Silverline 460793 DIY Router Table with Protractor 850 x 335 mm UK , Blue

Easy to assemble very good value, needs some practice for first time user but highly recomended

Didn't take much putting together but was too small for my router. That's my fault not the products.I managed to work round it though and whilst I have not used it - it looks like it will be OK

First the good - you can get reasonable results from this. It feels fairly solid, and after some effort assembling it (instructions are microscopic, so keep your specs on standby) I was soon able to appreciate how much better it is to have your router mounted.Now the bad. It's tiny! Intended for a table top, the clearance at the bottom is very restricted, so forget about trying to cleverly install a plunge router, that ain't happening. the lead from the table to the mains is also ridiculously short, so for convenience you will need an extension. Like many of these bargain-basement tables it is a combination of very thin metal that could slice your fingers if you move it, and cheap plastic that may snap if you apply too much force.Overall good for absolute beginners until you can work up the courage to build your own table (maybe follow the design out of wood, four times the size and with a decent length cable!

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Oh dear, where do I start?It is flimsy and flexible. You have to clamp the feed to something solid to have ay chance of it working at all. The paint cracks off really easily too, as a result.The extensions at the sides are awful and the holes are in the wrong position - so it is a nightmare to get them flat and in the same plane as the main table. Be prepared to recut the holes and spend a good lang time getting this right - or the first time you do anything on the table, it will hit the extension and jump, rather than sliding over it!The router clamp system is poor, tricky to set up and you will probably bend the arms before you manage to get the router secure. Really nasty. Managed to get 2 different routers to fit, but forget the awful plastic blanks which should fit around the cutter - they don't fit and never will!The fence is a really poor quality black plastic moulding, which isn't straight or flat. The clear "safety" guard jams easily making it a safety hazard. I wanted to cut a simple step rebate in several pieces of wood. I had to junk the entire fence, and redesign and make a new one. At least I can now cut straight!!!The feather boards are too soft and don't have enough travel (they either "bottom out" or don't provide enough force)So it is cheap.... but a job which should have taken me maybe an hour ended up taking 2 days - including rebuilding (several times) and partly remaking the table.Is it worth it? If you have the time, the patience, the skill and very little money but don't mind remaking it... maybe. But if you want to keep your sanity, then no, it isn't!

Very good for the price, ideal for hobbies and small jobs. Easy to put together. I'm very happy with it.

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In this case something of a bargain.It is fiddly to put together and the assembly instructions that come with it use tiny print and are diabolically poor anyway. (There are a couple of youtube videos for its Aldi counterpart that are helpful). Take extra time over aligning the table extenders and centralizing whichever router you are using.Once set up, although not the most robust table made, it is a really neat bit of kit for an occasional user such as myself and works well.The built in scales are not tremendously accurate so use a bit of scrap to fine check and adjust as needed.I would also recommend removing your router plunge spring (assuming the router is dedicated to table use) as this makes depth adjustments a lot easier.