Oddly, I have seen what your looking for. Look at the Paget Toupie (French for router) in this design the pin arm is actuated by a foot lever that simply pivots up. below is a sight selling one with some decent pictures to get an idea of what I'm talking about.
www . jac-france . fr / nos-machines-outils / 87-toupie-paget . html (remove the spaces and the link should work)
If you happen to find a good solution.... make two! I'm definitely interested.
Kevin
www . jac-france . fr / nos-machines-outils / 87-toupie-paget . html (remove the spaces and the link should work)
If you happen to find a good solution.... make two! I'm definitely interested.
Kevin