iNSTALLING THE HITACHI M12V IN A TABLE

[Jerry Bittner]

I'm confused. The directions from woodpeck for my PlungeLift states that one should not remove the plunge springs from the router. However, on a site that I referred to for installation (http://woodshopdemos.com/menu2.htm) their advice was to remove the springs.

It seems to make sense to remove the springs to enable adjustments easier but I wonder whether the people at Woodpeck know better.

Helpful advice please.

Jerry

[Chris Padilla]

John Lucas over at woodshopdemos knows his stuff...follow step by step. :)

[Larry Crim]

Jerry

I usedy of the idea's on that site also and as chris said it is a good site. I originally installed mine before I saw the site and did not remove the springs, I had found it hard to crank and I used the suggestions in the installation instructions that refered to this problem and it worked fine. After finding the site I tried it without the springs and it made no difference for me. I do not think it really matters if you remove the springs or not if it works fine with them in.

larry

[Greg Mann]

Marc Sommerfield says leave 'em in. He demo-ed his products here in Detroit last weekend and the subject came up. You are obviously lifting against both the springs and gravity when they're still in, but his stance is that it does not make any difference. I guess if you leave them in you will always know where they are. Without speaking for John, I believe he indicates in one of his dialogues that he might do a few things differently if he was doing it over. I cannot recall if the springs were part of that or not.


Greg

[Bill Marcheck]

I just put the same rig together about two weeks ago. First I tried it with the springs. Wasn't happy with it. Took them out and it worked much better.

If your unsure of which way to go, start with the springs in. It only takes 5 minutes to remove them if your not happy.
You don't have to remove the plate, just take loose the
adjuster mechanism and slide the whole base off then
remove the springs.

I'd also take the ears off, it makes access from the top
much easier. Oh yeah if you don't have the bent wrench
get one.


Bill

[David LaRue]

I removed the spings and the ears in mine. Works much better. I have another router for plunge and fixed work.

[JayStPeter]

I agree. Same setup, I don't use springs, removed the ears, and added the other mods for future remote control of the collet lock and plunge lock. I find the plunge lock necessary with the PlungeLift.

Jay