Mr. Jay Bates, in my village we use to call a man with your skills "viejito"... if we translate, could be like "little old man". But we don't mean about the age, we mean about the experience and skills. YOU ARE A VIEJITO, mate. I discovered you channel last week and I've seen 20 videos or more. I subscribed from the first one! Outstanding job! Really amazing. Congrats and thanks for show to the world your talent. Respect
Love the video, really like the fact that there is NO music, if you people out there need music, just turn your own on, I don't need to hear it, and before anybody replies " why don't I turn the sound off" thing is when the video maker turns it off, so he can talk, I would miss that. So once again many thanks Jay for your uploads, you have a great channel
Jay, I am a ULTRA-beginner woodworker and videos like yours make me happy to be alive. You are ridiculously talented and great at explaining your processes. Thank You very much for sharing. Mark Nicholson. Retired US Army Combat Medic 1/94th C-BTY MLRS .
Hi Jay! I remember seeing the video of your first router lift some years ago. Always enjoy your builds, always learn something, get good ideas. This time, the thumbnail picture in the UA-cam listing really caught my eye. It reminded me of an article from AW, which was apparently republished at some point by PW. What you described as “a box in a box” design, is very similar. What I find appealing is that it puts the load on the cabinet, rather than the insert plate and table top. The dust collection is a little different, but still similar as well. This design will avoid the problem of a sagging insert plate or table top that sometimes happens. I’ve been wanting to build this router table for years. Guess I’ll have to get on it now. Thanks Jay! Hope everyone there is well!
Very cool. It's nice to see you back with a build video. So many you tubers started blogging more than making. It's nice to see you haven't forgot about us fans that enjoy the builds more. Thank you
Plans: jayscustomcreations.com/product/quick-release-lever-router-lift/ Build article: jayscustomcreations.com/2017/10/lever-router-lift-version-2-xl/ Router used in this lift: amzn.to/2zVUV2L
Jay, you totally amaze me, fella, at your phenomenal, uncanny geometric and spatial understanding. I can remember teaching at Henderson Jr High (Why 82 West in S'vegas) "back in the day" and trying to help my 9th graders understand how to conceptualize an object, then be able to turn it all around in their mind before they actually drew it for their project plan sheets. You are so agile in this regard. It must be high in your DNA chain, sir! Methinks you should consider conducting a Master Class..or else let some of us wannabe woodworkers to just watch as you progress from concept to completion. It's definitely NOT a commodity, even among woodworkers (at least, the ones I know). Great work, Jay!
Just purchased your plans. Very detailed and professional. A nice thing to know in advance would be an overall size of the box assembly for those pondering a fit in different sized extensions. Example ??" x 27". Mine will be a tight fit but will work. Great job!
Watching this video for the first time in a long time and super stoked about having a hillview square being made and arriving sometime soon( hopefully real soon )
Very clever of you to show that video to your right against the garage door as if it was being shown as a display and tucked behind that board that is standing there. We notice those little things!
This is one of the nicest, easiest to use systems I have seen. Excellent man, excellent! This is going to be my choice for design. I have checked out most of them, and I find I'm drawn back to yours.
Awesome build Jay. I'm planning a new saw table for my contractor saw to drop into, and wanted to add a router section. This will be perfect, just ordered the plans. Thank You!!
I built a similar one like your old model but used door slides for the router guides. It worked pretty good but my router was an old craftsman and it was not the ideal router to put into the box. I still have it.
GREAT video Jay. Nice editing touches. They really make your videos more interesting. Excellent content AND we need to watch for those hidden gems. Thanks
I've learned so much from your videos. Thanks for all you do. You inspire me in the shop. Looking forward to seeing this one get put next to the tablesaw and seeing how all that works out.
Very “statuesque” intro, and then we saw you were standing on your dust extraction piping. Love your videos! Great content and presentation every time. Thanks for teaching us noobs.
Jay, I was just thinking that a solid rod that would fit into the square tubing, with a nice turned handle, of course would be a good way to shorten the bar but then give you a convenient way to have a height adjustment which could be stored on the side and only used when you were using the router. One way to make sure you do not have a knee banger! Might want to consider it. Really like this build idea for my Woodsmith free standing router table. Thanks!
great work as always and also a great video, I'm intrigued you have not used a screw lift which would allow for micro adjustment. I suppose in reality very few people actually use the micro adjustment. I am really jealous of the quality of the plywood though. Clear ply's, solid with no voids. I live in the Philippines and the plywood here is the cheapest crap you could imagine. Makes life challenging !!
