JessEm 02302 Rout-R-Lift FX Router Base for 2 HP Fixed Base Router Motor

by JessEm

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The JessEm Rout-R-Lift FX Router Base for 2 HP Fixed Base Router Motor provides above the table height adjustment and bit changes and a cam-lock clamp for fast, easy motor changes. The top plate is CNC machined from 3/4-inch thick phenolic for a perfectly flat, durable surface, while the under carriage is precision machined from rugged 6061 aluminum anodized red and fastened with solid brass fittings. The eight position screw plate leveling set includes a 1-1/2-inch tab-loc insert ring, insert ring wrench, starter pin, and hex key. This base fits Porter Cable 690 and 890 series, Bosch 1617 and 1618 series, and DeWalt 610, 616, and 618 series motors.

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Now you can adjust router height with machinists precision and easily change bits, all from above the router table with the Rout-R-Lift FX. Each turn of the crank precisely raises the bit 1/16" and a calibrated gauge marks incremental adjustments as fine as 1/512" (less than 0.002").You can even raise the motor to access the collet from above the table for easy bit changes. Your router can be removed and replaced in seconds, without tools, through the use of a cam-action clamping mechanism. This clamp is sized for 3-1/2" diameter motors (Porter-Cable 690 and 890 series, Bosch 1617 and 1618 series, and DeWalt 610 and 618 series) and rides on heavy-duty bearings that slide up and down on precision machined solid steel posts. The Rout-R-Lift FX includes a 9-1/4" x 11-3/4" router plate machined from 1" phenolic with a 3-1/2" opening that accepts the included phenolic insert to close the hole to 2" for smaller bits. This plate will fit JessEm, Woodhaven, Woodpecker, and many other router tables. Eight set-screws are located around the perimeter of the plate to bring the plate flush with your router table surface. Includes: insert wrench, starting pin, detailed instructions.

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches ; 9.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00092CPU2
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 02302
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,266 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you want to make a router a tool, you need this, December 6, 2005

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Western M. Solutions (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JessEm 02302 Rout-R-Lift FX Router Base for 2 HP Fixed Base Router Motor (Tools & Home Improvement)

I have a Porter Cable 690 with the three optional handles: plunge, fixed and D..... nothing works as well as this. Simply attaching it to the bottom of a board doesn't work. The 'precision' of twisting the 690, then locking it in does not compare in the slightest with making repeatable 1/125" adjustments!

After making my first long cut, the lift seemed to shift upward, ruining my dado cut! I could not believe it! A few hours later of investigation, I realized it was not this lift, but the 1/4" bit was moving in the collet!
If you own a router, and do any precision work, get this product! Seriously! I teetered back and forth for months, ruining many projects.

I do recommend making your own table and fence however. It was easy, rewarding and likely a higher precision product at any price (mine cost $15 for a discarded office cubicle desk plank)

The savings of making your own table will justify buying an air filter (like I did today)

Thank you to Amazon for allowing us to write these reviews. It is only my 2nd one to write. Our family bases a large value on reviews and this product deserves my accolades.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Tool, January 9, 2007

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Richard Quarles "Antique Repair Guy" (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JessEm 02302 Rout-R-Lift FX Router Base for 2 HP Fixed Base Router Motor (Tools & Home Improvement)

This is the first one of the lifts that I have bought. It is really easy to raise and lower, and I am pretty well satisfied with it. The only difficulty I have experienced is changing bits. With the router all the way raised, you have to angle the wrenches and it is rather cumbersome to get the bits on and off. I have thought of bending a wrench to accommodate that. The best thing is that it makes fine adjustments to bit height really easy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Happy, November 26, 2006

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Jennifer L. Mccampbell (Farmersville, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JessEm 02302 Rout-R-Lift FX Router Base for 2 HP Fixed Base Router Motor (Tools & Home Improvement)

I have been woodworking for about 4 years now with a homemade router table. I have used my PC 690 in that old traditional table/plate, and I just recently upgraded to this lift. I now have a Millwaukee 2625 mounted in that lift and I couldn't be happier. The router fit into the lift with no modifications in about 3 minutes. The lift is very precise and very solid. Small adjustments are extremely accurate. I couldn't be happier with it so far. A huge advancement from my traditional router table that required me to raise/lower the bit from underneath.