    • @tlull
      @tlull 4 месяца назад +1

      @ridley8340 I started it in March of 2023. Ever since then I had to work 6 days a week. Leaving work at the end of October so I will have a chance to finish it I can't wait

  • @judyl.761
    @judyl.761 Год назад

    This really is spectacular and very well done!

  • @joseramoncontreras6163
    @joseramoncontreras6163 Год назад +1

    LOVED IT!!! 😁

  • @anthonylorbach9365
    @anthonylorbach9365 Год назад

    Proof that you were destined for this. I expect my sophomore efforts to be pretty laughable. Loved the build, and loved the after-inclusions.

  • @stretchhurion6702
    @stretchhurion6702 Год назад

    Nicely done you have given me some ideas for mine how ever I want to add mine to my Table saw to give me a bigger aera for cutting larger sheets

  • @chrismoore6359
    @chrismoore6359 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for this! It's really helpful and insightful for those that are learning when you update and reflect on previous builds like this!

  • @fabianprioux1136
    @fabianprioux1136 Год назад

    long time since i wish to build one and you have inspired me even more . Great build , awesome workshop .. Bravo !!

  • @clutteredchicagogarage2720
    @clutteredchicagogarage2720 Год назад +2

    This is SUCH a great build. Your dust collection setup is exceptional. I really appreciate your practical approach to wood working. Some other wood workers would spend 3x more time joining the drawers with all-wood jointery rather than brad nails + pocket screws. For shop furniture, I think the simplicity of brad nails + pocket screws makes more sense.
    I don't have the time now to build a router table, and I REALLY need to first start with other projects to declutter my garage workshop, but I hope to build a similar router table some day.
    I'm going to have to rewatch this some time to pick up some of your little clamping and alignment techniques for cabinets. I've seen some of these, but not all of them.

    • @DIYMontreal
      @DIYMontreal  Год назад +1

      Thanks, appreciate the feedback! Good luck with the decluttering and hope you get around to building this one day. It's a great addition.

  • @donburns9270
    @donburns9270 Год назад

    Excellent Job I'm impressed. Very inspiring.

  • @oxonian4518
    @oxonian4518 3 месяца назад

    Congrats! OMG an awesome project. Really inspired me! Cheers

  • @dougstrock7971
    @dougstrock7971 9 месяцев назад

    A recommendation to make the drawers slide easier that is a very old trick. Take Dove soap (or any bar soap), and rub it on the surfaces of the slots and on the drawer slides. It works like magic and if it starts to wear off, just apply more. Any smooth wooden drawer will slide much easier. Works great on dresser drawers in the house.

  • @bradboyer1381
    @bradboyer1381 Год назад

    What I'm really interested in here is your dust collector itself. Do you describe elsewhere about what you selected, why, how it's been holding up, evolved, etc.?

  • @jimhammell187
    @jimhammell187 Год назад

    Nice job as I watched I said you're gonna need an intake on the cabinet for dust collection- yeah I ended doing the same on mine after some thought

  • @JD-8-1971
    @JD-8-1971 7 месяцев назад

    Hint if you build a cabinet on a work bench..... Remove the drawers before lowering to the floor. Takes off some of the weight, plus you can hold the front edge.

  • @joelongstaff7601
    @joelongstaff7601 Год назад

    Great build thanks for sharing. I enjoy building furniture and cabinetry as a hobby now that I'm retired. As a carpenter I learned ,long ago, to build router tables to take two routers as in my home shop. When doing mortice and tenens or rail and style work I can set each router up and make peace's as I do assembly, saving a great deal of time and frustration. Yet I never see cabinet makers talk about the value of building such tables. Mine holds two 3 1/4 hp routers. Have you seen them? Thanks and God Bless.

  • @thewolf3530
    @thewolf3530 Год назад

    I love the way you work and the way you plan things gooooooood job 👍👍👍

  • @longfinger
    @longfinger Год назад

    I built your router table a few years ago and absolutely love it! It's a great design! Thanks!

  • @FranksDIY
    @FranksDIY Год назад

    I can honestly say every project I ever made I can go back and say I should have done it this way that way ETC ETC lol. This is because we learn as we go. I do have a split fence and you are right. the amount of times I've used it I think once I replace the fence I'll eliminate that feature . nice job

  • @ctpctp
    @ctpctp 26 дней назад

    Very nice build. I wish you showed us how you squared up the fence after checking it at 11:36 😢

  • @glennirwin4710
    @glennirwin4710 Год назад +1

    yes, it is awesome.

  • @nerknerk8834
    @nerknerk8834 Год назад

    Thanks for the video. I am building a roll around kitchen island and picked up a few pointers that I will use in the next week or so.

  • @havsum206
    @havsum206 Год назад

    Great video and idea - revisiting the project. Super helpful to learn what went well, what you'd do differently and your overall take on how it all went together. Thanks for investing the time!!

  • @Mr-Roberto-Flak7
    @Mr-Roberto-Flak7 9 месяцев назад

    Very Clever... And Insightful....Thank you !!!

  • @patrickarchuleta9594
    @patrickarchuleta9594 Год назад

    Does the pro lift accept all routers thanks for info your work is second to none.

