A couple of quick shop projects

[Dave Cav]

I needed a new router table (more about that below). I had saved the June '09 Popular Woodworking because it had a plan for what appeared to be a solid, straightforward table without any unnecessary bells and whistles. I made one more or less according to the plan (I made it a couple of inches larger), and here's how it turned out:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t317/sunshinenight/Shop%20projects/DSCF0961.jpg

While I was messing around with the router table I made a mortise gauge out of some scrap ash I had. It's not fancy, but it seems to work fine. (It's got a coat of medium walnut Watco on it since it was handy.) I'll probably eventually put cutters in the place of the points I'm using now, but it works OK for the time being.

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t317/sunshinenight/Shop%20projects/DSCF0962.jpg

The reason I needed a new router table was because I sold my Grizzly cabinet saw which had my big router mounted in the side table. Here is what replaced it:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t317/sunshinenight/Unisaw/resized_DSCF0958.jpg

The whole setup:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t317/sunshinenight/Unisaw/resized_DSCF0959.jpg

[Bruce Page]

Dave, nice shop projects but I think you need a couple more routers and maybe another table saw. :D

[Dave Cav]

Dave, nice shop projects but I think you need a couple more routers and maybe another table saw. :D

Doesn't everyone have six routers? (Pawn shops are your friend.) I think I have enough saws....I didn't show you the crosscut station with the two radial arm saws.