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   Domer | Jan 18, 2010 06:24pm | #1

   Jess-Em makes a router lift that you can put the router motor in that works like the Triton. Rockler has one as well.

   I have the Jess-Em and like it.

   Domer

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Jan 18, 2010 06:35pm | #2

   I have no clue how the Triton adjust or how powerful it is but... I have had the Milwaukee 5625 3 1/2 HP mounted under a table for 7 years and it has above table adjustment and is simply a "Hoss". Around 40,000 linear feet run throuh it and haven't changed the brushes yet. I have a set on hand in anticipation but... not needed yet as I checked them about a month ago.

   Good luck...

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   floormeister | Jan 19, 2010 12:21am | #3

   once you take the 't' handle
   once you take the 't' handle out, is it flush with the table?I want to incorporate it into my tablesaw top.Is there a gauge on the surface or do you have to peek underneath.Or do you go by 'a turn is = to x amt.'?I don't think i've ever been disappointed by a milwaukee tool,and i think the parts and service won't be an issue.The Triton is very highly rated, but i understand that some have had a hard time getting thru to tech. support..so i ques. about future parts and service.thanks for any and all feedback..rob

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Jan 19, 2010 09:51am | #4

   Sorry to get back so late but I only view the discussions once each morning as I stay in the shop until late. The Milwaukee also has a T handle you can insert through a hole you cut in the insert and remove when done. Frankly I simply open my router table cabinet doors... squat (I'm only a young 62).. unlock the strap and use the dial on the router itself.

   I've used that method for years and find it just as quick as above table in my experience. I do the same thing when I change bits. Open the cabinet.. push the router and attached insert up and sit it on the table top. The MV has some heavy duty thread on both the chuck and adjustment shaft. Changing bits takes me no more than a minute as I keep the two wrenches hanging on a nail inside the cabinet door.

   I personally see no need for expensive lifts from my experience. Perhaps someone that is doing work that calls for extreme tolerances would but... I generally haven't personally experienced that with wood and those experiences for me only occur during engine building as I worked with Old American Muscle Cars for years.

   BTW... I have a Milwaukee.. Bosch.. De Walt.. Hitachi Service Center within 15 minutes from my shop here in Atlanta. I have the Milwaukee 5625.. their 2 1/4 plunge combo kit which is excellent and a hoss also.. two of their 5" ROS's.. as Saw-zall and the only trip I have made to the Center was to purchase brushes. The rep there told me if I had the router in my truck he would install them for me. I told him I didn't need them at the moment. He insisted I wait while he went to the back to get a 5625.. then showed me precisely how to dis-assemble and install the new ones when I needed them. So... not much other experience with them yet as none of the above has ever had a problem that required service. I use most of these daily with the exception of the Saw-zall and highly reccomend the brand personally. Still.. to each his own!

   Good luck...

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   pirollodesign | Jan 20, 2010 08:56am | #5

   I built my router table with above table adjustments in mind, but quickly realized it was much quicker to simply turn the knob on the router. I've been adjusting the router this way for 2 years now instead of looking for and sticking a handle in a hole for every small adjustment. Much faster below table in my opinion.

   BTW, I have the Triton router mounted in the table.

   Norman