Benchtop Router Table RA1181, 120 V

Good

Build quality is excellent. However this should not be shipped to the UK as the switch only support power of 110V and not 220/240V. There is no mention of this that I could see. That aside the actual cabinet is excellent and far superior to anything I could find here even with shipping and import costs.

DONT BUY THIS....... This has all the wrong electrical connections on to work in this country. It’s fine if you live in America, as it will plug in and probably work. You can’t even take the American plug off and add a U.K. one,as it’s a sealed plug fitting,if you do take it off and replace with a U.K. one,you will need to wire the American plug to your router to plug it into the American style socket. Complete waste of money,then you have to pay to send the thing back....they do contribute £20.00 towards the cost....... Amazon should be made aware of this as it’s a right carry on getting it shipped back to America and costly,bulky and heavy lifting. Extremely disappointed with the purchase,bought an expensive table thinking it would pay off in time,it’s cost me in the long run though.

This product is only for the US market, the metal plate is pre-drilled for US distributed routers, even Bosch routers in the UK do not fit. Contacted Bosch and still waiting for a response 2 months later, customer service! Currently this table is used as a talking point when I have visitors, any chance I can return this?

I would buy this , if sold in U.K. Instead, I've got illiterate yanks whining on about it. . Thanks

I have had this a few months but just got around to putting it together. assembly is pretty straight forward. I honestly didn't need to look at directions a whole lot. I liked the screws it goes together with. they are tapered so they center in the hole there was no slop at all I think it due to the head of the screws being tapered. there is a lot of extra hardware in the bags. this cabinet is made of hardboard or mdf which ever you wanna call it. the screws to mount the door and magnetic stop leave something to be desired. they are very small so you need a eye glass screw driver or the smallest phillips head they make anyhow. mounting the router base is not really straight forward. it say in the manual to use the starter screw in either hole A or B. well this was just confusing to me. this is for a bosch router by the way. anyhow once you find the right holes its lines up perfect and seems to mount very securely. The dust collection on it works well with a shop vac just don't forget to hook it up or the cabinet will fill with dust. also make sure the level the table. there are 4 screws to do this. just loosen the mounting screws some and adjust away. I used a steel rule to check daylight and slid it back and forth across the table on edge to get it as close as I could. I like that it comes with feather boards. Overall i think it was a good buy. You can make one on your own given you have the time but the quality seems to be very good it seems solid. none of the aluminum parts had what i would call sharp edges the molded parts seem to be clear of defects

Alles gut - schneller Versand für aus USA!

Con la garantía de la marca Bosch es una buena mesa de trabajo. Si bien es cierto que te puedes construir una de mayores dimensiones, la verdad esta mesa tiene todo lo necesario, las guías, los enchufes, una base sólida y sobre todo la compatibilidad total con el router de la marca, para hacer tus trabajos de una manera más precisa, he trabajado con brocas de 1/2" y es estable. Para un aficionado a la madera como yo es un buen producto.

BOSCH RA1181 Benchtop Router Table 27 in. x 18 in. Aluminum Top I put it together. Haven't yet put it to use. I'll only speak to what I can tell from the assembly. Great instructions! Bosch has gone to great lengths to take all guess work out of the assembly process, something other manufacturers should take a lesson from. The paper booklet is much better than online manuals, although I used both at different times. For those of use who think manuals are an unnecessary imposition on our God-like intelligence; I suggest you read the manual at least a little in advance of the parts you're assembling. It might save you some assembly-disassembly-reassembly. Don't ask me how I know. You know how I know. Ever wondered which bolt is the #10-16 x 1/2" and which is the #10-24 x 1/2"? The paper booklet has a true-to-size print of each and every bolt, washer, nut, etc. that solves the mysteries of identifying an incredibly large number of parts that come with the router table. How many parts is a large number? There are 161 parts, a few of which are for other models of Bosch router tables. A key identifies each part with a number that matches the true-to-size part's representation in the booklet. BTW: I didn't notice any Chinesium fasteners whose Philips head screws round out with the slightest bit of aggressive twisting of the old driver bit. All the fasteners are of a quality you might find in something like automotive manufacturing. All the main component parts are solid and well-made. Plastic is not all made the same. Time will tell how the plastic components hold up, but I expect they'll do just fine. I was very surprised at how sturdy the aluminum fence was. The same for the aluminum router plate and table top. I did not expect them to be so heavy. When I was removing the table top from the carton I wondered, due to its weight, if it was steel rather than aluminum. Leveling the router plate: I've seen reviews that made comments about the difficulty of leveling the router plate and aligning it to the same plane as the table top. I found no problem with this at all and verified the results with a TSO MTR-X triangle. I didn't go so far as to get out a set of feeler gauges to look for thousandths of an inch differences, but I don't expect to be routing components for use on Space-X. It's woodworking, not rocket science! Price: I got a terrific Black Friday price of $172.81, or so I thought. It's still (12/20/24) listed at about the same price on Amazon. I am not a connoisseur of router tables. I did the usual due diligence one might expect a penny pincher to do when making a purchase that offers the best of everything at the lowest price available and I think it went a lot better than expected. I wasn't looking for a table that cost $400 or more. I wasn't looking for the largest table or one that attaches to a Festool MFT. I wanted a table I could use in the basement or out on the driveway and pick up and carry to a job site without too much muscle strain that was suited for making moldings, dados and so forth. I was first looking for a table with a two part fence so it could be used for jointing. I admit to being disappointed that the best table I found did not have that feature. It took a while to find a Youtube video that spoke to this problem. But Bosch solved it by including two 1/16" "Jointing Shims" that slide behind the out feed fence to allow edge jointing in increments of 1/16" to 1/8". It's not an infinity of adjustments but then no fiddling is required to set up the table for jointing. Just slide a shim behind the fence and you're ready to go. So, that may actually be an advantage over two separately moveable fences that require careful alignment to get the right cut on an edge joint. I rarely give five stars but I think they are well deserved in the case of the Bosch RA1181 and the great Amazon price. For $175, how can you go wrong?

I bought this after seeing mixed reviews and looking at other brands and am very happy that I went with this one. It came early and comes in an easy to carry flat packed box. Assembly is straightforward and the directions are easy to read and fallow. This took me less than half an hour to put together and be ready to joint lumber (that includes adding your router and a bit and leveling to center plate to the table). I am very happy with this product and would recommend it to anyone needing a good affordable router table. It comes with a fully adjustable centerplate as well as fence. Also the fence can be shimmed to allow for jointing of boars an these easy to add or subtract shims are included. Also the center plate is pre drilled and marked for different most models of router and includes different screws also. So yes when you have this assembled there will be extra pieces left over not to worry you haven't forgotten anything lol. Even with my huge Milwaukee router a box of bits and the adjustment tools all inside the cupboard this stand is easy to lift onto your work surface and lift of and store under the workbench when not in use. This can be bolted to a bench but It's lots sturdy enough to not slide around while in use and I use mine on the slick surface of my table saw.