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Tablesaw/Router Station
Raise the wings for full workpiece support.

Quick-convert

This easy-to-build mobile tool stand packs a shop full of convenience in a small package.

Tools needed:

A router table and accessories stow away in the drawer.

ith a footprint of less than 7 square feet when folded, this mobile tool stand expands into a massive 17-square-foot tablesaw worksurface. And its multitalentedto switch to a router table, simply slide out the onboard router drawer. See More Resources, page 6, for an idea about compatible storage for the tablesaw.

Project Highlights
Overall dimensions when folded are 78" wide 29 38" deep 31 14" high. 32 Unfolded: 72483114". Materials needed: Birch plywood and medium-density fiberboard (MDF). Discover an easy way to table-mount a router. Use guides to accurately position and install hinges.

Skill Builders

Voil! A router table with fence and plenty of infeed and outfeed support.

MD-00931

Copyright Meredith Corporation 2012

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a brace squares the case

B A

cut two supports from one blank

A squaring brace (see More Resources, page 32) aligns and steadies the sides (A) and back (B) for drilling and screwing.

Firm support, a 10-tpi or higher blade, a slow-but-steady cut rate, and zero orbital action ensure a smooth, straight jigsaw cut.

Quick Scrapwood GUIDES EASE HINGE PLACEMENT

1" spacer

E
1" Scrapwood guide

C
A scrapwood guide held against the back edge of the wing support correctly positions the hinge at 90 while you secure it.
Note: The dimensions in this project assume a material thickness of 34". Most sheet goods will be slightly undersize. In order to ensure that dimensions of subassemblies are correct, measure the thickness of your materials and adjust the length of adjoining project parts to compensate.
While we show this mobile base with the Bosch GTS1031 benchtop tablesaw (find a review of this saw at woodmagazine.com/ benchtopbosch), the base was designed to fit many similar-size tablesaws. Before building, measure your chosen tablesaws dimensions carefully and adjust the base to match your

D
Clamp a spacer to the case (1" for the front; 112" for the back). Position the wing support (E) flush with the case top, and secure the hinge.
righting the case, install the casters to ease mobility during assembly. From 34" plywood cut three 1212" blanks, and lay out the wing support (E) dimensions [Drawing 1a]. Use a jigsaw to cut the blank into two supports along the diagonal [Pho to B]. Then, smooth the cuts with a sanding block. Use a scrapwood guide as a straight12" edge to locate and secure the 2 butt hinges to the wing supports (E) [Photo C]. Be sure to attach the hinges on the inside faces of the wings, creating three mirrored pairs of wing supports. Use scraps to position and secure the wing supports to the case sides (A) and back (B) [Photo D].

saw if necessary. Likewise, measure your routers height to ensure it fits in the bin. From 34" plywood, cut the sides (A), back (B), shelf (C), and base (D) to size. (See Materials List, page 10 .) Predrill and screw the sides to the back as shown [Drawing 1, Photo A]. With the case on its back, slide the shelf (C) into place [Drawing 1] and secure with screws. Now, flip the case onto its top. Center the base (D) side-toside, positioning it 1" from the front of the case, and screw it into place. Drill holes to fit the caster stems and, before

Construct the carcase

3 4

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" E Dust-collection hole 1" #8 x " F.H. screw 1" 23 " Location of C 1" N 10" E 12" #8 x 1" F.H. screw A " hole E 2" butt hinge 23 " A N E B E

1 carcase

1"

26"

10"

3" D

"

1" 3" 29 " 24 " #8 x 1" F.H. screw 10"

1a wing support
12" 2"
E

32 "

1 CARCASE

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Filename: 213TblsawRouterStation

steady parts with a clamp

TRIM UP THE TOPS

G F

I F
A clamp holds the corners of the wing bracing assembly (F/G) flush and steady while you predrill, then secure it with screws.

