I was inquiring a few weeks ago about router lifts and so on.... I have gone from a new lift to replacing everything.
Hopefully a happy medium. My Bench Dog router cabinet/table is sagging. But then it is about 21 years old. The top is Melamine over MDF. It sags about .016". If I am going to get a fancy new router lift I do not want it to be computerized by a sagging table top.
I narrowed it down to the JessEm Mast R Lift or the Incra Mast R Lift. Rockler has some nice versions including a special sized Incra Mast R Lift that would fit my Bench Dog but the sag nixed that thought.
I kicked all kinds of combinations and al the while I noticed that prices were still going up. I think Jack mentioned that Amazon is not always the least expensive and this is the case with these tools.
My local Woodcraft is having a 15% of sale for 3 days at the end of the month and what I was going to buy would be included.
Sooo I have decided to go with a phenolyc table top and go the regular
9.25" x 11.75". JessEm makes that top and sells it for $275.00, Amazon is also in that price range but JessEm charges a hefty premium for shipping, $30 +. Then I noticed that they had some of those tops that they are calling factory seconds. These have misaligned mounting screw holes on the bottom but have been corrected in house. They originally came from a supplier with the holes in the wrong place. Anyway, I ordered that one for $100+ shipping. IIRC JessEm has identified the correct holes to use for their accessories.
Now which version lift do I get? My original thought was to get the lift and use my Bosch 1617 EVS in it and then remount my Triton big router when I need to spin panel raising bits. But that would mean removing the router lift and dropping that Triton back in and probably re-leveling. AND I would also have to get a new router table plate to mount the Triton on to as the current plate is too small.
FWIW the manufacturers have better pricing on all of this "right now".
I got an e-mail from Incra welcoming into the "club" and that came with a one time 10% off everything in my cart offer, including routers.
Well that changed everything again...
So I pulled the trigger again for the Incra Mast R Lift and the Milwaukee HD 5625 router that they offer with the lift.
Amazon, Incra Mast R Lift $499.95 Incra, Incra Mast R Lift $419.95 Incra - 10% = $377.95 +s/h
Amazon, Milwaukee router $422.00+ Most any where else, $399.00 Incra, Milwaukee router $379.95 Incra -10% = $341.95 + s/h
No more switching routers to spin a big bit.