Figure 1
Place the crank handle into the hex hole in the
lift’s dial on the top plate. Crank the lift carriage
up so that it just contacts the O-rings at the top of
the carriage shafts. The carriage should be all
the way toward the top plate. With a 5/16” hex
wrench, loosen the cap screw on thecarriage
clamp to allow the motor to slide into the carriage
assembly (Fig. 1). The Mast-R-Lift will accept the
Porter Cable 7518 out of the box. If you are
using a smaller diameter router motor insert the
adapter collar into the opening.
Rotate the router so that when the final
installation is made all router controls will
be positioned for convenient access. Then
back the motor off approx. 1/16” from
contacting the top plate and tighten the
cap screw on the carriage assembly.
Installing a JessEm Lift in a
Custom Router Table Application
A JessEm router lift is similar to us
i
ng a
router mounting plate. Your tabletop must
h
a
ve a portmachined into the top. JessEm
offers so
l
id phenolic router tables tops with
pre-machined
p
orts for all JessEm router
lifts. If you are inst
a
lling this Lift in a custom
table application you will have to fabricate
this opening yourself. Jes
s
Em offers a
separate template for this operation. See
your JessEm distributor for the proper
templa
t
e for your JessEm router lift.
Before installing the router motor, prop the
unit up on blocks of wood (Fig. 2) so the
router’s collet can extend through the center
hole in the top plate. The motor housing
must slide all the way through and contact
the inside back of the center hole on the
plate.
Now slide the router motor into the carriage
so the top of the motor housing just makes
contact with the inside surface of the center
hole in the top plate.
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