Good Morning,
I'm considering a router lift to add to my recently (within the last year) constructed table. Specifically, I'm most interested in the Jessem Mast-R-Lift II
This isn't a particularly new design, I'm sure there are plenty of people that have one or have seen it up close. What do you think of it's build quality? Are there any known flaws/defects with it?
I bring that up because of my experience with Jessem's Miter Excel tablesaw miter gauge. A very nice gauge, beautiful in fact, with the serious flaw of being inaccurate for setting angles with it's hole system. While I know what to do to rectify that, I don't want a repeat experience with solving another underlying problem.
I'll probably have to order it via their website since I'd get the Rockler router plate size of 8 1/4" x 11 3/4". That's the size of the opening in my table. I anticipate that once I have a lift that I'd be unlikely to return to a simple plate, but I'm reluctant to discard plates I already have, and even more, risk trashing my top. You know how that is - the more work on a part, the higher cost it becomes in terms of material and time.
So, what's your experience with the Jessem lift?