Kreg PRS1025 Router Table Top

Ordered this to replace my old router table. I wanted to use the Kreg router lift.The first one arrived damaged. There is not alot of packaging on the corner and it was broke from shipping. Amazon sent a replacement, this one was good and not damaged. There was a bit of assemble but the instructions were clear and easy the follow. Leveling the plate to the table took time, make sure you take your time here and don't rush it. You see once you secure the 4 bolts in the corners it changes the height so you'll need to revisit this several times. I like the top thickness at 1" it's nice a beefy.

This table is awesome. The size is pretty big which is a plus. The company Pattern has great customer service. The only complaint I have is I wish it was cast iron, but went together great. 100% worth the 206.00 I paid for it

Overall, very nice router table. Large, sturdy, easily adjustable fence. Only negatives would be:1. Sliding the fence guides along the fence requires a screwdriver. That could have easily been eliminated with better engineering. (Knobs in back are useless without holding the screws in place with a screwdriver in front. Very odd/poor design flaw)2. There’s gotta be a better way to design the router blade cover. Seriously - everyone does it this way and it’s terrible - also easily fixable in the design room (let me in!)3. For the price ($600 all in), you’d *think* they could throw in the casters or at *least* the featherboards. 🤷‍♂️. But no… all accessories sold separately. 😤None of these are dealbreakers… all in all still a very good router table. Just… they were so close to perfect and then said, nah, good enough. the devil is in the details, right?

So, giving this a 5, but really it is like 4.7 due to some easily remedied by Kreg quality issues.The package arrived in pristine condition. Upon examination, there was a small defect on the back laminate. It looks like the top had been placed on top of a screw. There was not loose hardware in the box so assuming this happened during manufacturing or packing. i decided the return hassle was not worth it.Mounting the t-track should be fairly easy. There are tiny pilot holes, way undersized for the hardware, but they were not 100% aligned with the center of the opening in the t-track. Trying to create new pilot holes would have been risk due to proximity to existing holes. I split the difference in placement, and decided the self-drilling fasteners would find a way through. I clamped the t-track down firmly then used a driver to get the fasteners through the track into the table back. Two of the fasteners were fairly easy, one (where the pilot hole was way off) took some work. In the end, the fasteners went in and the t-track is properly aligned in the slot. Flipping the board over revealed that two of the holes had some pretty serious tear-out. One was perfect. A couple of things. There is no need for these fasteners to protrude out like they do. They could be flush with or below the surface and perfectly serve their purpose, thus eliminating possibility of tear out. Also, the pilot holes need to be properly sized, and properly square. There's no excuse for this these days. Were I to assemble this again, I would chamfer the back surface, and I would open the pilot holes up a small amount. Frankly, this was pretty disappointing and considered returning it right then.After reconsidering, I forged on. I located the correct mounting hole positions for the Triton TRA001 router and drilled and chamfered those on the drill press. I had already acquired the appropriate flathead machine screws for the router, 3/4" seemed just right. I then distracted myself somehow and drilled the hole for the router lift in the wrong spot. Totally my fault. It was a beautifully drilled hole, just in precisely the wrong spot. I drilled another hole in the correct spot, but for reasons, ended up with some chip out on the back of the insert plate. Sigh. 5 for 6.Installing the corner plates was trivial. Levelling the insert is a little funky due to 8 points of contact, but didn't take more than a minute or two to get it right. Insert plate was flat. Still would prefer it be ground flat aluminum.Mounting the Kreg power switch was a little tricky at first but got it done also.I really wanted to build my own router table. I was impatient. While I think it was a good purchase, pretty sure I'd get a cast iron table were I to make the decision today. I would also prefer a metal insert plate.So, satisfied overall. I think Kreg is doing a good job but may wish to review manufacturing QA for some easy improvements.The fence, that's another ordeal.

Very nice table,,great addition to my work shop

I bought this router table table and built my own base for it. It's a really solid surface and was easy to attach it to my custom base. Probably the only "con" is drilling the holes in the insert plate.The insert plate comes "blank" with no pre-drilled holes, so you have to custom drill holes for your specific router. While I like that this makes the table perfect for my specific needs, this was probably the most cumbersome part of the process. I'd recommend making a paper template of your router base versus using double-sided to attach the base to the insert plate (like the video on Kreg's website recommends). Once I attached the router base, it was difficult to see the pattern lines that you're suppose to use as guides for centering the base. Plus, it's not possible to make subtle movements with double side tape attached. You have to lift the base off and reset it, and you risk moving it too much. Whereas, with a paper template, you can just slide it around as needed and then mark your holes or tape it down, once it's set, and drill through it.Overall, there isn't much to complain about. It's definitely am upgrade to what I've been using, so I'm looking forward to it. I also purchased the router fence and installed that.

Seems nice enough, came with a massive crack parallel between the surfaces, inside the hole for the plate and some scuffed edges. Expected better for the price and coming from kreg but whatever.