Turn your corded Dremel rotary tool into a compact plunge router – and cut perfect decorative edges, straight slots or rout freehand. Plunge feature lets you start your cut in the middle of your workpiece. Ideal for woodworking, making inlays in furniture, musical instruments and wood crafts. Convert your corded rotary tool into a light-duty, bench-mounted precision wood shaper with the Dremel 231 Shaper/Router Table. Featuring a smooth surface, our small router table makes it easy to slot, edge, groove and/or sand items in both conventional and irregular shapes. It also boasts simple-to-grip plastic knobs that include a screwdriver slot for easier tool assembly and depth adjustment.
- Plunge lock-in handle for fast and easy plunge locking
- 2 depth stops with quick release for rapid adjustment of routing depth
- Clear base allows greater visibility of the work surface
- Depth guide includes English and metric markings
- On board storage for router bits and wrench
- Adjustable fence for versatile performance
- Slot, groove, shape, sand and trim edges
- Large, 8 in. x 6 in. worktable
- Attaches directly to workbench
Baylee Gleason (verified owner) –
Bought this as a Christmas present. It was opened at my house and within minutes the giftee had assembled it and examined every part included in the kit.She was 100% thrilled with it and promised to send pix of the first project she will use it on once she gets it home.Big, big hit!!
Eriberto Sipes (verified owner) –
Router base with easily assembled. It was missing some of the small hex/square nuts it should have come with. The spindle lock was somewhat inconvenient to use when changing bits. Found it easier to use a nail head to depress the lock. Tightening the collet nut with the standard collet wrench was challenging as I could only 1/2 way around before hitting the posts the router slid up and down on. Ended up using one of my wrenches.Over all worked well with light cuts.
Flavie Emard (verified owner) –
Could not be happier how easy this made routing out our door hinges. It’s a game changer.
Megane Hahn (verified owner) –
Let me emphasize: This is a Dremel issue, not a Home Depot issue.I got the 231 table yesterday and haven’t actually used it yet. Like another reviewer, I thought something was missing when I opened the box. The instruction booklet and the picture on the box clearly show a tool holder clamp that clearly wasn’t there.Turns out Dremel changed the design of the 231 so that the tool is attached at the top via a large plastic nut. (That’s what the wrench in the parts bag is for.)All that would be fine except they didn’t bother to change the instruction booklet or the picture on the box AND on their website. It’s also the picture on Home Depot’s website.As far as I could find, there is nothing on Dremel’s website that discusses this change. The only reason I found out about it is a couple of reviews on Amazon. If I were Dremel, I’d be embarrassed to be outsourcing customer support to random reviewers on Amazon, but maybe that’s part of their business model.
Mariah Langosh (verified owner) –
Honestly I’m waiting for it to redeem itself on a different project. Because I 1st tried it on some half inch mdf and 1/16 in lexan and it kinda failed on both. Its very loud, very unstable, and not powerful enough when I paired it with the cordless 8200 series dremel. But ill try it again on smaller stuff before I totally judge it. But for now i will be buying a real table router setup up soon for my bigger fabrication projects
Stevie Gutkowski (verified owner) –
Very sturdy. Not flimsy plastic like I had expected for the price. I can’t wait to try it out.
Izabella Sipes (verified owner) –
It is useful for what it is intended for. It was more difficult to adjust and maintain the adjustment then i had expected it to be. Otherwise, turns your dremel into a mini router as expected.
Presley Moen (verified owner) –
This this router base. There was a small learning curve, but once that’s out of the way, it is awesome.
Skye Block (verified owner) –
Great tool!!! I love it:) bought it for my frame making.
Christy Hudson (verified owner) –
It is hard to access (depress) the shaft locking button with the router adapter in place. You will need to remove the router adapter to easily access the button. The router adapter depth setting adjustment is not accurate and tends to flex so as you do the plunge so you cannot do real accurate depth cuts. It is a useful adapter for general depth cuts but I reverted to my trim router to remove existing veneer to then replace it with a new piece of veneer due to the inaccuracy in setting and maintaining the depth of cut. It is somewhat difficult to see the cutting action of the bit even with the clear plastic base. It is recommended that you purchase the accessory light which has an adaptive notch in the router adapter cross frame member.
Marcelle Hodkiewicz (verified owner) –
I love my new dremel plunger. It’s a lot of fun to use
Lenore Mitchell (verified owner) –
Made sanding those tricky wooden pieces SO much easier, project finished in no time.
Melyssa Muller (verified owner) –
Great product easy to use
Keshaun Wehner (verified owner) –
This tool is very cool. Gives me more control I can do much finer work. Good quality. Great visability.
Sigurd Olson (verified owner) –
Very easy to work with, get the job done, worth the price I paid for.
Kassandra Kemmer (verified owner) –
Been hunting this one a while, for when I can’t be arsed to write a cnc program for a Shapeoko 2, and still need the level of precision of guide structures and the like. Use your dremel as a table router. Use it to put slots in Lexan to mount LED strip, works fantastic.
Samara Toy (verified owner) –
Nice
Winifred O’Connell (verified owner) –
Perfect for small jobs!
Bailey Erdman (verified owner) –
It’s tiny. And you can’t clamp it onto your workbench – you have to screw it into a piece of wood (not included) which you can then clamp onto a table. The fence, being soft plastic, bends and moves if you use anything but the lightest of touch.It also has no presets for 90/45/60 degrees, so you have to use a different tool for setting the angle.With the fence taken off, it’s an ok tiny table for freehand use, allowing you to control the work with both hands.
Franz Murazik (verified owner) –
Purchased this for mortising a door. It worked beautifully! I have a 275 model dremel and it fits/works perfectly. If you have a dremel and dont have a router and dont want to spend $100 on a router, I definitely recommend giving this a try. With a ~$25 price point you dont have much to lose.