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Router Table Building Wood required:

Take the six corner posts and rout a 1/2" (13 mm) groove along the length each one to a depth of 1/2" (13 mm). This groove will be used to slot in the side panels of plywood. The groove should begin 3/8" (9.5 mm) from the outside edge of each corner piece (and 1/4" (6 mm) from the inside).Visit the Woodworking Plans Website pages for more woodworking articles.

Take two of these corner pieces and place them side-by-side with the groove nearest the outside edge (ie furthest away from the other groove). Take the two front corner supports and place one at the top and one at the bottom of these corner posts, forming a square. Glue and screw the corner posts to these support pieces (see diagram). The resulting construction is the front of the left hand unit (ie the one that will have drawers in it).

Next, take two more corner posts and attach them to the switch panel thus forming a solid version of the above unit. At this time, cut a hole in the switch panel to accommodate the electrical switch that you have elected to use. You have now created the two front panels.

Cut all four plywood side panels to size. Two of these panels will be outer panels (ie physically located on the outside of the construction) while the other two are inner panels (see diagram). Take one outer and one inner panel and attach the drawer runners. These should be located at 1 1/4" to 1 3/4" (32 mm - 44 mm) and 2 1/2" to 3" (63mm - 76 mm) from the bottom of the panel, thus leaving a 3/4" (19 mm) gap between them (for the lower drawer) and 6" to 6 1/2" (152 mm - 165 mm) and 7 1/2" to 7 3/4" (190 mm - 197 mm) from the top. The drawers will slot into the 3/4" (19 mm) gap between the runners.

Take the two outer panels and attach the outer panel support to the inside of each one, so that it is flush with the top of the panel. This panel support should run from 1" (25 mm) from the back to 3/4" (19 mm) from the front. The reason for this support is to provide a wider, more solid plank of wood that the top of the router table can be attached to.

Take the two side pieces that you put drawer runners on. Attach the outer panel to the outer groove of the front left hand unit and the inner panel to the inside of the two grooves. To attach these, glue and nail from the side. Take one of the two remaining corner posts and glue/nail it to the back of the outer panel. Then, attach the top and bottom back spacers between this back corner post and the inner panel. The result should be a complete box (two sides and a front frame) that is the left hand unit. Repeat this exercise for the right hand unit.

To complete the base construction, it is necessary to join these two side units together with spacers. This is done by connecting both sides to a number of center support pieces (three for the base and three for the top). The top three should be connected (by screwing through from the side unit) at 2 1/2" to 3 1/2" (63 mm - 89 mm), 12" to 13" (305 mm - 330 mm) and 19" to 20" (483 mm - 508 mm) from the front of the unit. These should be aligned flush with the top of the side panels so that the top will rest on top of them. This is important as it will help stop the top from warping over time.

The bottom two supports should be attached at 1 1/2" to 2 1/2" (38 mm - 64 mm) -- ie just behind the corner posts -- and 19 1/2" to 20 1/2" (495 mm - 521 mm) from the front and should be flush with the base.

The result is one large box frame. Then, add the back panel to increase the strength of the frame. However, before you do this, cut out a square hole in the back panel that is 7" (178 mm) from each side, 3" (76 mm) from the base of the piece and 3" from the top of the piece (in other words, a square that is 9 3/4" x 5 1/2" (248 mm x 140 mm)). The purpose of this hole is to allow easy access (from the back of the table) to the router so that you can change the router bit.

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My daughter has a Compaq laptop with a Vista operating system. It was working fine with our wireless router until today. The troubleshooting guide says to check the "switch" along the edge of the device or use a "key combination" to turn it on or off. I don't know of a key combination and none of the keys have a symbol that looks like it should work. Where would I find this switch?

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