Router and Table

Part of: Woodworking Tools Guide → The wood router is one of the most versatile tools in any woodworking shop. In handheld form, it profiles edges, cuts dadoes, trims laminates, and follows templates. Mounted in a router table, it becomes a stationary tool for raised panel doors, cope-and-stick joinery, box joints, and consistent edge profiles. … Read more

Part of: Router and Table Guide → A router table inverts a handheld router beneath a flat table surface, turning it into a stationary tool that the workpiece passes over rather than under. This fundamental change in orientation transforms what the router can do: both hands guide the workpiece, a fence controls the cut precisely, … Read more