/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.1149840]

Anyone here made the router lift from ShopNotes magazine no. 121? It seems to be a really popular router lift on the net and looks simple enough to build so I want to give it a go.

Only problem is the router lift is designed to fit a regular round router in a clamping system whereas I only own a plunge router which is more of an oval shape. Also my router tapers a little thinner towards the top so I can't think of a good way to modify the plans to mount my router in a clamping system as intended in the original plans.

Any ideas /diy/?

[Anonymous No.1149856]

>>1149840
If you want to lift a router you first need to unplug it.

Lenny the burger

[Anonymous No.1149865]

>>1149840
if you already have a plunge router, take the easy way out

find a crappy table, preferably in the trash
cut a hole for the bit
drill and coutersink some holes for mounting screws
mount the router to it
adjust depth by changing plunge amount on router

the only thing you might need to buy is some longer screws, but otherwise, it can be done for practically nothing

[Anonymous No.1150020]

>>1149865
This is what I'm doing atm but it's kinda hard to unlock it and push it upwards from underneath the table to increase my cutting depth. Sometimes unlocking it causes the springs to decompress and I lose what my height was at. If a router lift can't be done then I'll just keep putting up with it. It's just kinda annoying and I'd rather something that can be incrementally adjusted.

[Anonymous No.1150021]

>>1149856
th-thanks Lenny

[Anonymous No.1150027]

>>1150020
I see what you're saying

I basically did exactly what I mentioned, and it is somewhat of a pain to adjust, but then again I'm not using it every day

something like this might be a good idea: http://www.instructables.com/id/Router-Table-Fine-Tune-Depth-Adjustment-for-5/?ALLSTEPS

[Anonymous No.1150041]

>>1150027
That looks much simpler! Thanks man, I'll look into this design.