I suspect you know this and it didn't look like you had a problem, but in case anyone else does... when cutting threaded rod, do yourself a favor and put a nut on behind your cut first. When you run the nut off over the just-cut end, the action of the nut will chase/clean/restore any thread mangling done by the cutting.
Great looking build, I've been looking for a set of plans for a good router lift. Thought Heisz was going to make one, he did a video on a lift mechanism but I don't think he ever followed it up with the actual table. Your design here seems like a winner
Great "Any-angle" Table Saw Sled! I like your router lift design. My previous saw also had a wing router mount...i think that I need to make one for the new saw.
gracias Jay, aunque creo que en esta segunda ocasion , un sistema de elevacion diferente hubiera sido de agradecer un saludo de un carpintero y subscriptor desde España -------------------- thanks Jay, although I believe that on this second occasion, a different lifting system would have been appreciated a greeting from a carpenter and subscriber from Spain
Great project.i liked your explanation for the counter bore error. You got it close enough. After I purchased a router lift, I built a dust collection box around it. The floor of the box moves up and down withe the router. I like the idea of pulling clean air through the router. I added a pivoting flap to keep from starving the collector. I've seen flaps like that on my furnace flue to limit the draft.
Love all your videos, and especially when they fit a very specific need such as this router lift. I will be purchasing plans when they come out as this is something that I need to build, and I see no way for me to come close to the precision of your's, or the accuracy to which you describe how to complete it. Great work man!
Awesome build Jay! I have been studying your previous RL and really like the craftsmanship and thought you put into each of these. Great editing work as well. Keep it up!
I bought the plans, thank you. Im torn between the older version using rails and the new version using wax. Im worried the saw dust and wax will gumm up. I have not wax paste yet although I see many do and its on my list.
Cool. ..can I suggest an upgrade? You could put a micro adjustment knob on the lift lever that works against that backup stop block that will lock in the lever. Just drill and tap the lever to receive a 3/8"ø threaded rod.. just a thought. Either way, this is a nice project and fine video..
was just watching an old video of yourself and lane building the stand for the woodlathe which highlighted the difference in height between you two, great video's, you could say we got the long and short of it ? thanks for all your work and effort from australia !
Super cool, Jay. Nice work. Do you think it would be possible to also incorporate a small threaded micro-adjustment screw on the secondary safety catch for the main movement arm? I love how you can very quickly move the whole thing up and down, but more often than not I tend to get it a fraction of an inch off and need to make very fine adjustments. The ability to turn a smaller knob for micro-adjustments might be a neat feature! Again, great job as always! :)
Jay you're a big inspiration to me. You're at the top of the list of getting me into woodworking. While it's a bummer you'll never be "back" to weekly videos like you used to I'm happy that you're still putting content out in video or article form. Keep up the good work.
I agree. I got into woodworking and the "project stuff" because of Jay. I have transformed my garage into a wood shop all because of his influence. I to miss the weekly videos. Thank you Jay for the great stuff. You helped me find one of my new found loves.
May I suggest that you try SlipIt as a lubricant for wood/wood, instead of wax? I found it at Rockler about 20 years ago, put it on some wood drawer sides in the dressers I built--and I don't think I've ever needed to reapply it, since. Also good for slippening up your table saw/bandsaw surfaces. Silicone free too. Not a paid promotion--just a product I found to exceed my expectations.
It is awesome stuff. I've had a can sitting in my house for almost a year and finally decided to use it on my hand plane, it was so slick that I nearly fell to the ground on my first pass. It's also nice that it's a rust inhibitor.
Just an idea that might not be practical.. you coul fix the rod to the pressure plate and mount a bicycle brake type of mechanism at the end. The handle will controll a plate like a bicycle brake between the board and the chasis. You could then use the handle to release the pressure and lower and raise the router. How I explained myself reasonably well...
I LOVE BUILDS LIKE THIS!!! For one thing, fantastic design and build! Secondly it has convinced me to buy the JessEm Rout-R-Lift II for $199 and get on with my routing :-D
+Jay Bates Nice build. will be interested in the plan when I get my extensions on my table saw. New years resolution...Get better acquainted with sketch up . Im still a pad of paper, drafting ruler kind of guy.
