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HeyBub[_3_]

wrote:

The advice I would give as far as router tables go, don't even worry
about all the above the table adjustment stuff. You have to go under
the table to lock and unlock the height anyway, so wtf is the point?
It's easier to just turn a knob than get your adjustment wrench and
get it inserted and engaged.

I've got a cheap Ryobi router table and a cheap Ryobi router to go with it.

As it turns out, a nut-driver easily fits in a hole in the router's table
and engages the shaft for the bit adjustment. I simply adjust the height
where I want it, the reach under the table and slap the height lock.

What IS missing is someway to lock the router shaft for changing the bit. I
solved that by drilling one hole and adding one guide such that a push on a
1/4" rod from the front of the table engages the shaft lock. I can then work
on bit changing from the top.