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Block Router Table Sag

By Richard Huck, Minneapolis, Minn. November 30, 2023

Over the years, my old router table surface had sagged, and it finally got so bad it was unusable. I recently upgraded the top and insert, and I wanted to make sure that my new investment stayed flat.

I figured that the constant weight of the router led to the dishing of my old table, so now I elevate the router on a piece of scrapwood when it’s not in use. This takes the pressure off the table surface so that it’s much less likely to sag. If your router table doesn’t have a surface below it for the block, simply remove the router insert assembly and store it on a shelf.

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