Steven Triggs
09-14-2007, 10:11 PM
I got a Rousseau 3002 Router Lift a little while ago, and I've been having a bear of a time getting it setup properly. I started out with a tabletop of just 3/4" MDF. I routed out a seemingly nice ledge for it, and installed the leveling screws and got it "kind of" right. However, I found that everyday that I went up to it, it was out of adjustment and I had to do it all over again. I then realized, looking more carefully at it, that it was never really right.
So, I decided to quite messing around with it (or so I thought) and ordered a Rousseau table top. It is thick, and laminated on both sides. I installed it on my table this evening. I shimmed it in couple areas, and now it seems to be pretty darn level in all directions. However, I'm still having no luck getting the lift's plate leveled to the table. I got the four corners as "dead on" as I could, but then found that the middle of the front and back were low. I used the leveling screws to raise the middle. This of course caused the plate to rock left to right, which surprised me because if anything, I thought it was supposed to have a crown in the middle (although I've been unable to verify that it isn't flat with a straight edge.
Anyway, as of now, I've got the right side and middle pretty well level with the table, and the left side is high. This of course causes problems with my fence not wanting to sit nicely, and causes the miter gauge to "drop" a bit when it comes off the left end.
What am I missing? Is it supposed to be this ridiculously difficult to set up a router plate? Is there some trick to it?
So, I decided to quite messing around with it (or so I thought) and ordered a Rousseau table top. It is thick, and laminated on both sides. I installed it on my table this evening. I shimmed it in couple areas, and now it seems to be pretty darn level in all directions. However, I'm still having no luck getting the lift's plate leveled to the table. I got the four corners as "dead on" as I could, but then found that the middle of the front and back were low. I used the leveling screws to raise the middle. This of course caused the plate to rock left to right, which surprised me because if anything, I thought it was supposed to have a crown in the middle (although I've been unable to verify that it isn't flat with a straight edge.
Anyway, as of now, I've got the right side and middle pretty well level with the table, and the left side is high. This of course causes problems with my fence not wanting to sit nicely, and causes the miter gauge to "drop" a bit when it comes off the left end.
What am I missing? Is it supposed to be this ridiculously difficult to set up a router plate? Is there some trick to it?