Router Lift - the "How to" story

[niki]

G'day mates

I would like to share with you the "How-to" of my router lift.

With a little bit of imagination ant modification it can be installed also on a "normal" router table...I think...

Regards
niki

[niki]

[wheelinround]

Niki great thanks for that

like the way you photgrpah and point out the parts

easy to do and assemble and store away till needed.

[Caliban]

Another stroke of genius.
Good for those of us who don't have the money to buy the commercial ones.
Greenie on the way.

[niki]

Thank you so much

Wheelinround
It can be adopted very easily also to a "Cabinet" router table...if you make the drawer under the router compartment shorter...or "delete" it and install a cross-bar as a support for the "lifting bar"

If you don't like the idea of making a dimple on the router back-cover, you can glue a 20~30mm diameter "knob" and make the dimple on the knob....It will not effect the motor cooling...I opened the back-cover and noticed that some 30mm (the motor shaft) are actually blocked.

Jim
Thanks for the greenie
The problem that I see with the commercial one is that, it's too close to the router bit and can be "on the way" for some operations....oh, yes, also the $300 that can buy me another (good) router.

Best Regards
niki

[munruben]

I have bookmarked this thread so I can come back to it later. great detail and graphic display as always niki. Look forward to viewing your threads.

[Jerryj]

Hi looks great, nice job. I just love your home made knobs I think I will be using that idea. I have included a photo of my home made router lift.

[niki]

Thank you so much John and Jerry

Jerry
I made the same but of wood.

You just have to....well, if you made it of metal, I'm sure that I don't have to tell you what to do...Very nice work Jerry.

Cheers
niki

[forunna]

I like this Niki.
will see if I can make it work on my setup.
do you have stability issues with the foldup table?

[niki]

Thank you Craig

I think that it can be made even on the normal "cabinet router table" by modifying the drawer below the router compartment (or "deleting" it).

This workbench is a little bit different than the normal one (and cost me $50 in Japan)...

The top, can fold separately of the legs so, the legs can stay spread, and I can lift or fold the top say, for bit change, without any effect on the legs position (you can see it on some of my posts)

It is very stable but with the time I noticed that sometimes it was sliding on the floor so, I glued my "Trade mark" - meaning - sanding paper on the plastic parts and, "problem solved".

Regards
niki

[uki]

omg this is really cool