Router lift - More refinements (part 5 final)

Router lift for ALDI WorkZone router table.

Made some more refinements to the scissor jack.
Cut the jack screw rod to length and put on a temporary knob to test the setup, it works quite well now.

Router lift - Rod to short (part 4)

Router lift for ALDI Workzone router table - not able to get to the workshop till late this afternoon but still managed to do something - get the scissor jack working !

We must be up to Version 3.0 and now the 3/8" threaded rod length it to short.

Router lift – Jack to high (part 3)

Router lift for ALDI WorkZone router table.
In the end I had to drop the jack down a lot further than first envisaged.

And even had to add spacer block.

Router lift – Jack failure (part 2)

Scissor jack failure!

As posted earlier the scissor jack failed (see first pic). It's surprising how much upward force is required to overcome the router plunge springs.

We need to beef up the pivot arms from dowel to larger blocks.

Router lift - Some thoughts (part 1)

Investigating the possibility of using a car scissors jack as a router lift ALDI WorkZone router table.

Something like this to raise/lower the plunge router.