Here's Pat's reply:

On 9/4/2013 9:06 PM, wrote:
You won't like this, if dropping the work on a hot router-table cutter
was
acceptable.
With a work piece that small it has to be fixtured.

In this fixture, the work has to be clamped and isolated; it cannot
move.
Once in place, the work can be routed via an edge guide or templet &
collar.
Not terribly straight forward, but I'd use my morticer in a second.
Maybe have a look at it; it might inspire some thought.

Agree, this not a router table process.
http://www.patwarner.com/mortiser.html