Yeahbut, Home Shops are usually crammed into some wretched corner of the house - where mobility, storage and dust collection factors rear their ugly heads.
But by the same token, I used a 1" thick piece of particle board set across an opened bench-end vise for quite a while. It worked well enough to allow me to determine my own personal needs. I don't regret the decision to build a better table. See my earlier post of DIY pictures in this thread. I would NOT, however, spend a bunch of money of a commercial router table - they are usually compromised.
FWIW,
Greg G.