Motorized Router Lift

[Sam Chambers]

George:

What a great idea! Now if you can find a way to automatically change bits, you've really got something!

Just an idea, but if I were you, I'd think seriously about patenting that idea.

[George M. Perzel]

Email address change- contact me at gperzel@rochester.rr.com if you want plans or further detail
George

[Jim Hinze]

That has to be one of the cooliest things I have ever seen! Outstanding design and execution...

[Bruce Ebling]

Has anyone else built this unit? I tried to email for further details with no answer. Any further information on this project would be helpful. Looks way too cool to not try!!
Bruce Ebling

[Bruce Page]

Hang loose Bruce. George was here this morning, he’ll be back.
Welcome to SMC

[mark page]

I personally would need a heck of a lot more information on how to build it myself. But if that ain't milk on the cat's whiskers......nothin is...

[Don Stanley]

Don't you just love it when a plan comes together! I'm anxious to see what you come up with next Awesome!

-Don

[Ken Garlock]

George, that is a very nice elegant solution. A couple things I have done are:

1) get a pair of off-set wrenches from Woodpeck. Using them minimizes or even, in some cases, eliminates the need to raise the router any distance other than fine tuning the cut.

2) I use a woodpecker PRL. I have two cranks for the lift, long and short. I have removed the short crank handle from the its shaft, and chucked the shaft in my Fein drill. If I want to move the lift and more than a couple turns, I just put the drill on the crank hole of the PRL, and move and adjust the PRL with ease.

Just a couple ideas,
but I really like your solution also.

[Victor Di Paglia]

Hello George,

I too thought that a linear actuator would be a better choice than a cordless screwdriver. That coupled with a Wixely Digital Readout and it's like a CNC machine! Could you kindly send me an email with instructions, PDF's, pictures and anything that would help me not have to reinvent the wheel! I'm a disabled vet who loves to tinker!

My email address is studio.21@snet.net

Thank you so much for your kindness and American Ingenuity!!!

[Van Huskey]

Very cool lift!