"Toller" said:

Does this bring the router up to change the bits above the table? It
doesn't say that in the description (it says it has 2.5" of movement, which
seems inadequate) but you sure can't reach the router below the table.

Anyone have this? What do you think of it?


I own one, am pleased with it, and have never given serious
consideration to replacing it. That is not necessarily a
recommendation since it is the only router lift I have ever used and,
therefore, don't have much of a basis for comparison.

I'd prefer the lift mechanism to be based on fractional rather than
decimal measurement One turn of the handle changes the height by
0.050 inches. Seems like it would have been just as easy to use a lead
screw with 16 or 32 TPI instead of 20. But, to each his own.

The specific problem of changing the bits above the table might
possibly be dependent on the specific router. I have used two
different routers in the lift. First was a Bosch 1617. That has been
removed for hand-held use and replaced in the table with a
Porter-Cable 7518. In both cases, the bit was/is easily changed from
above the table. I did install a collet extension
(http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shops...er_collet.html)
on the PC which makes changing the bit a trivial exercise. But I don't
recall whether or not the extension was necessary to permit changing
the PC's bit above the table.