Router Table (Woodworking)

A router table is a stationary woodworking machine in which a woodworking router is mounted beneath the table with its spindle projecting up through the surface, typically spinning at 3,000 to 24,000 revolutions per minute. A workpiece fed against router bits held in the spindle's chuck has a profile cut or molded into it, usually guided by a vertical fence that also sets the horizontal depth of cut. A router table extends what a handheld router alone can do: a very large workpiece is better routed by hand for reasons of size, while a very small one is safer and easier worked on the table with a pusher accessory holding it against the bit.