  • @jeffmason398
    @jeffmason398 Год назад

    Thanks Marie, This is the build video i keep referencing. No lazer cut templates. Just guide boards and a trim bit. I'll be adding a similar hardwood boarder. I think it's funny you have the Rockler lift in Montreal and i have a JessEm in Jersey. Also immediately impressed with the clamping dowels. Good work. :")

  • @hydroponikstuttgart4515
    @hydroponikstuttgart4515 Год назад

    You could chamfer your fence a bit on the bottom side, so saw dust has a place to go and dont mess up precise cuts. (Same concept as some miter saw fences or table saw sleds). Great Video, cheers

  • @laurentmetro
    @laurentmetro Год назад +1

    Magnifique!

  • @patrickguyot1290
    @patrickguyot1290 Год назад

    Its definitly a very smart looking router table,welldone❤

  • @timothycreasy2161
    @timothycreasy2161 Год назад

    Interesting to revisit a project that you did in the past, and see what you might change to make it work better for yourself.
    And you made that early in your career too,... Impressive 👍

  • @Yawles
    @Yawles Год назад

    Nice design. I liked how you built your cabinets when I watched the original video. I loosely followed your experience when I built mine. Well done.

  • @crescentworks6855
    @crescentworks6855 Год назад

    I really like how you did the levelling from underneath! Haven't seen that before, definitely going to do that.

  • @williamellis8993
    @williamellis8993 Год назад +1

    That was a great build, Marie. Woodpeckers also makes a great router lift (That's what I have).
    Bill

    • @DIYMontreal
      @DIYMontreal  Год назад

      Right! How could I forget them 👍

  • @gnlman
    @gnlman Год назад

    Great job and great build. Thank you for sharing

  • @varosolo78
    @varosolo78 Год назад +2

    I found you channel recently, and I love your videos. Keep it up! 😊

  • @1steelcobra
    @1steelcobra Год назад

    An alternative for that compact driver is a 90 degree driver adapter. DeWalt makes one for ~$20 that managed to rate pretty well with Project Farm against a $60 one by Milwaukee.

  • @andyboxish4436
    @andyboxish4436 Год назад

    Sick project. Nice work!

  • @paulcooper9187
    @paulcooper9187 Год назад

    Thank you, that helps a lot as I am just in the process of installing a router table into a work top. This gives me the possibility of expanding that. I must admit I laughed out loud, at the all too familiar problem of getting heavy builds off the workbench.

  • @burtgraham3689
    @burtgraham3689 Год назад

    well done and explained

  • @IEnjoyCreatingVideos
    @IEnjoyCreatingVideos Год назад

    Great job on the router table build Marie! Thanks for always sharing with us!💖👍😎JP

  • @MGzzMusic
    @MGzzMusic 4 месяца назад

    Great build!

  • @beverlynew5611
    @beverlynew5611 Год назад

    Awesome build Marie! I almost have mine done! Thanks for your help! Keep up the great work!

    • @DIYMontreal
      @DIYMontreal  Год назад +1

      Awesome! Hope the plans make finishing the cabinet a little easier! ;)

    • @beverlynew5611
      @beverlynew5611 Год назад

      @@DIYMontreal They already have! Got the runners placed from your screen shot and now I am off to do the drawer fronts! Did you build the cabinet door firts?

  • @johnmurray8267
    @johnmurray8267 Год назад +1

    Do the Plans come with Metric for us Australians 😎🇦🇺🇦🇺 love your very educational videos, terrific to see and well explained. 🥇

  • @MG-vo7is
    @MG-vo7is 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @justpassinthrough7
    @justpassinthrough7 10 месяцев назад +1

    Very Cool!

  • @armandog9582
    @armandog9582 Год назад

    excellent work 👍 👏 👌 thank you for sharing your wisdom I loved it. ❤❤❤

  • @garymcquay9999
    @garymcquay9999 11 месяцев назад

    Impressive, thank you.

  • @w9jim
    @w9jim Год назад +1

    Well done!

  • @papascruffy
    @papascruffy Год назад

    Very nice 👍

  • @tielkgate
    @tielkgate Год назад

    This router table looks a lot like Norm Abram's classic router table, and that's a good thing. I really like how you put your project together. I watched your original 3 part video series, and either group is good for this project. You've done a great job here. Keep-em coming. 😎😎😎😎
    Lowell
    🤠

  • @bugman-ir8cw
    @bugman-ir8cw Год назад +1

    Dollar for dollar; So much better than what you could have bought. Light years better.....don't buy a router table.; buy a router lift and build a table....good call....two thumbs up!

  • @mellymel1100
    @mellymel1100 Год назад

    Some very smart tips! Giving you a like and follow. Thank you!

  • @2tall47
    @2tall47 Год назад

    wow where did the time go?
    it is crazy.
    great job! keep up the great work
    you are an inspiration.

  • @docprune9922
    @docprune9922 Год назад

    It's equally hard to believe you have a SawStop without the router insert!

  • @lwooly2
    @lwooly2 Год назад +2

    Check your local pawn shops, I found the same mini drill complete with extra batteries and charger.

  • @davidmeyer9204
    @davidmeyer9204 Год назад

    Thank You!

  • @vernsteinbrecker3759
    @vernsteinbrecker3759 Год назад

    Nice build