u/tartuffe78

I built this mobile router table for my Bosch 1617EVS router. I was looking at the Bosch benchtop router tables, but read that the small size felt limiting. I could also use more storage so I decided to build this.

I got the cabinet base used, and built the top out of 2 pieces of 3/4" plywood I laminated together. This was my first time installing t-tracks and a miter track, but things came out pretty square. I finished the top with a mix of boiled linseed oil, mineral spirits, and spar urethane and then did a layer of paste wax on top of that. I might put beeswax on it if it gets hard to slide things on, but it’s pretty smooth now.

I may add t-track to the front for sacrificial MDF fences, but for now I’m just going to use some universal fence clamps to do that as needed.

I tried using just the dust collection I had attached to the fence but I was getting quite a mess inside so I 3d printed a dust port for inside the table and connected it to the fence with some hoses.

I also had some extra peg board so I attached that inside for hanging router wrenches, and the extra reducer rings for the insert.

There's a picture of me routing of the top for the tracks and insert plate, as well as mid fence assembly. The final pic is me using most clamps I own and heavy books to laminate the top.

I had some leftover Douglas Fir pieces from building my workbench so I put this table together. I roughly sketched it up in Affinity to come up with dimensions.

I used this tool that I saw on here to determine the angles for the legs:
https://karl-funke.com/x-leg-calculator

I rounded the top over on my bench top sander, and used my router to put a chamfer on the legs.

The table was a bit wobbly after I finished assembling it, there is a pic of me trying to get it level on sandpaper attached to melamine.

I finished with two coats of boiled linseed oil, spar urethane, and mineral spirits. And then sprayed with three coats of spray spar urethane.

It might be too wobbly, I'll see how many times my dog knocks it over.