How in the world are you able to get that box within a box exactly perfect? If there is a slightest error, the carriage box will create ever so slight an error when you route. How did you nail the measurement that precise Jay??
As usual, a great video but one thing really makes me nervous. Wearing jewelry (aka wedding ring) while working with power tools. We've all seen the pictures of what can happen...and if you haven't, I don't recommend them.
Do you not think that once you get fine dust in between the router lift and the housing that it will start to bind up? I know you've got dust collection built in, but you're still going to get some fine dust in there no matter what you do. Thoughts? At least with the metal slides you probably had somewhere for the dust to go.
Mr. Jay Bates, in my village we use to call a man with your skills "viejito"... if we translate, could be like "little old man". But we don't mean about the age, we mean about the experience and skills. YOU ARE A VIEJITO, mate. I discovered you channel last week and I've seen 20 videos or more. I subscribed from the first one! Outstanding job! Really amazing. Congrats and thanks for show to the world your talent. Respect
Thank you very much for the feedback and kind words!
Love the video, really like the fact that there is NO music, if you people out there need music, just turn your own on, I don't need to hear it, and before anybody replies " why don't I turn the sound off" thing is when the video maker turns it off, so he can talk, I would miss that. So once again many thanks Jay for your uploads, you have a great channel
Jay, I am a ULTRA-beginner woodworker and videos like yours make me happy to be alive. You are ridiculously talented and great at explaining your processes. Thank You very much for sharing. Mark Nicholson. Retired US Army Combat Medic 1/94th C-BTY MLRS .
Hi Jay! I remember seeing the video of your first router lift some years ago. Always enjoy your builds, always learn something, get good ideas. This time, the thumbnail picture in the UA-cam listing really caught my eye. It reminded me of an article from AW, which was apparently republished at some point by PW. What you described as “a box in a box” design, is very similar. What I find appealing is that it puts the load on the cabinet, rather than the insert plate and table top. The dust collection is a little different, but still similar as well. This design will avoid the problem of a sagging insert plate or table top that sometimes happens. I’ve been wanting to build this router table for years. Guess I’ll have to get on it now. Thanks Jay! Hope everyone there is well!
Very cool. It's nice to see you back with a build video. So many you tubers started blogging more than making. It's nice to see you haven't forgot about us fans that enjoy the builds more. Thank you
Plans: jayscustomcreations.com/product/quick-release-lever-router-lift/
Build article: jayscustomcreations.com/2017/10/lever-router-lift-version-2-xl/
Router used in this lift: amzn.to/2zVUV2L
Jay, you totally amaze me, fella, at your phenomenal, uncanny geometric and spatial understanding. I can remember teaching at Henderson Jr High (Why 82 West in S'vegas) "back in the day" and trying to help my 9th graders understand how to conceptualize an object, then be able to turn it all around in their mind before they actually drew it for their project plan sheets. You are so agile in this regard. It must be high in your DNA chain, sir!
Methinks you should consider conducting a Master Class..or else let some of us wannabe woodworkers to just watch as you progress from concept to completion. It's definitely NOT a commodity, even among woodworkers (at least, the ones I know).
Great work, Jay!
The little 4 inch machinist square is awesome I just got one yesterday and it's so handy for all kinds of stuff
Just purchased your plans. Very detailed and professional. A nice thing to know in advance would be an overall size of the box assembly for those pondering a fit in different sized extensions. Example ??" x 27". Mine will be a tight fit but will work. Great job!
Watching this video for the first time in a long time and super stoked about having a hillview square being made and arriving sometime soon( hopefully real soon )
Very clever of you to show that video to your right against the garage door as if it was being shown as a display and tucked behind that board that is standing there. We notice those little things!
Love the simplicity and the incorporation of a great idea with dust collection.
This is one of the nicest, easiest to use systems I have seen. Excellent man, excellent! This is going to be my choice for design. I have checked out most of them, and I find I'm drawn back to yours.
You know what, forget the rest of the video, that taper jig is so stupidly simple and genius! MIGHT be borrowing that idea haha
Yup, added to my todo list. So nice.
Right!? I was thinking the same thing! ... it's genius!
Well done. Good to have you back Jay.
Awesome build Jay. I'm planning a new saw table for my contractor saw to drop into, and wanted to add a router section. This will be perfect, just ordered the plans. Thank You!!
