[mark10409]

Hello,
This would be my first attempt at a router table. My first part of the table would be the lift. The only reason I am taking a stab at making was the price of the lifts :surprise: I still have work on the lift, wooden clamps, band clamp. I will be adding a DC gear motor to drive the lift.

 

[RainMan 2.0]

Wow you’re off to a great start. Nice work Mark

 

[kklowell]

Keep posting as you go on this...I want to see how it works out because I've thought of making one too.

 

[mark10409]

Wow you’re off to a great start. Nice work Mark

thanks! I will post more.

 

[old55]

Pulling back a chair to watch this one.

 

[Cherryville Chuck]

I've seen several home made lifts from plywood lately and the owners said they worked well. Al B. Thayer had a version that would flip from vertical to horizontal and was selling plans for it for $10 I think on ebay.

 

[hawkeye10]

Thanks for joining, I think you will teach us a lot. :smile:

 

[DaninVan]

Most definitely not a newbie then!

 

[ggom]

Hello!
Welcome!

Pretty Nice start Mark!
I' ll be happy follow this thread .

(I' d like to know about costs:
slide bars etc.)

Gérard

 

[difalkner]

Welcome to the forum, Mark, and a great job at the router lift so far! Can't wait to see more.

David

 

[mark10409]

Thank you all for the complements! For this design I think I was very lucky the alignment for the rods and bearings was very close. As far as material purchased so far was:

Mcmaster-carr
6655K15 Thrust bearings 3ea
90977A170 Coupling nut 1ea
93250A268 S.S. Threaded rod
6384K23 Ball Bearings 3ea
6338K423 Sleeve bearings, 4ea, I decided against the flange and turned them down on a lathe later
6061K33 Linear shaft 2ea

Most of the wood was Baltic birch and some other I had laying around.

Thank you!
Mark

 

[AshleyJ]

Thank you for providing detailed parts with sources and part numbers. I appreciate that! And I may use one of those pieces in another context.

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[mark10409]

I made a few changes to my design on clamping the router to the carriage. I was going to use two band clamps that wrapped around two 3/8" steel rods and the router to hold it in place. I felt the carriage was too narrow and was not happy with it. I saw some other great designs people have done with wooden clamps so I went with that. the router is held in rock solid, much better I barely had room to add 10-32 screws on each side of the bushing. My next step is to figure out what size gear motor I need. I might add two limit switches to tell when the the carriage is at Max high and low positions.

 

[harrysin]

Hello,
This would be my first attempt at a router table. My first part of the table would be the lift. The only reason I am taking a stab at making was the price of the lifts :surprise: I still have work on the lift, wooden clamps, band clamp. I will be adding a DC gear motor to drive the lift

.An excellent job that should work well. I used a different approach and did consider fitting a motor but after finding that it worked well I decided against it. I would have thought that your Hitachi router would be a far better choice for a table than a trim router.

 

[mark10409]

Hello,
This would be my first attempt at a router table. My first part of the table would be the lift. The only reason I am taking a stab at making was the price of the lifts :surprise: I still have work on the lift, wooden clamps, band clamp. I will be adding a DC gear motor to drive the lift

.An excellent job that should work well. I used a different approach and did consider fitting a motor but after finding that it worked well I decided against it. I would have thought that your Hitachi router would be a far better choice for a table than a trim router.

Nice job Harry! Im getting close to finishing the lift part, just ordered the gear motor and now I can start on the table it self. I saw a lot of nice work on this site! My object for this project was cheap LOL! Im getting close to retiring

 

[kklowell]

It's looking great.

 

[harrysin]

Once again Mark, a most professional job, please let us know how well it works.

 

[DesertRatTom]

Wow, really nice. I'm also going to follow this build. Thanks for taking time to shoot and post pictures.

 

[mark10409]

I finally figured out what size motor I needed and ordered. Except for the limit switches the lift portion of my project is done. Now on to the top and cabinet and fence.

 

[mark10409]

Motor running finally