Router plate in location - just the mitre slots to add.

Router plate in location – just the mitre slots to add.

This will be the forth Router table upgrade – the first was simply the router held in the vice – not the safest of methods. Following that I added a table into the extension wing of my old Craftsman table saw – which had served me well over the years. and then last year I bought a new table saw and the router table was propped up somewhere in the shop and when needed clamped to the bench.

This past weekend I decided that I needed  a permanent solution: