Compact Router Table Plans

Get clean, repeatable edges from the router you already own. Around $138 in plywood and hardware turns a handheld router into a benchtop table with an adjustable fence, a dust port and a flush insert plate, so you move the wood instead of the tool. Follow the cut list, follow the diagrams, done. No table saw, no experience, no guesswork. If you can drive a screw and run a circular saw along a straightedge, this build is already within reach.

• Build time: one afternoon
• Materials cost: around $138 all in, and the whole build comes out of half a sheet of plywood
• Tools needed: drill, circular saw, jig saw, clamped straightedge (no table saw)
• Size: 24" wide, 18" deep, 16" tall, clamps to any workbench and stores on a shelf
• Includes: adjustable fence with dust port, 9" x 12" insert plate, optional 24" T-track
• Skill level: first-time builder friendly