Old Fixed Router Table
Roll-Around Router Table
Old Router Table Roll-Around Router Table

My Router Table History
My original router table was an old Rockler table I modified for the Porter Cable 3-1/4HP router.   I use the Rockeler fence and dust collection port and made a dust collection box around the router with a 2" dust collector hose.  

In later years I upgraded the Rockler router table and fence, then, in 2018 moved the whole thing from the fixed mount on the bench to a roll-around table with a 4" dust collector hose.   Please look here for more on the router table dust collection and my new router table.  

My router table, as I normally use it.   You can see the upper dust port in the center and at the rear of the shot.



Here is the bench with the router table removed, so you can see the top of the dust collection router box.   Note, at the back of the bench is the upper dust collection port and valve.  



Looking down into the router box, you can see the dust port on the left and the power outlet in the right front corner.   This thing normally has about 1/2" to 3/4" sawdust in the bottom, but it doesn't fill up.



The power switch at the front of the bench, gets it's power from my Festool CT-22.  



Heres the Porter Cable router and the Rockler lift.  



A different view from the right side.   Also shows a little better look at the upper dust port and it's cut off (red circle).   The dust collector blast gate controls both the upper and lower dust ports.   Please look here for more on the router table dust collection.



The power switch, just below the front lip of the router table.   This switch gets it's power from the Festool CT-22, so when the router is turned on so is the dust collector.



The Box Joint Jig (Incra Precision Positioner) on the base I made for it on the router table.   I remove the regular fence and put the adjuster on, only my table isn't very deep so I place it sideways.   Note it is mounted using one of the regular fence mounting tee bolts and a miter bar mounting kit from Rockler.  



This table originally didn't have a way to remove the tee bolts without removing the table from my bench.   So, while I had it off, I drilled 7/8" holes at the back end of the original tee slots in the Rockler table so I could remove the tee bolts and replace them with longer bolts.  



Here is the dust port I made, it was the original router fence dust port with one of the attachment ears removed and glued/screwed to a small piece of 1/2" birch plywood that has a tee bolt.  



The final assembly of the fence, it's right angle slider, and a dust port.  



A wider shot of the router table with the Incra Precision Positioner, it's fence and dust port.