Best First DIY Router Lift. Cheap and easy.
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- This lift will work with any router that has a 3.5 inch body but I use this one and I love it: amzn.to/49QfwWo
Here is the template I used to cut out the housing. You should probably verify that the print out scales correctly and that the radius matches your router-body.
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Wow! There's a ton of DIY lifts on youtube. Most are pretty nice, with all kinds of extra features, but this right here is easily the least intimidating in cost, required tools, and skill level. Just brilliant.
Really cool! Great stuff! Love the drill lift mechanism. Love the dogs at the beginning of the video.
Brilliant, very simple and easy to build. Easy to operate
I've watched so many videos on this subject, always overcomplicated, this just summed up my thinking and it's really not difficult or complicated to build a router lift. I'm definitely building something along these lines, thank you!
Just what the doctor ordered. Thank you!
Seen many other videos on router lift. This is the best one. Thank you for this idea sir
This is the most straight forward design I’ve seen. Love it !
One of the easiest, straight forward builds. Just my kind. Thanks.
I believe that this is the best most doable Router Lift unit that I have seen as of yet! Iv'e seen a lot of them! No Welding required! Just simple tools and a Drill Press! Great Design! Seems that the success of this Lift is based on 2 factors! 1. Quality wood! (Plywood) and 2. Fantastic Design! ..Bingo! You have a new Subscriber!
Well done AK. Beats $300 +, and works well for the amateurs. Thanks for posting.
That moment that the first screw sucks the router mount to the table, so satisfying.
Enjoyable video😎
Simplest version of a router lift I have seen....thank you for putting this on youtube!
Nice design . I think I’ll give this a try.
same here
One of the easiest, solid, router lifts I've seen. I'm going to make me one too
Nice design. Others I've seen rely on the use of a plunge router. This is a great design for a fixed router (like mine). One modification I may make to your design is to delete the double-nut connection at the bottom of the lift screw. In its place I plan a single nut and then cross drill the nut & the lift screw and hold the nut in place with a roll pin. Your inclusion of the template is most appreciated. Thank you!
Oh yeah, liked & subscribed!
One of the absolute best home-made router lifts. Also one of the best videos showing the build. A special thumbs up for no annoying music. Also subscribed!!!
Damned good vid. A simple design, well narrated and constructed. That's the one I'm gonna make for my router table.
You just got yourself another subscription. Thanks for sharing a great job.
Clive Bashford a
agreed
You wear so much plaid fleece we might have to make you an honourary Canadian... :)
Love this, will be stealing. Thanks!
Excellent idea, thanks for sharing.
Awesome man. That has to be the simplest/most useful lift I've come across yet. Well done!
you're right.. out of 20 this is the one...simple and efective and more important with access from the top. gotta love that
This is a great video. I am about half way done with my own router lift. This will make a great difference on my routing tasks, Thanks!
brilliant idea and fast as well.best thing about this it's not complicated or expensive. well done
I enjoyed you video so much you don't blab blab blab like some guys and your a great woodworker. Keep up the good work
Nice and simple design. Thanks - I would like to copy pretty much exactly as you have made it. Perhaps add some dust extraction and enclose the box(with extraction also). Routing is a messy business!! Cheers from Sunny Coast in Queensland... Australia, where the weather is always nice!!
I'm thinking about making another video with an update and a new build correcting some minor issues.
Good idea on the runner. Most other builds require some precision work. This looks so simple.
Best Router Lift so far. And your productions are great.
The best one I have seen so far
Thanks.... this is genius! I built this and installed in my tablesaw wing today... it's really great! TY TY TY
Simplicity at its best. I love it. Well done.
Genau was ich gerade suche. Sehr einfacher Aufbau.👍👍👍
Very good job, thumbs up. Greetings from Germany
Nice simple lift,great job! That's the one for me with a few mods.
Thanks Ari, for sharing your ideas, the design of yours is something I can get my head around! I have the time to play! This well fit my budget as well! I will let you know how do ! Thanks again for sharing Regards BobLee
Very nice video! I really like this design. I'm building a new table saw cart for my jobsite saw (hobby shop...no space), and have looked at several options to integrate a router lift. I really like this design...simple and effective, while maintaining a small footprint. My new cart will have an integrated plenum for dust collection (I'm planning to have my table saw, planer, and router all in one cart), and I think I can easily adapt this design to connect it to the dust collection.
Excellent video. excellent production value. Great idea. The one suggestion I would make though, is to show the finished product at the beginning of the video so people know what you're actually working towards. Otherwise it looks like somebody cutting up wood. Would be nice to have a better look at the finished product.
Good design, every other lift out there takes a team of engineers to build.
You're right, they makes it seems they are genius.
Best and easiest homemade Router Lift on youtube
Simple and elegant solution. Well done!!
Das ist wirklich perfekt gebaut. Super! Dafür einen Daumen hoch (Thumbs up)
Super simple - great job
Very good solution... Big hug from Brasil Said Choucair
Excellent! Simple and practical. I’m going to make this as well.
Thank you
Simple and easy I lime it ill, give it ago iam first time user of a router. Thanks
Simple and best idea
Great bro
very good, very nice, very simple! good job!
Great design, best that I have seen !
