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Default Dump the Router Table?

On Sep 12, 1:26*pm, -MIKE- wrote:
My shop/garage is all about space.... never have enough, always seeking
ways to free up more.

Ever since I installed the router in the table saw extension top, I
haven't used it in the router table. Now the router table sits there,
collecting crap and taking up valuable space.

Most of what I used to do with a router table, I now do with the table
saw. Most of what I now do with the router mounted in the saw top, is
simple profiling which needs no fence. I know as soon as I do the deed
and get rid of that router table, I'll find a reason that I need it
again. :-) I suppose that will be motivation to build whatever I need
for the table saw to replace what the router table used to do.

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I made a router table extension on my TS and I use both sides of the T-
fence (Biesemeier style by General). I recently unloaded a bunch of
tools (mostly countertop related) and along with that sale went the
shaper and router table. There is the advantage that a lot of that
work can be done on the CNC, such as raised panels. Unloaded the
jointer too, the CNC is much better at it.

It is kinda weird they way that went....in attempting to simplify my
life it also became more complicated, but in a much more challenging
way. I now have a hankering for a 5 axis machine...just a hankering so
far because those are pricy!