A router table that's its own dust collector

Building a router table. A lot of people add drawers to eithr side of the router in router tables, but these drawers are a lot of work to make and don't hold that much. Instead, I opted to have a large space around the router. Even with dust collection, the part where the router is usually gets a lot of shavings in it. My approach for this one was to make the router compartment large enough to hold shavigns, and a filter and blower on the back so the router table acts as its own dust collector.

See also:

Why not just usee a shopvac for the router table? (video)

Dejan Kovac's router table

Tilting router lift (2012)

Rudolf's router table

Homemade
slot mortiser (2009)

Screw advace
box joint jig (2012)

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