You've gotten confused. The original poster as best determined Never stated
he could build fine furniture or cabinetry? In fact "I'm relatively new to
woodworking" Making a table of good or better quality takes time and
money.There isn't a lot to a table so learning isn't really applicable. Now
listen to yourself... For every shop made super router table, there easily
more failures then successes. I can also show you more shops that use
"manufactured" equipment over shop/home made. If you think you can build a
table that rivals my grizz or a Veritas steel. then so be it.





"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:28:28 GMT, "Tall Oak"
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You know it all depends on what you feel comfortable working with and to
the
degree of accuracy. With a home built table your most likely going to live
with 16th's or 32nd's tolerances.

That's a joke, right? Maybe you forgot the smiley? G Do you know
how many shop-made tools exist in a typical very fine furniture or
cabinet maker's possession? My local woodworking school has shop-made
and store bought tables side by side. Inaccurate, hammer and axe
woodworkers, such as Garrett Hack, Mario Rodriguez, and many others
you've probably heard of, use _student built_ router tables on a
regular basis. Some even have shop-made threaded rod lifts.

Remember if you had Tom, Dick & Harry
making a table all three would easily be different.

As should be expected.

So as easy as it is to
say make one, but some people simply can't.

But this same person can build fine furniture or cabinetry?

The other issues is when you
start working with expensive or exotic woods, then the failures or
weaknesses of your home built table will become self evident.

Or the lack of experience gained from buying everything pre-made. G

My first table was a sink cutout hung between the rails of a Jet
contractor saw, routed for a Rousseau plate.

Table #2, which was whacked together over a weekend because I needed a
bigger surface (32x24) in a hurry (22 cabinet doors by the end of the
week!), is (2) thicknesses of 3/4" MDF, laminated between Formica
sheets, edged with scrap white ash, and routed for the same Rousseau
plate. This table top sits on a simple MDF box with two overlay doors
for access to the router, and a 4" dust port on the back.

5 years later, I still use the "temporary" table almost daily, and
love it to death, obtaining measurable results to the 2-3 thousands
(invisible) range. I'll sand or scrape off more wood than my
"inaccuracy" during finishing! G This simple table has been used
to make 100's of parts, ranging from fluted bookcase trim to precise
large-scale model airplane parts to musical instrument replacement
parts.

I'm not trying to bust 'deem off on you or yank your chain, and I'm
totally for buying good tools, but I really think you've been watching
too many woodworking show demos if you can't believe that something
like this is that difficult to achieve. G