Working on my version of this lift. This is simpler than the Steve Ramsey one from a Woodsmith design. My router is the big 3 1/2 horse from porter cable and the body is ~ 4 and 3/16th's diameter - - - - for those who have the big porter cable beast! So had to make a few changes for that size. Thanks for the inspiration!
Awesome video thanks for sharing this great info and explaining it so well!!
Great job..I will be making this for my table.
Nice and simple. Great job!
Great job! Two thumbs up 👍👍
great job and design!
That’s neatly done
Great video easy to follow
great vid. excellent design and execution.. may make one.. but really all i need is a holder.. i got and old super powerful bosch 90300M 3.5 hp.. 24k revos.. need to set it up for a half dovetail joint..single use station. no further movement.. original holder base with handles extremely hard to find..
Cool invention bro, I’m a believer I’ve subbed
Nicely done Ari! You now have another new subscriber................. :)
Two critiques- no lock on the ht. means whatever play is in your tracks will plague you when making heavy cuts where a few thou is a big deal. Second it looks like the wt of the router is pushing against the T nut. Moving that to the bottom would solve that.
Thanks, terrific!
Fantastic Very good Brasil 🇧🇷🇺🇸
Zenith Very nice! It would be helpful if you started by showing the finished unit.
Great solution mate! Thanks
Just found this channel. You sound exactly like Frank Howarth, I had to do a double take.
This is the simplest, yet most effective router lift I've seen, Ari - no frills or furbelows. I note (as with many of this type of build, you've stripped out the motor from your DeWalt router frame - certainly convenient. Out of interest, what diameter bolts have you employed for the clamp - 8mm ? The carriage too, is uber simple. I've subscribed on the strength of this video, alone.
Finally (& perhaps it's me, but your intonation is that of Tom Hanks - apologies, perhaps you get that a lot - but it made me smile :D ). Enjoy the remainder of your week !!
PLANS? I have a plan, I plan to make myself one of these router lifts. That's the plan anywho.
Greg Joyner: They need plans?? Imagine how lame someone has to be that they would need a set of plans to build one of these. Really makes you shake your head wondering how so many people can be so untalented.
Yup this is what I will do! Thanks
Great! Thanks for sharing this idea
The socket. :) That's what fits onto a ratcheting wrench.
Super simple trick. thank sir
nicely done!!
A nice video and great concept, I've subscribed to your channel too
Я бы не поставил лайк если бы автор не выложил изображение но реально заслуживает лайка.
this should bolt up under my ryobi router table
good work. the only problem is going to be the t-nut
WV591 Yup - one of these days the running router is going to disappear below the table and maybe even wind up on the floor.
A very good job, I like it, the only thing I would do differently is when you cut out the square hole for the router plate, why do people always drill four holes all you need are two, diagonally opposite, I see this on all videos, they have the brains to invent the machine, but fall over on the execution, I will now go away and put my tin hat on
👍 you need more vids up. (Well we do!)
very simple idea.
Excelente! , gracias a tu video
Super good and simpele, do You have The Building plans of it For me?
Very good and thank you!
I've added a link in the description to a printable pdf of the template I used.
Sorry for not having more detailed plans, but I hope this helps anyone trying to build it.
Best one yet. Going to use this one for the router table I will build> thanks for sharing
Thanks
Great router lift.... Do you have plans available?
Very good design, just in case something gets stuck in the track, how can be avoided it ?
Superb video & very well presented, with simple clear instructions.
I'd love to copy this idea, but my problem is, that my router has handles connected, with the power trigger attached to one of them. So, I wondered if you had an alternative suggestion about how I might get around that for the clamping meccanism?
Thank you for publishing this & again super job.
Kind regards,
Glyn (UK)
Glynn, I would zip tie the power trigger in the on position and then use a power strip or wire in a switch to turn the router on or off. Peace.
very easy and not messy at all for the intended work. Great work and thanks for sharing! you don't secure the lift bolt to bottom plate with a counter nut on other side?
Big job
Looks like a simple and solid design. How has it held up over time and does humidity effect how performs?
What about heat buildup? Am concerned that much wood surrounding the router body will trap significant heat during periods of heavy use.
Please add locking mechanism
very very nice man
Do you have plans for this by chance? Nice work, by the way.
Definitely the best DIY router lift I've seen so far. What size threaded rod did you use for the lifting mechanism? I was going to go 3/8-16 so I would know that every turn is 1/16" ? But would 3/8" be enough? I dont see it bending at all, but maybe I'm wrong?
(I'm new to this. Only have use of right side of my body after 8 years bound to a bed, and woodworking will be my rehab-hobby in the hope I can get more function to my right hand.)
Thanks for the video btw. Sub'd and liked!
Excellent lift. Is this your design or did you buy plans for it?
new subs here.amazing sir.
What about when you wanna change the bit!?
Have you had problems with dewalt and dust in motor on a table setup?
Mine was having issues, opened it up and it was packed full of dust. And I use 2 way dust collection on my table that I made. My bosch hasn't had same issue.
I sent Dw618 to get full serviced, and once it gets back, I'm putting a filter of some type around it. Perhaps a system that pulls in air from elsewhere, still undecided. Either way, it didnt seem well suited to be below a table inverted like that.
Very nice
Great video , where can I get the plans from to build this ?
Yours is a simple plan. Not as complicated as others I've seen. Where did you get the plans for this or did you make them?
good design, but why not use a plunge router with a lead screw attatchment? a lot simpler