New Old Router Table

It looks like I may have an undiscovered treasure in the garage. I've been reading up on router tables, and if what I've seen is right, a big MDF computer desk covered with melamine is nearly ideal for routing.

I was worried about the flatness of the surface. I checked the table with a square, and it has a slight bend in it. But I can fix that by screwing one or two pieces of stiff angle iron to it. In fact I suppose that if I were really smart, I'd be able to set it up so the flatness of the table could be adjusted at any time, by using a wrench on the screws.

To do this, I'll have to get a router plate from Rockler, plus a template and a bit to make a hole for the plate. I could do it without a plate, but I think it would be harder. I'll also need to figure out how to rout a slot in the table for featherboards. Other people have done it. Some people put a sacrificial layer of something or other on top of their tables and flatten that, but if I did that, how would I slot the table? If I cut a slot in the MDF, it should be easy to set up for stuff to slide back and forth in it. I think it would be harder with a sacrificial surface, because the slot in the MDF would be much shallower and harder to mount things in.

I read that MDF machines very well, but you have to get rid of the dust, because it's full of poison. So I guess I'd have to drag the desk into the driveway. I could do it in the garage and then sweep and blow, but that doesn't work well enough to get rid of all of it.

I hate to chew up that desk. It cost me $140 ten years ago, and they don't seem to make them any more. But I have no other use for it. I do all my computing in a recliner. And the desk is showing its age.

I'm stuck here Googling this stuff because I decided to see if I could wash the allergens out of my bedding, and I made a big mistake which added two hours to the ordeal.