Yes, you need a router table along with a wood router if you are a professional or an enthusiastic DIY-er which make some advance wood projects. It is not for those who use a wood router for a small purpose like trimming or cutting edges. So, you should know about the router table uses before buying it.

I said that it is for professionals but I know that they already know about the uses of the router table. I am writing this article for those who are very enthusiastic and wants to do some advance projects with ease.


With the help of the router table, the job becomes easier and most important your working area remains neat & clean if your table has a place for vacuum attachment.




According to me, a router is a tool but a router table is a machine because a tool is something that you take to your material to do work whereas a machine is something where you take your stock to the machine and do your work.


If you’re dealing with small pieces especially you will find that a router table to be a lot easier to do edge work and profiling that you might normally do with a hand router on a router table because, on small pieces, it might be really difficult to find a way to clamp it and then take a full-size router and work. 


It might just even be impossible depending on the size especially say you want to put a chamfer inside of a disc or something like that. It’s really easy to do with a router table and a bearing bit & really hard to do with the hand router.


Originally writen by top15products and most pictures collected from pinterest