INCRA 36-Inch Router Table Stand

I had previously purchased several smaller tools from INCRA and had been impressed with their design, function, and quality. The previous good reviews added to my confidence in purchasing this table. I really like the table. It is well designed and easy to assemble. The components have a good finish. If there hadn't been an issue with the parts, I would have given the table a five star rating. The first sign of trouble was the instructions were crumpled up in a ball. I pulled them out to find only two half pages folded together. Digging deeper into the box I found the missing two half pages also crumpled. The instruction fragments had several holes in them. Two of the legs had bent channels neither of which affected function or assembly. I was able to straighten one channel with a pair of pliers. When I tried to put the table together, I was missing two 1/4" washers. At least they shorted me a common part. They made up for their mistake by giving me 3 extra 1/4" nuts. I don't think Amazon recycled the table. Their packaging included the box that INCRA used to ship to Amazon. I also had missing parts on the INCRA wheel set that I also purchased from Amazon at the same time. Come on guys; take a little pride in packaging your product!

I bought this stand to go along with my  Incra LS25WFNCSYS 25-inch Range Positioner with Split Router Table Fence Super System  and  INCRA RT2743OS 27-Inch by 43-Inch Offset Router Table Top . Everything fits together perfectly, although the assembly instructions were a little frustrating and in my opinion, out of order. Part of this is because I also ordered the  INCRA Wheel Kit for Router Table Stand  for it, but i'll get to that in a moment. I did not order the shelf kit for it because it will not fit with my  INCRA CLEANSWEEP Clean Sweep Dust Collection Cabinet .I give the stand 5 stars because it deserves it in terms of quality and usefulness, and I expect in longevity. The parts are not paper thin crap metal. The whole unit is very nice quality and once put together, very sturdy. I would definitely recommend this stand. As for assembling the thing, well, for me it was a pain. If you are assembling this stand alone, know that you will have trouble if you follow the assembly steps in the order given. After having to take a 90% complete stand apart twice, I scrapped the instructions and basically assembled it backwards like this:1) Install bolts, washers, and nuts on each of the crossbars but DO NOT tighten the nuts. Just tighten them enough to keep the nut from falling off of the bolt.2) Attach the top cross bars to the legs first. Do this with the cross bars laying on the upside down table top. Just slide each leg in place and tighten the nuts. The legs will still be wonky at first, but should stay upright when you tighten the nuts. If this seems confusing, you'll see what I mean when you start assembling the thing.3) Install the lower cross bars. Don't worry about having them exactly 5" from the bottom of the legs yet, just get them on there so that the stand is somewhat stable. You'll have to tighten the nuts enough to keep the cross bars from sliding, but you'll be loosening them back up soon enough, so don't go all crazy with brute force here.4) With the roughly assembled stand sitting on the upside down table top, you can now work on squaring the legs up at the top cross bars (the ones that hold the table top). Get it square and tighten all those nuts well.5) With the top of the legs square, you can attach the stand to the table top using the measurements given in the instructions.6) With the stand squared and secured to the table top, the lower cross bars can be easily adjusted to the correct height. The stand should still be square, but check to be sure.If you are not installing the wheel kit, all that is left is to screw the feet onto the legs. If you are installing the wheel kit, do that now as per the instructions. I had to remove the feet (installing them is step 1 in the instructions) because the wheels could not be installed with the feet in place. Again, not a huge deal, but annoying.I spent about 3 hours on this, but it should have taken an hour tops. It should go really quick if you have help available.

Maybe it was me, but keeping this unit square and perpeendicular is difficult. I wish I had stayed with my original plan of building my own router table. The other issue is the wheel unit I purchased with this. The way the wheels are makes this table "tippy". That makes the table drag on my somewhat uneven basement floor. I will probably end up putting four wheels on this.

I married this with a Rockler router table top I had purchased a year ago that hasbeen laying around waiting for a table to arrive. (yeah , I am slow). Other reviewers commented on the build and I'll just add it is quality materials and LIGHT! Lightweight can be a plus and a minus. I wanted light for ease of mobility, your needs may vary. The feet hold the unit steady enough for my needs. I did buy the optional wheel kit for ease of mobility.I'd suggest making some wheel chocks to place around the wheels for additional stability if doing this but with care the chocks are not a absolute necessity. The instructions show the top rails with the rails pointed outward. For the Rockler table top (32 incher) I hadto rotate the shorter top rails so they pointed inward, which was no problem. A few holes drilled in the table top and attached with Incra supplied screws. The middle shelf rails cost too much for me to consider a sensible option as it would be tooeasy to make these. The unit is of just the right height for a six footer to perhaps a six foot 3 plus humanoid. It would be easy enough to shorten it with a hacksaw if you wanted a shorter work height by removing length from the end without the feet lugs. Oh, I'm using a Triton Router on my table in case that matters. Overall a great value and got the job done quick. EDIT. 10-2014Someone inquired on dimensions.I'm unsure why the dimensions on the model listed is 36 inches. Perhaps I ordered a older version sinceI looked at this product. My unit if assembled as pictured is 28 inches long by 20 inches wide. FOr my table I reversed the top rails on each short end (20 inch wide rails) so they point inward instead ofoutward as pictured. Total length as assembled by me is 26 inches. The table top I put on top is a total of 33 inches long and does stick out a few inches. Reasonably stable for type of work I use this for but I have used support rollers on material that is say over 5 or six feet long, for safety reasons.