router table

Bit-spinning work surface

A router table is a woodworking station that mounts a router upside down beneath a flat surface, with the bit protruding through a hole.

This configuration allows the workpiece to be guided across the spinning bit rather than the router across the workpiece, enabling more precise shaping, edge profiling, and joinery work: I cut the dovetails on the router table.

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G