My shop has lacked a router table for quite some time, and it’s the sort of thing that I know would get a lot of use. The problem is that it requires a lot of real estate that I can’t afford in my tiny shop.

Many people add a router table into their table saw wing and I’ve done just that. I got some 1-1/2” angle iron, cut two V shapes into one side so that I could fold the iron up to fit my table saw. I then carefully marked where I needed holes to attach it to the table, and bolted it down making it as even with the table as possible.

With that complete, I glued up two pieces of 5/8” baltic birch plywood to be the table itself. To bring the total thickness to the right level, I glued a 2” strip around the edges that would rest on the lip of the angle irons. I had to remove some material from the sides to make clearance for the bolts attaching the angle iron to the table.

The top was designed so to have a small lip that would rest on the top edge of the angle irons. Then a recess to accept a plate (onto which a router can be mounted) was routed out on the top.

Eventually I will be building a dedicated router lift from the plans from Matthias Wandel.