Trim the wing top with a flush-trim bit. Set the bit depth so the bearing doesnt dip into screwhead depressions, which could gouge the edge.
wing. Then, center the outfeed wing (F/H/J) on the rear wing supports and secure the hinges.

From 34" plywood, cut the wing outer bracing (F), wing bracing (G), and outfeed bracing (H) to size. Then, assemble the bracing with screws [Drawing 2, Photo E]. From 14" medium-density fiberboard (MDF), cut the side wing tops (I) and outfeed top (J) 18" larger than the width and length listed in the Materials List. Apply a bead of glue to the top edge of each wing bracing assembly (F/G and

Now give it wings

1 2

F/H) and clamp the tops in place [Drawing 2] with 116" overhang on all sides. After the glue has dried, trim the edges flush [Photo F]. 12" butt hinges to the inside Attach 2 of each wing (F/G/I and F/H/J) [Drawing 2], centering the hinge barrel on the bottom edge. Rest one side wing (F/G/I) on the wing supports (E), positioning its front flush with the front of the case. Then secure the hinges to the case. Repeat with the opposite side

From 34" plywood, cut the long edging (K), the short edging (L), and the tray panels (M) to size. Next, assemble the edging with screws before gluing and clamping the panels in place [Drawing 2]. After the glue dries, see the Shop Tip, below,

Add two trays, fence, and bin

shop tip
Baseplate helps you target mounting holes with template precision
The fine-threaded screws used to table-mount your router require a certain degree of precision when locating mounting holes. Fortunately, your router has a built-in template: its baseplate. Retrieve one of the tray assemblies (K/L/M) for use as the router-table top. Mark a centerpoint for the bit access hole, 34" from one end [Drawing 3]. Remove and position centered 8 your routers baseplate, centered on the marks. Be sure to orient it so that the router, when mounted in the same position, will have its controls easily accessible. Mark the locations of the mounting screws (and lift screw, if your router has one); then, drill and counterbore holes to fit the mounting 12" bit access hole on the center mark. screws. Next, drill a 1 Now, test-fit the router. You may have to purchase longer screws of the same diameter and thread pitch in order to reach the router base. Remove the router to continue the construction.

Router subbase

You only need to center the bit access hole to eyeball precision. Once located, however, hold the subbase firmly to mark the mounting holes accurately.

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2 exploded view

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"
Center on F . F G G F

23 "
J

G
F

30 "

10"

22 " #8 x 1" F.H. screws 23 " 2"

2" 1"
H

10"
F

" #8 x " F.H. screw

E

2" butt hinge

B N A

29 "

23 "
C

3"
I

23 "

23 "
E F A G

23 "
23 " K M L D

#8 x 1" F.H. screw

" washer, lock washer, and nut

23"
K

22"

"

23 "

#8 x 1" F.H. screw

3" locking swivel caster

2"

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2 EXPLODED VIEW

Filename: 213TblsawRouterSta

lay out the pivot slot for a fully adjustable fence

Pivot bolt

O P

Pivot-slot location

G
Pivot the fence about 2" away from the bit access hole while drawing a pencil line first on one side of the hole, then the other.
to locate the mounting holes for your router in one of the tray assemblies (K/L/M). Cut the tray supports (N) to size. To position the lower supports, measure and add the height of your tablesaw table to the height of the tablesaw tray assembly (K/L/M). Measure and mark this distance down from the top edge of the case. Now, use screws to fasten the supports to the case with the top flush with these marks [Drawing 2]. Next, secure the upper tray supports flush with the top of the case. Then, rest the tablesaw tray assembly on the lower tray support, and the router tray assembly on the top tray support. Cut the fence face (O) and fence base (P) to size. Lay out and jigsaw the 3"-diameter semicircles, centered, where shown [Drawing 3]. Sand the cuts smooth; then glue and clamp the face to the base. After the glue dries, drill the 14" pivot holes in the fence (O/P). Position the fence where shown [Drawing 3], and clamp it in place. Using one fence pivot

Connect the two arcs to complete the pivot-slot layout before drilling the ends and cutting away the waste with a jigsaw.
place. After the glue is dry, screw the bin cleats to the bin side half in, half out of the bin. Bolt or screw the tablesaw to the tablesaw tray and slide the tray into place. If your tablesaw has a dustcollection port, mark the location and lay out a hole slightly larger than your dust hose [Drawing 1]. Drill a blade start hole and cut out the dust-collection hole with a jigsaw. Mount the router in the router-tray assembly (K/L/M). Store the fence and router accessories in the bin, cap it with the router-table tray, and get to work!

