On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:03:44 -0400, Upscale
wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:36:48 -0500, "Leon"
wrote:

20 years and replaced it with a Triton router about 7 years ago, it has a
built in lift and works well with the Bench Dog table.

Question about lifting the router while in the table. How
easy/accurate is it to operate? I'm guessing, maybe wrongly, that you
have to operate the lift with your hands under the table. I'm just
wondering how convenient operating the Triton router lift is compared
to one of the above table adjustments. Obviously, there is a price
difference between the two, but that's not the question I'm asking.

After getting my Triton I dutifully drilled the hole for the above
table adjustment doohickey and tested it out. And then I never used
it again. If you changed bits then you might have to change speeds so
your hand is under the table anyway. After changing the height, well
there's that lock knob to lock, which you might omit doing but there's
a lock and I'm going to lock the sucker, so your hand is under the
table anyway. You need to get down at eye level to the bit to set the
height and while you're doing that there's time to open up a door and
get your hand in there... which is faster than retreiving the adjuster
doohickey, which has probably fallen off the back of the router table
by the time you needed it, and getting it engaged properly anyway. So
long story short, totally pointless feature as far as I am concerned,
unless your table is designed in a way that makes getting to the
underside more difficult than it ought to be.

HOWEVER, the Triton, when the power is off, lets you bring the collet
up above the table and locks the spindle by itself. One wrench for
bit changes. It usually takes me longer to find the right bit than to
change it. That right there is worth the price of admission.

-Kevin