lift choices for Benchdog top?

[johnny means]

Is anyone besides Woodpeckers and Benchdog selling a compatible lift?

[Robyn Horton]

I think Jessem has one that fits in a Benchdog top

[Dave Richards]

I have an older Bench Dog router table top. When I bought the Woodpecker Plunge Lift, it didn't fit in the recess. I knew it when I bought it, of course. It was a simple matter to enlarge the recess to fit. Maybe you could do the same if needed?

[Bernie May]

I have the benchdog lift in my benchdog cast iron table and love it.

[Jeff Monson]

I have the benchdog lift in my benchdog cast iron table and love it.

Ditto on that, I couldn't be happier with my combo.

[Ralph Butts]

Ditto on that, I couldn't be happier with my combo.

I second that.

[johnny means]

I have an older Bench Dog router table top. When I bought the Woodpecker Plunge Lift, it didn't fit in the recess. I knew it when I bought it, of course. It was a simple matter to enlarge the recess to fit. Maybe you could do the same if needed?

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I am leaving towards the Benchdog, of course. I just want to explore at all my options first.

[Paul M Miller]

I went with Incra because I liked the idea of metal inserts instead of plastic. I have it in the Benchdog cast iron table. Haven't had it very long, but I like it so far.

Paul

[johnny means]

Paul, does your lift have the magnetic plate system? If so, does it consistently position the plates level with the lift's top?

[Bruce Page]

Another vote for a Benchdog in a Benchdog. Solid as a rock and accurate.

[Bob Turkovich]

The Rockler FX list (which is a clone of an earlier Jessem model) fits the Bench Dog cast iron table opening. I installed one on my Bench Dog CI table saw extension. If you catch it on sale (which occurs regularly) you can get it for about 60% of the cost of the others mentioned. It does allow you to change bits above the table.

It is not, however, without issues. The bit-height adjustment hold feature isn't 100% fool-proof and the plastic inserts are slightly below the level of the rest of the plate. There are workarounds for both of these problems (crank technique and/or jam nut for the former, shims for the latter).

[Ralph Butts]

The Rockler FX list (which is a clone of an earlier Jessem model) fits the Bench Dog cast iron table opening. I installed one on my Bench Dog CI table saw extension. If you catch it on sale (which occurs regularly) you can get it for about 60% of the cost of the others mentioned. It does allow you to change bits above the table.

It is not, however, without issues. The bit-height adjustment hold feature isn't 100% fool-proof and the plastic inserts are slightly below the level of the rest of the plate. There are workarounds for both of these problems (crank technique and/or jam nut for the former, shims for the latter).

My biggest issue with the FX model was the limitation of the routers that can be used with it.

[Paul M Miller]

Paul, does your lift have the magnetic plate system? If so, does it consistently position the plates level with the lift's top?

Yes, it has the magnets to hold the plates in place, and yes they are the same height when switching plates.

Paul

[johnny means]

Is the current bench dog lift the cast iron version? I see grumblings of a steel plate version, but the BD website says it's CI.