One of them "DUH" projects

[Pappy]

I pulled the Rousseau plate out of my router station and installed a Woodpecker lift, primarily for the above the table height adjustment.


Problem is that to adjust the bit height, you have to move the fence and then try to reset it. Simple solution is to clamp a block to the table against the fence. The lip makes it a bit more solid.

[kwgeorge]

Um, why don’t you just flip the plate around? That would put the height adjustment on the other side of the bit. Or is that still not enough room?

[ddamoore]

Pappy -
I know this seems like an obvious solution, but I am gonna ask it anyway. What prevents you from rotating your plate 180 degrees, such that the adjustment knob is nearer your t-track?

[LCHIEN]

Pappy -
I know this seems like an obvious solution, but I am gonna ask it anyway. What prevents you from rotating your plate 180 degrees, such that the adjustment knob is nearer your t-track?

I'm going to say that the one side of the Woodpecker plates has a spring-loaded ball that is supposed to be on the far-side of the cutout.

I guess Pappy COULD have that in backwards and think its right (I did)...
But he's not that error prone a guy, I would think.

OTOH, it doesn't make sense that they would have designed the plate backasswards so that the router lift point is under the fence when used.
Another possibility is that he has the ball in the right place according to Woodpecker BUT they actually built it wrong... that would be a simple machining blunder by placing a rectangular plate turned 180° for one of the machining steps. If that's the case then Pappy would be entitled to a new plate, this one being defective.

[just4funsies]

Just got my new 'pecker lift for the M12V. The destructions show the spring-loaded ball on the side away from the operator. There is almost no play at all, so I don't think they are worried about the plate moving too much. Also, in this configuration, the plate CAN'T move away from the workpiece, because it's already hard against the farthest side of the opening from the work.

There are also engraved logo graphics that don't appear on Pappy's plate. If the plate were installed like his, the graphics would read upside down. The orientation of the router with the plate in Pappy's position would not only require fence removal to adjust height, but would also leave the plunge lock on the far side of the router, making it more difficult to release and re-engage it after a depth adjustment. Though, it does leave the on-off switch more accessible, but I think most are using an intermediary switch, and the switch on the M12V is very operable by feel alone, simply by reaching one finger around the handle.

[LCHIEN]

Just got my new 'pecker lift for the M12V. The destructions show the spring-loaded ball on the side away from the operator. There is almost no play at all, so I don't think they are worried about the plate moving too much. Also, in this configuration, the plate CAN'T move away from the workpiece, because it's already hard against the farthest side of the opening from the work.

There are also engraved logo graphics that don't appear on Pappy's plate. If the plate were installed like his, the graphics would read upside down. The orientation of the router with the plate in Pappy's position would not only require fence removal to adjust height, but would also leave the plunge lock on the far side of the router, making it more difficult to release and re-engage it after a depth adjustment. Though, it does leave the on-off switch more accessible, but I think most are using an intermediary switch, and the switch on the M12V is very operable by feel alone, simply by reaching one finger around the handle.

I hauled out the woodpecker instructions and, J4F,
oh you are so right, my memory is fading and my router insert is in so backwards. I guess no harm done - as you say there is virtually no play. I will say that my WP logo is upside down if i put it in with the ball plunger on the far side.

[monte]

Looking really good Pappy.

[Pappy]

Even with the plate reversed, the fence still gets in the way of the adjustment handle for any edge type routing. The plate is tight enough in the frame that it doesn't move and I prefer having the adjustment crank to the right of the bit.