3 4

hole as a guide, drill through the tray assembly (K/L/M). Remove the clamps and temporarily pin that end of the fence to the table using a 14" carriage bolt. Now, rotate the fence to mark the location of the pivot slot [Photos G and H], drill 14" holes at either end of the arc, and cut away the remainder of the slot with a jigsaw. Cut the bin front and back (Q), bin sides (R), bin bottom (S), and bin cleats (T) to size. Lay out, drill, then jigsaw the handle cutouts in the front and back [Drawing 4]. Then, sand the cuts smooth and round over the edges with a 18" round-over bit. Assemble the sides, front, and back with screws before gluing and clamping the bottom in

Produced by Lucas Peters with Kevin Boyle Project design: John Olson Illustrations: Lorna Johnson

More Resources
The tool trays in this mobile base were made to be compatible with the Bench-tool System from the October 2007 issue of WOOD magazine. You can find the plan here for a small fee: woodstore.net/besy.html For a free right-angle clamping brace plan, see woodmagazine.com/clampingbrace

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3 router tray

" knob 3"-diam. arcs

" washer

1 " 22"
P O

1"

2" 9" 3" 8" 1" hole

L

" pivot holes

8"
M

2"-long pivot slot

" carriage bolt 2" long

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22" 2"
Q 1"

4 bin
4"
T R

1" hole 8"

"

7" #8 x 1" F.H. screw

" 23"

" 23 "

23 "

#8 x 1" F.H. screw 7"

" round-over along edges of opening 22"

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Materials List
Part Carcase A B C D E sides back shelf base wing supports wing outer bracing wing bracing outfeed bracing side wing tops outfeed top long edging short edging tray supports face base front and back sides bottom cleats T

FINISHED SIZE

Matl. Qty.
BP BP BP BP BP 2 1 1 1 6

34" 34" 34" 34" 34"

58" 26 14" 24 78" 26 14" 23 78" 23 78" 23 38" 32 78" 29

10"

12"

Wings F G H I* J* K L N O P Q R S T
34" 34" 34" 14" 14" 78" 212" 23 38" 212" 22 38" 212" 29 78" 23 78" 23 78" 30 78" 23

BP BP BP MDF MDF BP BP BP BP BP BP BP BP BP BP

6 6 3 2 1 4 4 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 2

Trays
34" 34" 34" 34"

2" 2" 1" 214" 3" 7" 7" 2"

78" 23 14" 22

M tray panels Router fence

34" 23 78" 23 78" 23

34" 34"

22" 22"
14" 22 78" 23

Router bin
34" 34" 34" 34"

34" 23 78" 23 14" 22

*Parts initially cut oversize. See the instructions. Materials key: BPbirch plywood, MDFmedium-density fiberboard. Supplies: 3" locking swivel casters (4), 12" washers, lock washers, and nuts (4 each), 212" butt hinges (9 pairs needed), #834" F.H. screws (for hinges), #8112" F.H. screws, #8114" F.H. screws; 14" knobs, 142" carriage bolts, and washers (2 each). Bits: Flush-trim and 18" round-over router bits; 112" Forstner bit.
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Cutting Diagram
G F H F C E E A A B E E D
x 48 x 48" Birch plywood

E E

x 48 x 96" Birch plywood

x 24 x 96" Medium-density berboard

M R

M R

S Q N K Q

L T T x 48 x 96" Birch plywood

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