Stuart Ablett
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Now that I have the SawStop safely ensconced in the Dungeon, to make more space, I've decided to get rid of my stand alone router table, and put a router table into the extension wing of the SawStop.
The question is which router lift?
Now I have an old Hitachi M12, with a Rousseau and the Router Raizer kit, it works OK, but to be honest, I'm not that happy with the set up, biggest problems are the below the top bit changes, and the router itself has no soft start, or speed control. I added a speed control, and it works but to me, when it is running on the slower speed to swing the larger bits, it lack power, and bogs down.
I've been hunting around the net, and at first blush, the >> Pinnacle Premium Router Lift << with a Porter Cable 7518 motor in it looks like a good set up.
I know it is not cheap, but I'm doing my best to buy better quality tools, so I don't have to constantly upgrade.
I thought about a shaper, I know it will get mentioned in this discussion, but they are not popular here, and the cost of shipping a shaper from the US is a lot, so I think I'll be sticking to a router lift.
I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has the lift or the PC router, the good, the band and the ugly.
I'd also be very interested to hear from anyone who has found a router lift that they think is better than this one.
BTW, the old router table set up will most likely end up to the left of the tablesaw in another set up, it will be useful still, but not my main router.
Cheers!
The question is which router lift?
Now I have an old Hitachi M12, with a Rousseau and the Router Raizer kit, it works OK, but to be honest, I'm not that happy with the set up, biggest problems are the below the top bit changes, and the router itself has no soft start, or speed control. I added a speed control, and it works but to me, when it is running on the slower speed to swing the larger bits, it lack power, and bogs down.
I've been hunting around the net, and at first blush, the >> Pinnacle Premium Router Lift << with a Porter Cable 7518 motor in it looks like a good set up.
I know it is not cheap, but I'm doing my best to buy better quality tools, so I don't have to constantly upgrade.
I thought about a shaper, I know it will get mentioned in this discussion, but they are not popular here, and the cost of shipping a shaper from the US is a lot, so I think I'll be sticking to a router lift.
I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has the lift or the PC router, the good, the band and the ugly.
I'd also be very interested to hear from anyone who has found a router lift that they think is better than this one.
BTW, the old router table set up will most likely end up to the left of the tablesaw in another set up, it will be useful still, but not my main router.
Cheers!
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