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You don't need to spend $300-$400 or more on a router table and lift system (unless you want to.)
A simple alternative - and cheap - is mount your router upside down on a 3/4" quality piece of plywood about 2'x2'. You'll need to make a hole about 1" to 1.5" diameter somewhere around 8" to 10" from one edge, but in the middle of the other 2' dimension. Mounting it near one side will make it easier for you to adjust the height of the router bit placement above the plywood surface. Screw the board down on the 2 cross boards setting on the sawhorses such as in your picture. Use a wooden fence list look171 drew and clamp it to the plywood top at mid-center of the router bit. You can fine-tine the placement by loosening 1 clamp slightly and moving the fence.
Using the above method - the "top" surface of your wood being routed will now be laying upside down when it is being machined. You'll just have to keep that in mind as it will be opposite your normal operations.
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