Making a router table or even a router plate?

Thanks for everyone’s feedback.

Hate to disappoint but for now I picked up a craftsman router table/router combo for $100.00 from Sears. I figure the router is worth $50.00 so I got a $50.00 router table to hold me over.

I haven’t given up on the idea and I want to work up to getting a contractor table saw and incorporating a router into the table saw table when done so I’m not consuming two tables worth of space. Thanks.