The extension wing itself continues the theme of the router lift in that the goal was to be super simple. Detailed plans are available at the bottom of this article. A router table with a router lift and a router for about $100-$110. The materials cost me about $50 and I picked up a 2HP Drill Master router from Harbor Freight for $39.75 plus tax (using one of their common 25% off coupons). I do have plans available for those who are interested in this entire router table setup. Either way, completing this should allow me to complete router table tasks much more easily. I’m not sure if I have been making projects that don’t utilize a router table because that just happens to be the design outcome or if subliminally I have been designing projects that can be completed with out the use of a router table because in the back of my head I knew I didn’t have one. So for that reason I decided it would be best to save shop space and put this one back in the table saw. With the stop block incorporated into the new router lift that is no longer a problem. I previously had a table saw mounted router table but my main issue with it was breaking down the router table setup to use the table saw. So it just sat and collected dust for the past 6 months. It worked great in the last shop but in this shop I really didn’t have a decent place to use it. It had a French cleat on the back which allowed it to be mounted to a waste height French cleat on the wall.

My last router table was built specifically for my last shop. If you haven’t already you might want to check out that project before this one as the actual plans for this wing are included as part of the router lift plans. Last week I built my quick release router lift and this week I made an extension wing for my table saw to mount the router lift to.

Dewalt table saw extension