Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago

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Design considerations for building the ultimate portable benchtop router table. Table size and thickness, as well as router plate vs. router lift, and shop made vs. store bought aluminum router table fence and T-Track options.

Maker Stock Phenolic Plywood (recommended!) amzn.to/4sbInOh

Spetool Router Lift amzn.to/4b8Oq0f

Powertec Router Fence Kit amzn.to/4ucthtR

Powertec T Track amzn.to/3OyA68I

Bosch 1617 Router (best for router table) amzn.to/3Or6rya

Chapters
0:00 Intro to bench top router table design
0:27 Portable router table size recommendations
0:50 Router plate vs. router lift discussion
2:07 Using Spetool router lift
3:17 One special feature of Spetool router lift
6:03 How thick should a router table top be?
7:38 Router table fence and t-track considerations
9:30 Router table design considerations closing thoughts

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