Alaska Ranger
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- Aug 6, 2010
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Router lifts are a new development since I last left fine woodbutchery a dozen years ago - as some of you may have read, I have been more of a general handyman in the intervening years as I have dealt with the joys of being a builder, plumber, electrician, heavy equipment operator and general fix-all on my little empire here in the middle of nowhere.
But as I once again turn my efforts to smaller-scale creations - like furniture - and an indoor shop, I am bedazzled by the development of these lifts and what they do for table routing.
So (and keeping the Festool 1400 as the handheld) -
who has input wrt such lifts as the SmartLift Digital, or the Incra/Jessem set-up, or Rockler's or Woodpecker's versions, and so on?
As I have looked into this, when one adds the cost of a PC7518 or 7519, or the Milwaukee 3-1/2, AND the router lift, AND a good table.....gee why not go for broke and get a shaper instead? On Craigslist in Anchorage right now there is a Delta 43-455 1-1/4-inch spindle 5-hp shaper w/their Micro Adjust Fence for $900.00... very close to the same price. At least, until I start to add up the cost of bits, which either route gets very scary very quickly....
But as I once again turn my efforts to smaller-scale creations - like furniture - and an indoor shop, I am bedazzled by the development of these lifts and what they do for table routing.
So (and keeping the Festool 1400 as the handheld) -
who has input wrt such lifts as the SmartLift Digital, or the Incra/Jessem set-up, or Rockler's or Woodpecker's versions, and so on?
As I have looked into this, when one adds the cost of a PC7518 or 7519, or the Milwaukee 3-1/2, AND the router lift, AND a good table.....gee why not go for broke and get a shaper instead? On Craigslist in Anchorage right now there is a Delta 43-455 1-1/4-inch spindle 5-hp shaper w/their Micro Adjust Fence for $900.00... very close to the same price. At least, until I start to add up the cost of bits, which either route gets very scary very quickly....