G’day from downunder,
Let me again express my thanks for the help given to me re my question about water based paint. I am enjoying reading the discussions and thought I may have something to share with you. Years ago I made a simple router table which I could put into the boot [sorry trunk] of my car so that I could do work at my son’s house – I soon discovered that adjusting the height of the bit was tedious. I investigated various router lifts and discovered that many only operated on one side of the router and to get a good one I would have to sell a kidney to pay for it. Looking at the problem I solved it in the following way – using a cheap foreign vice but using it in reverse – I did have to beef up the roll pin which anchors the adjuster bolt to the housing. The angle that holds the side arms is bolted into the position where it normally attaches to the bench – the arms which lock onto the router handles are popriveted and have nylon breadboard bits which ride on the handles. I have since modified it slightly by adding a wheel to the adjuster bar on the bottom. For me it works like a dream – if you can use/adapt the idea I thought it might help.
Regards,
Bob
Edited 11/3/2005 9:23 pm ET by bob38s
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Bob, that looks like an idea that should not be shared with the A merican cousins-they are likely to motorise it and sell it back to us via Carbatec....
A-ha,
To make the comment re carbatec you must be a local - where are you situated?
Please feel free to use the idea if you wish to - the vice was purchased from Supa Cheap auto for Aus $25.00 and the bits of aluminium were from the local Aluminium welding place - out of their off cut box. As the vice is used in reverse you will need to beef up the pin which holds the winder bolt to the normal face of the vice. Have fun and let me know how you get on.
Bob
Very nice idea.
Fascinating! I resized for the dial-uppers. See attachments.
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
Great idea - thanks for the pictures. I'm putting this in my "need to do it someday" file.
TTF
Many thanks for the resize - I'm still learning - have recently migrated to broadband so I can appreciate the dialup blues.
Bob
I'm sure you have software to resize with, but if you need any help just drop me a line. I just graduated to broadband also!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
Thanks again - I do have the software and will be more mindful in the future of those with slower connections.
Bob
Damn downunder folks are to clever by half. Anybody see the bit about the guy that built a jet engine to cool his beer? He was from down there too.
It's what comes from being at the end of the supply chain, I think. I used to work with folks at CSIRO's radio telescope facility, it sure applied to them!
Living upside down gives you a whole new perspective on what and how - Glad you like the idea - have modified it a while back - the winder bar is gone and has been replaced with [would you believe it] the handle from an irrigation stop cock which was being thrown out by a mate who broke the shaft. If I get the time later I'll photo the bottom again showing the addition. It does work well for me.
Bob
Ps any other ideas for sharing floating about in cyberspace?
G,day bob38s Ime from the remote country town of Perth WA. Might give your idea a try one day.
Was over there last November - spent a great morning with the Timbecon people. Loved King's park.
Bob
Finally got around to getting the bottom pix with the current winder.
Regards,
Bob
Edited 11/9/2005 1:26 am ET by bob38s
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