Horizontal Router Table

[Brent Romero]

I forget the name of the company, but I recently saw a router table where the router is actually positioned in a horizontal position. Any one have any experience with this design?

Thanks,

[Ray Newman]

Either made-in-the USA Woodhaven??:
http://www.woodhaven.com/Woodhaven-6000-Horizontal-Router-Table/dp/B004BUGVLC


Or, a quality import from MLCS???:
http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/horizontal_router_table.html#horiztab_anchor

[Brent Romero]

Thanks. Good, bad or ugly? Just wondering...don't see much mentioned about them.

[Ray Newman]

Brent Romero: see also:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?60890-Suggestions-wanted-on-a-horizontal-router-table.&p=614392 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?60890-Suggestions-wanted-on-a-horizontal-router-table.&p=614392)

Also do a Google seach for other threads on Saw Mill Creek and other web sites. If memory serves me, there have been a few others I read over the years.

Very specialized router table. Probably either use it once or twice; or, it is a "gawd send' if doing enought projects to justify it.

A few years ago, Fine Wood Working had an article about fabricating a shop built horizontal router table. Some of the router how-to-do-it books also have plans on building one.

Myself, I Have often thought that I "need" one, but just could never justify the cost for something I probably would not use that much.

[Jim Andrew]

Think I saw it in the MLCS catalog.

[Rich Engelhardt]

Brent,
FWIW - I never got past the "thinking about it" stage.
I ran into a killer deal on a Rockler #1 router table top/router plate and went that way instead.