Thank you John. As a beginner hobby woodworker, it's priceless having videos and ideas of such a high standard to refer to and learn from. I don't normally comment on videos, and I'm sure there are many out there like me who just watch and learn. Just so you know, your work is always appreciated :)

Cut the parts last night and built mine today between other projects. Got tired of reaching under the table to manually turn the router up. Can't wait to install the lift tomorrow. Thanks John! I REALLY dig your videos/channels. Keep'em coming!!!!!!!!

i have purchased the plan of this machine and I FOUND IT VERY ESY TO DO AND WITH FIRST CLASS RESULTS. PLEASE NOTE I AM 74 YEARS OLD POLYMER CHEMIST AND ENJOYED THE ROUTER LIFT. I RECOMMEND THIS TO NEWCOMERS AS I AM THE NEW COMER.

Thought I might make this just using this video as a guide. Why reinvent the wheel. Well worth the $12 . Thanks John, keep them coming.

This is a great router lift. I made it and installed it into the right-hand side of my home-made table saw table. it works awesomely with my bosch 1718 router

Ive never built much out of wood except subwoofer enclosures a d drawer systems for tge back of SUVs. I bought these plans last night and except for a needed trip to the hardware store for a couple odds and ends, youve made a carpenter out of a journeyman ironworker over night, lol! Thanks, the entire garage is covered in sawdust and i havent slept in nearly 20 hours ive had so much fun i worked til the suns come up:)

Great lift I built it w the table plans, use it most projects now. Works great. Johns plans are very precise and easy to follow., highly recommended.

Great video John, can't wait for the finished product. It wasn't clear how the locking mechanism worked at first but I re-watched it and its a very simple ingenious way to lock it.

I have made this all in 18mm hardwood ply its looks great I've also added a Wixey Remote Digital Readout and now that's is perfect set up its so accurate so a big thank john for your plans that I down loaded, I think its the best router lift design I've came across and I've seen many on u tube its like a 2 horse race between you and Matthias Wandel

Your wood working skill are fantastic. Almost a lost art.

John, I purchased the plans for both the lift and the router table. I just finished assembly and must compliment you on a great design. The plans were very detailed and the build videos helped alot! It was a fun build and I learned a lot from the process. Looking forward to all the use I will get from this!

I'll will make this routerlift by myself. It's an easy project and the best part is that it's very accurate. Besides that, all parts are already in my shop and I have three routers which i can use one for this project which I hardly use anymore.

Can't wait for the table build video. I've been wanting to build a router table for some time now. This lift looks even simple enough for me to build. Keep up the great work!

Thanks for the design. Works like a champ and I can even fit it into my Norm Abrams old router table.

So worth the wait ! thanks John what a great design

Great video John

Tip ... to plumb the bit, lower the lift until router base rests on the table, loosen the carriage tightening screws, install bit, retighten screws and raise to needed height. This seemed to plumb the bit for me. After the build, did first mortise test cuts. With 1/4 inch bit, Set fence 12.25mm from front edge of bit, made 15mm deep, 40mm long mortise. Measuring the block of wood with digital calipers, the mortise far edge to wood edge was exactly 12.25. This seems to be very accurate when your table is level, fence and bit are plumb.

Very good, John. All the parts seem very simple shapes cut from plywood and the hardware is easily obtainable. If that was part of your design criteria then that was very smart. It makes this project highly accessible. The price is very fair too.

Man of many talents. Huge fan!

I use NC sanding sealer to seal sliding surfaces .Sand to 600 grit and then wax it. Works great

Hi John. Well well well. Well designed, well thought out & well presented. Yours is the only original idea I have view & I've viewed at least 12. And as usual a really good, well explained video. Thank you.

John, you always build the most awesome stuff. Nice job!!

Thanks for your great contribution ....

Very cool. Great project, and a very slick video.

As someone who has built this router lift I can definitely recommend it! Don't skimp on the hardwood block like i did though(mine cracked and had to be replaced because i didn't use a nice hardwood). no fault of the design. Just me being lazy.

Great video and router lift. Thanks John.

I bought the plans and look forward to building this. The pieces are all small enough that I think I can build it from scraps and the hardware common enough that I probably have it in my bins. so should be a 'free' build :)

Love it. Such great plans, you are great!

John thanks for putting in the hours to design, build and to produce a great instructional video. Keep it up.

Great video! I love your build/assembly videos where you follow through the entire assembly process along with your plans that are available. It's really helpful for beginners like myself!! Thank you for the time and effort you put into your vids!!!!

Brilliant tutorial and work!

I just so happen to be getting a router tomorrow, nice timing on the lift plans! Will definitely be picking up the plans for this and the table, can't wait to see that. Still loving the ultimate box joint jig I built, that thing is killer

I gotta say, this build went together really well. The plans are excellent, well designed and easy to follow. Really great functioning router lift.

Great videos john. So far I have built the quick release vice and this router lift. Easy to follow plans and everything works great.

That's really slick. I may need to give this a shot.

You should do a video on your design process. I think it'd be quite cool to see how you approach situations.

Nice job John. Hey at 4:00 laminating edges would help to slide also I think.

