A foot operated router lift

Harry that is a superb solution to a problem

that I often face. Great idea

Jamie

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Very ingenious. I have often

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Perfect for mortise and tenon work the chips fall out of the job.

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Neat idea Harry

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That’s real clever, Harry!!................Jim

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OK, am I the only one that can’t figure out how pushing down on that pedal makes the router go up? Or am I confused?

Love what I, just want to UNDERSTAND it more! ;)

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The pedal is at the very bottom. The black shelf you see is actually under the router. Look at the pedal and notice there is a lever there. Of the 2 posts in the picture of the pedal, the rear post actually moves up and down . The middle post is the fulcrum (think of a teeter totter). The rear post pushes the router up as you push down with your foot. I assume the pedal is somehow spring loaded (maybe the reference to the rubber bands) so that it all comes back to the starting position as you let up with your foot.

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Thanks for your feedback guys. The operation Milo is as Jarod has explained, but as I believe that a picture is worth a thousand words, here is an explanatory picture. Jarod, the weight of the router is sufficient to lower itself without additional aid
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Is this just for mortising? I don’t see any adjustment or locking controls.

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Can you set stop depth/height?

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Not just for mortising Wormil, it’s so quick and easy to set the bit height accurate enough for most projects and where height is critical (rarely) the fine adjustment on the router is used. once the height is set, the router is locked.
As for depth of plunge cut O.N., this is set on the router, and all routers have depth stops of one sort or another.

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Harry,

Excellent clarifications. Thank you. My ADA brain was thinking the fulcrum was the REAR part for some reason.

THANKS! :)

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