Kirk (KC) Constable
08-05-2003, 7:06 PM
Earlier I'd said I wasn't gonna use the Xacta lift thingy that came with the saw package...but yesterday evening a co-worker broke ANOTHER grey insert ring on the Rosseau (sp?) insert. So I decided to put the router lift in the router table.
This is packaged in a JET box, but says JET Xacata Lift AND Jess em on the insert. The box says 'drilling required', but the mounting plate had about 200 holes already drilled in it to accomodate any router known to man it seems like. So in went the M12V...
I've never been happy changing bits on the Hitachi, and the lift makes it a bit more awkward...but it's doable. It took me maybe an hour to retro-fit the table to accept the larger insert. I've looked at these lifts before and pooh-poohed them as an unnecessary 'fluff' item...but the very first time I lifted the router the full two and a half inches in just a few seconds without climbing underneath the table I was sold. The 'deluxe' fence it comes with looks kinda small and cheesy, but locks down solid on the plate and seems well made. I'm very impressed with the 'crispness' of the whole unit. I'll be getting another one for home. :p
KC
This is packaged in a JET box, but says JET Xacata Lift AND Jess em on the insert. The box says 'drilling required', but the mounting plate had about 200 holes already drilled in it to accomodate any router known to man it seems like. So in went the M12V...
I've never been happy changing bits on the Hitachi, and the lift makes it a bit more awkward...but it's doable. It took me maybe an hour to retro-fit the table to accept the larger insert. I've looked at these lifts before and pooh-poohed them as an unnecessary 'fluff' item...but the very first time I lifted the router the full two and a half inches in just a few seconds without climbing underneath the table I was sold. The 'deluxe' fence it comes with looks kinda small and cheesy, but locks down solid on the plate and seems well made. I'm very impressed with the 'crispness' of the whole unit. I'll be getting another one for home. :p
KC