THANK YOU JOHN ! If this is just as good as the Table Saw Fence then I'm in. !

I just built Stumpy Nubs' router lift and I've got to say that I wish I came a cross this one first. The one I used works but I fear I'm going to run into issues later on. Only time will tell. If that's the case, then I'm certainly going to use this one next!

Looks really slick! Such stable mechanisms out of wood tend to get clunky, but not this one!

Definately adding this to the list of plans to build. Once I get around to it anyway...

Very slick John😆😆😆

Great video! Thanks for posting.

so fluid and simple!!

Great video and timing - been looking for a reasonably rugged lift plan. This looks perfect!

I need to build one of these. Maybe next weekend.

Really clever mechanism. Thanks for sharing your inventive ideas with us! :)

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Really cool John!

What, no wooden gears? Oh ... wrong channel. 😀

Cool plans! A tip though : use muffler bearing grease rather than vaseline as it attracts less saw dust...I'll explain why dust doesn't stick to muffler bearing grease/paste later .

Fantastic

Very straight forward! Thank you for the tutorial. I really enjoy your videos.

Wow John, great design!!

I made it, I love mine. Thanks for this idea.

Awesome design and build!!

Such an excellent Video. I've bought the plans!

Thanks for the video.

great design

Great job

I recently bought the plans. It all went together perfectly. Got it done in just one day! Because I live in Europe I had to use 12mm plywood. The only thing that didn't fit was the wooden block with the t-nut because of the difference in width between half inch plywood and 12mm plywood. But with a little bit of sanding it eventually worked out. Thanks, John! Oh by the way, on page 10 of your plans, the pieces labeled C1 & C2, aren't that piece D1 & D2?

Nice vid

Very nice and simple design. The best designs are not measured by complexity but simplicity. ... but a tilting version would be nice. With or without gears. ;-p

Another good build

Very nice video and smoot to watch. Seeing your other video that explains how much time there goes in to make videos like this, do you ever sleep ????👍👍👍

very nice and smart

that looks and works awesome john! you make it look so easy. lol👍👍🍻

Tidy stuff john 👍

I made one out of a pundge router and added rubber bushings to dampen noise and vibration but it was a fixed router table didnt move

John that's a nice looking lift. Can I use Pine to build it or Poplar; those are the easiest woods to find here. I want to build that lift and I don't want it to ware out in a year or two because I used a poor choice of woods. Let me say thanks for your building it on KZfaq and making it possible for the rest of us to get the plans and build it. God Bless my friend.

Many thanks

Nice router elevator.

wow! that shirt is super black! not even a speck of light is reflecting! cool

Genius again.

amazing sir...👍

Porfa el plano con medidas

nice job.

Yes i enjoyed it

Well at least the dovetail bit gets to come out for a glamour shot once in a while.

Neat. What was the purpose of the little bolt that was glued with construction adhesive. Great job John!

I wonder why you chose 3.5 rise for 5 run for the inclined plane? It doesn't result in nice rounded number of lift per turn. If anyone is doing metric version with M10, making the right hole in part A 117.4mm from top instead of 121 will result in exactly 1mm of router lift per full turn.

Este elevador serve para ser usado no seu pro0jeto de mesa de roteador de bancada.

Use a car scissor lift mechanism for rotational to vertical motion

Hello John, Receive Greetings...!!! Wish you and all your Family "A Merry Christmas" Mahesh(Mumbai)

otlichnoe video ! ! ! ! !

@4:14; how about applying Teflon adhesive backed tape here to the rails and slide?

Nice vantablack t-shirt :)

I keep blowing on the screen to get rid of your sawdust :-D

Nice build. Feel like I've watched all the parts already though :P

I would love to make this but plywood is so expensive right now -- can I get away with only buying a 4x4 sheet of 3/4" or does the project require more than that?

Going to have to build this, such a clever mechanism, can I ask what you did for a day job before KZfaq John.

You used petroleum jelly instead of wax did you mean plain wax or paste wax? Is petroleum jelly better than paste wax as well?

Ok, now I've got to make one. I'll adapt it to fit my Bench Dog Table-Top Router Table. Any suggestions?

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Love this and given how happy I was with the box joint jig I could see this replacing my current lift. I do have a question though. What is that top handle for? I don't recall it being mentioned and I am struggling to see the purpose of it

Would bakelite- coated plywood be a good idea to avoid lubricating the sliding parts?

Great build. I'm new to woodworking and love your channel. I see you use a pin gun rather than a brad. Which would you recommend to get if I can only buy one at this time?

Excellent, very happy to see the sizes in metric, thank you, will be getting the plans once I complete my house move ( getting a bigger workshop 😀) is the table going to be an additional cost for the plans? Any discount if you buy both at same time? ( sorry got to ask)

RIP no context videos on the scrap bin channel. :'(

Hi John, Why did you fasten parts D1 and D2 with just screws? If the intention is to be able to remove D1/D2 at a later time to re-lubricate part A, it doesn't make sense to me, as the brackets E1/E2 and E3/E4 are attached with glue on top of the screws... Am I missing something?