The SmartLift Digital, from Jointech, uses a series of gears in a direct-drive system to raise and lower the router carriage, and it has a digital height gauge built into a 3/8-in.-thick aluminum mounting plate. The lift is designed to eliminate backlash, and the digital encoder reads the actual position of the carriage, so you can be sure the router bit is exactly where the gauge says it is, to within 0.001 in. The lift is solidly built and
features multiple insert rings to change the size of the bit opening. The mounting plate has corner leveling pads. The digital measuring system comes from Accurate Technology and is designed to resist dust contamination.

As designed, the lift fits Porter-Cable, DeWalt, Bosch, and Makita fixed-base router bodies.

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