Templates by numbers

Some of the things to think about when designing your own router table

- Whether to use a Router Insert plate and if yes how to fit it

- What size to make it? Long may be good for routing mouldings, but do you have the space?

- What kind of fence to use. Sliding or pivoting? Do you want a scale to measure fence distance to router cutter?

Router table design involves many design trade offs. Woodworkers often find themselves making several router tables over a period of time (this time this will be "The One...")

A pragmatic approach is to have a stock of simple features, then quickly build up a new router table as the job requires. Templates by numbers can help with some of those key features like fitting a router table insert plate and producing a scale for a pivoting router fence. Read more below.

Fitting a Trend router table insert template

Making a square rebate for a router table insert is not trivial. However, using our template you will be able to do the job in an hour.

Workmate router table

Router table scale

The fence is simple to make but the scale is hard work - until now. Our scale factors in the distance of the router bit from the pivot point as well as the distance from the router bit to the fence. Just type in the numbers for your fence and you will have a customised scale for a pivoting router fence in minutes.

Read more about the pivoting router fence template