All language subtitles for The BEST DIY Router Table for Beginners. #woodjigs21

now look using the router freehand can

be a little tricky

because if you're not careful the base

can tip from side to side

giving you an uneven finish g'day folks

uncle knackers here and in today's video

i'll be making a very simple

portable router table that takes up very

little real estate in the workshop

and is going to help you gain more

confidence and more control

over your router now just in case you're

interested this is a quick follow-up to

last week's video

where i did a beginner's guide to using

a router tutorial

if you haven't watched that one i'll

link to it down below so do yourself a

favor

and check it out for the router table

i'm using

17 millimeter black foam ply because it

has a

tough slippery surface which will help

reduce the friction

between the wood and the table

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now the first thing we need to do is to

cut all the pieces for the router table

base and top

using the table saw but if you don't

have a table saw

don't panic a circular saw will also do

the job

and if you want to know all the

measurements make sure you keep on

watching as i'll share

those a little later on in the video

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before i screw the base together i think

it's time to pimp it up a touch

because well let's face it router tables

they can look a little boring a little

cut here and there with my circular saw

and jigsaw is all that is needed which

will help break up the bulkiness of the

unit

and make it a little more appealing to

the eye

next i attach some blocks of wood to

each of the side pieces with

double-sided tape

this will act as a template for my

router to follow

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then with the black surface removed i

can add my patent pending

rt-1000 image transfer

too easy speaking about patents and

inventing stuff

did you hear the one about the guy who

invented the door knocker

it was such a fantastic idea that he won

the

nobel prize

nobel classic

how's this for a fun fact which one of

king arthur's knights

invented the round table

circumference yes he did

good old circumference wonder if you

used a wrapper

a quick run over all the edges with a

chamfering bit just highlights the black

against the ply

which i think looks pretty spiffy and

take it from me

do this prior to assembly

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now just a quick tip regarding the fence

and that is i want to run a small

chamfer right along that bottom edge

which should help minimize dust buildup

as we're running our

piece across the face of the fence

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now before we steam ahead and start

assembling the fence

we need to cut a clearance hole for our

router bit

which looks something like that now this

will be

on both pieces and all you need to do is

to find the center

go up 60 millimeters and that will be

the top of your hole

now i'm using a 44 millimeter hole saw

for this job

i'd like to use a 40 millimeter one but

i haven't got one

so the 44 will have to do the trick

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now just a quick heads up this is the

back

and this is the front and if you cast

your mind back

just a little bit we went up 60

millimeters

from the top of the hole down to the

bottom i'm changing that on the back

piece

i'm coming back instead of 60 45

millimeters

and the reason being if i go back 60 all

the way back here

that's just going to weaken that board a

bit so i think 45

millimeters should be plenty

to assemble the fence glue and screw the

two boards together

making sure that you pre-drill and

countersink the holes

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check the fence for square clamp the

boards together

and drive in no screws

to help strengthen up the fence screw on

a couple of support blocks

okay let's talk dust extraction by

making a

very simple box to fit my shop vac or

vacuum cleaner too

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now as far as the hole for the vacuum

cleaner i'm putting that down

lower rather than in the middle or up

the top because i think most of the dust

is collected down here

and not up there

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and then follow that up by gluing the

dust extraction port

in place

with the fence finished it's now time to

mark and cut out the recess

for this awesome looking router insert

plate that will attach our router to

and if all goes to plan it's going to

look something

like that

once again using blocks stuck down with

double-sided tape as a template for my

router

i just need to cut out enough so that

the insert plate sits flat with the

table

surface now just a little tip to help

keep the router flat and level as i'm

cutting out the recess

i've added a block in the middle for the

other side of the router base to rest on

just a quick mental note folks utility

knife blades

they are sharp blood blood

blood blood and blood

mate that was a deep one

can't believe i did it what an absolute

idiot

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stupid

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with the insert plate having a large

rounded corner

i'm going to have to freehand all of

these corners to get a nice snug fit

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beautiful

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now as you can see i've cut out those

little shapes there

that's to suit the base of my router and

now it's time

to fit the insert plate so cross your

fingers

see how we go

oh she's snug

it's looking good looking good

there you go snaps into place

awesome now let's see how level it is

or flat

beautiful this way

spot on love it

looks good too

now the next thing we need to do is to

install this t-track

which i absolutely love because it has

so

many uses and that's going to enable the

fence

to slide backwards and forwards

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to install the t-track there's not much

to it i've cut mine to a length

of 235 millimeters and i've come in from

the

edge 90 millimeters so if we can place

the t-track down

and butt that up against a square

and then push it across till we get to

our 90 millimeter mark

once you've done that through the holes

in the t-track

we'll temporarily screw that down and as

before

we can then place our blocks around

the track unscrew it

to remove it and then get our router out

and route out that recess now just one

more quick thing and that is

all t-tracks come with a center line

marked on it

follow that line all the way along and

then transfer that

up onto our fence and that's going to be

the center point or the center mark

for our t-track bolt and nut that way

everything's going to line up

and run smoothly

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so

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so that's it folks we've made ourselves

a very nice little

sliding router table fence and it works

an absolute treat

all you need to do is to square the

fence up with your square

tighten down those locking nuts and

you're good to go

and now the next thing we need to do is

to just screw that box together

then we'll attach the router give it a

crack and see how it goes

all righty that went together really

well now we need to install the router

so the first thing we need to do is to

take off this

black base plate

so that's it folks the rt-1000

done and dusted and i have to say

i'm really happy with how this turned

out

all the parts went together well which

was a pleasant surprise

and that insert plate and those t-tracks

they are recessed in nicely as well the

shop vac

that's ready to rock and roll and i

think there's only one thing left to do

that's to give it a whirl stand back

folks

now just one more quick thing and that

is when using this router table

you can either have it sitting on top of

a workbench like i have here

and just clamp those legs down or you

can use the overhang here

to sit on top of the workbench which

should take the weight

but then i've also added a block down

here which will bring the router table

out and make it nice and level and then

just simply clamp it

back to the leg of the workbench i

reckon that should make this a more

comfortable working height

okay let's fire this thing up and see

how she goes

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and there you have it check this out all

four sides

beautifully chamfered love it

gotta say i'm very impressed by the

whole setup

now just a couple of quick tips if you

want to make one of these

just remember that all machines are

different so set yours up

so the controls are easily accessible

and that you can also remove the battery

without too much problem and also

make sure you give yourself enough

height so you can easily remove that

base

if you need to

beautiful now this is my entry into the

hashtag woodjigs21 challenge

hosted by james over at fix it fingers

now i'll leave a link to james's

youtube channel down below so make sure

you check him out he does some really

cool

stuff and tell him that uncle

sent you

all righty look forward to seeing all

the other wood jiggy type creations from

all you guys out there

until next time be good be safe

and i'm out of here cheers