On Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:19:30 PM UTC-5, Matt wrote:
On 5/16/2013 1:39 PM, Pat Barber wrote:

On 5/16/2013 7:55 AM, Gramp's shop wrote:

Any of you folks have this lift:



http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...FRJp7AodwxgAbA





Seems like a decent price for a lift when compared to others that are

roughly twice as much. Looking to avoid the penny-wiuse,

pound-foolish syndrome if this lift is a dog.



Larry





I have the Jessem but that the Rockler version looks pretty good but

notice that it only supports limited set of "smaller" routers not the

big 3HP production routers. If you can live with that, it looks to be

fine.



It will depend on what you have and where you want to be.



I got the Rockler lift about a month ago - haven't used it a lot yet,

but so far it works quite well. I have the PC 690, which fits very nicely..

I decided to go for it as my existing table router is a PC690. Of course, the plate is smaller than my existing plate ... so I need build a new top. The last one was melamine over 3/4 MDF available on the cheap from Menards.. I took a peek at Woodcraft for the phenolic plywood, but that's $60 or about 10x what I'd pay for the MDF. Any reason to go the extra mile? Also, won't feel too bad about mucking up the MDF when I rout an insert for the plate. I'm shooting for a nice tight fit this time.

Larry