Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. The last element to Rockler’s design is an insert plate that can stay on your router, which gives you a larger baseplate when routing by hand. The sheep material always stuck out over the edge so that it could be trimmed off even with the edge of the counter, and this was the original purpose of the Laminate or Trim Router.

They come in handy for various woodworking tasks, including: • trimming wood • making accurate cuts • joining two pieces of material together with slots and grooves • shaping and cutting mouldings • edge profiling If your workpiece is small and thin, a router table will make it easier than using a handheld router alone.Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Axminster Tool Centre Ltd trading as Axminster Tools acts as a broker and offers finance from a restricted range of finance providers, PayPal Credit is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH. Designed to be used on top of a sturdy workbench, benchtop router tables tend to come with brackets so they can be secured to a tabletop – minimising movement whilst you’re working.

Each bracket is held in place by a 1/4" hanger bolt and a 1/4" steel pin which was made by cutting the head off of a bolt. If you expect to get lots of use out of the table, making a laminate top would make the table top last longer that an un-laminated top. I drilled all the holes and countersink area just slightly larger to ensure the bolts would all fit and aling into the router, which they did with no further filing or enlarging.Alternatively, if you’re a carpenter or a full-time handyman, a portable table or floor standing router table is desirable.