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Post by Ruffnek on Nov 13, 2009 13:17:47 GMT -6
I have a PC 895 router in my router table, mounted in a Rousseau router lift. The height adjustment is a long hex wrench with a 90 deg. handle. It works great except that gross height adjust ments can take up to 20 turns of the handle. Since I'm an impatient sort and I was changing bits at the router table today, I decided to do something about it. I found an Allen wrench the same size as the lift hex wrench and hacksawed off the short leg. The long portion I chucked in my cordless drill and voila!...a powered router lift.  I was so pleased with my little solution that I had to come post it here. Works great, too. ;D  |
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Post by TDHofstetter on Nov 13, 2009 13:31:01 GMT -6
Cool - good solution to a vexing problem! I can't even think of any drawbacks, long's your soft parts won't get pinched by the rapidly-rising router. Oh, of course there are those who should be warned never to DO that when the router's RUNNING 'cause if the bit catches that Allen wrench it's spray metal all over the shop...
I like that, though.
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Post by fredbelknap on Nov 13, 2009 13:42:23 GMT -6
Cool move, member when you got that lift. I see you went back to your old avatar. |
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Post by Beamer on Nov 13, 2009 14:07:58 GMT -6
I have the same lift and I've found that even the hex-shaped screwdriver bits I use seem to fit, too. Tho, a little stubby. I like your longer solution. I like to think I'm patient, but when I have a 3" long bit in that router it takes FOREVER to crank that bugger down and I break out the power, too.  |
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Post by brburns on Nov 13, 2009 14:16:17 GMT -6
I concidered doing that before with mine. I figgure that by the time I remember where I left the drill, I could be done already.
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Post by sawduster on Nov 13, 2009 15:54:57 GMT -6
Guess it's little things like that that let you knock out a child's rocker over a weekend, huh? Does that chucked up allen wrench stick through the hole in the router table or does it stick into the end of the original crank. If it is the crank, things could get real exciting.  One of the things I like about my Bosch router is that it has has detents for large adjustments to the bit height, then can be micro adjusted once it is engaged in a detent. |
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Post by Bleedsblkhwkred on Nov 13, 2009 16:23:02 GMT -6
After I pick up the HF DC somewhere done the line will be a router lift. This thread reminds me of why I'm looking hard at the Woodpeck Quick lift. www.woodpeck.com/quickliftalum.htmlAfter watching the demo I was pretty much sold. |
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Post by Ruffnek on Nov 13, 2009 17:27:40 GMT -6
Tim - at first I though "what idiot would do something like that" and then I realized there are probably losts of them out there. They are the ones that the words "Not for human consumption" on a can of brake fluid are meant for.
Fred - Yeah, I like the old avatar better. Besides it was from a ww.com get together at M&G Sawmill and we had a good time.
Jerry - The allen wrench chucked in the drill goes through the router insert same way the lift wrench does.
I also got around to cutting that little nubbin off of the removable insert. It made it difficult to remove and also makes it go in on only one orientation. Now I can pop it out with a finger and it will go in any old way.
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Post by TDHofstetter on Nov 13, 2009 17:56:27 GMT -6
Brake fluid tastes AWFUL, by the way... It's also flammable, which I didn't know till I spilled a little on a spark plug on my running engine once... |
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Post by fredbelknap on Nov 13, 2009 19:28:48 GMT -6
Brake fluid tastes AWFUL, by the way... It's also flammable, which I didn't know till I spilled a little on a spark plug on my running engine once... I always thought Scotch wiskey smelled and tasted like brake fluid. |
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Nov 13, 2009 19:39:40 GMT -6
Cody, Very clever solution! You've been watching the Red Green Show, on PBS, a lot lately! That's what he would've done! ;D  |
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Post by Beamer on Nov 13, 2009 22:59:44 GMT -6
I also got around to cutting that little nubbin off of the removable insert. It made it difficult to remove and also makes it go in on only one orientation. Now I can pop it out with a finger and it will go in any old way. MAN. I need to do that. Like ... before I ever turn my router on again. I marked the location of that stupid thing with a sharpie but I can barely see it anymore after 3 years of passin' stuff over it. It's gettin' lopped off ASAP. |
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Post by rrich on Nov 15, 2009 20:41:44 GMT -6
On the router lift and the drill powering the Allen wrench.
I have a very early original Woodpecker Professional Router Lift / 32. a.k.a. 32 turns per inch of lift elevation. It is a PITA. Woodpecker suggests the drill solution. I never did because I didn't think that the excessive torque would be good for the lift itself so I made a wooden knob for the wrench supplied with the PRL. This is probably the second best router lift ever made.
I now have a Woodpecker PRL V2. Adjustment is made by a "key" (A rod with a spring to counter the weight of the router motor) that adjusts the height in seconds. Then there is a fine tuning adjustment wheel that has a range of 3/8". This is probably the best router lift ever made.
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Post by dicklaxt on Nov 17, 2009 6:55:16 GMT -6
I had a "Router Raizer",I never used it much because I had to squat down in front of the table and sight the vertical position anyway and then reach under the table and set the lock so I just used the lift from below manually.It had an allen wrench crank handle which was pretty fast but the hole and allen opening always got full of dust .It was just cumbersome to use ,good idea but not to practical .
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