Thank you! Have fun :)
I built a similar one like your old model but used door slides for the router guides. It worked pretty good but my router was an old craftsman and it was not the ideal router to put into the box. I still have it.
At 15:14 "...watching this in the future..." Yep I saw it quite some time ago and it was still working well! ;)
Nice video!
Really clever design! Also love that tablesaw sled at 5:00!
You are building again! Always interesting to see what you do. And you always give great explanations.
Thanks Ted!
GREAT video Jay. Nice editing touches. They really make your videos more interesting. Excellent content AND we need to watch for those hidden gems. Thanks
Thanks, I particularly liked your table saw clamping slide. Nifty idea.
Great video Jay. I go back to the older videos you made as a refresher course . You are awesome. And Jay does a good job helping you too. Ha. Love it!
Thank you :)
I've learned so much from your videos. Thanks for all you do. You inspire me in the shop. Looking forward to seeing this one get put next to the tablesaw and seeing how all that works out.
Very “statuesque” intro, and then we saw you were standing on your dust extraction piping. Love your videos! Great content and presentation every time. Thanks for teaching us noobs.
Jay, I was just thinking that a solid rod that would fit into the square tubing, with a nice turned handle, of course would be a good way to shorten the bar but then give you a convenient way to have a height adjustment which could be stored on the side and only used when you were using the router. One way to make sure you do not have a knee banger! Might want to consider it. Really like this build idea for my Woodsmith free standing router table. Thanks!
Interesting idea....
Very cool build Jay! Look forward to seeing the finished project installed... FYI... that is one nice table saw!
I like that there is no background music(sometimes it gets annoying!) and great design, Jay : )
Thanks for the feedback :)
See I thought it was weird not having music(since everyone does!) but I really like not having tge music better now!🤦♂️
great work as always and also a great video, I'm intrigued you have not used a screw lift which would allow for micro adjustment. I suppose in reality very few people actually use the micro adjustment. I am really jealous of the quality of the plywood though. Clear ply's, solid with no voids. I live in the Philippines and the plywood here is the cheapest crap you could imagine. Makes life challenging !!
I suspect you know this and it didn't look like you had a problem, but in case anyone else does... when cutting threaded rod, do yourself a favor and put a nut on behind your cut first. When you run the nut off over the just-cut end, the action of the nut will chase/clean/restore any thread mangling done by the cutting.
Great looking build, I've been looking for a set of plans for a good router lift. Thought Heisz was going to make one, he did a video on a lift mechanism but I don't think he ever followed it up with the actual table. Your design here seems like a winner
Great "Any-angle" Table Saw Sled! I like your router lift design. My previous saw also had a wing router mount...i think that I need to make one for the new saw.
Great Job Jay ! You sure have come along way !
gracias Jay, aunque creo que en esta segunda ocasion , un sistema de elevacion diferente hubiera sido de agradecer
un saludo de un carpintero y subscriptor desde España
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thanks Jay, although I believe that on this second occasion, a different lifting system would have been appreciated
a greeting from a carpenter and subscriber from Spain
Great project.i liked your explanation for the counter bore error. You got it close enough.
After I purchased a router lift, I built a dust collection box around it. The floor of the box moves up and down withe the router. I like the idea of pulling clean air through the router. I added a pivoting flap to keep from starving the collector. I've seen flaps like that on my furnace flue to limit the draft.
Awesome build Jay, definitely put your thinking cap on for this one.
Love all your videos, and especially when they fit a very specific need such as this router lift. I will be purchasing plans when they come out as this is something that I need to build, and I see no way for me to come close to the precision of your's, or the accuracy to which you describe how to complete it. Great work man!
Thank you for posting this. I’ve got the same problem and this design is the best one I’ve seen.
Jay is back!!!
I'll never be back :)
Great build! I think I would have put in ab eye screw to hold the lever though.
I have never been more envious of being "a friend"! hahahaha
Not that I'll ever build one, I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation Jay, you kept it interesting and easy to follow.
Cheers
Mike
I feel likes it's been a while since you've had a build video - thanks!
I need to make one of these, thanks for the video! Love the pre-troll shutdown.
Awesome build Jay! I have been studying your previous RL and really like the craftsmanship and thought you put into each of these. Great editing work as well. Keep it up!
I bought the plans, thank you. Im torn between the older version using rails and the new version using wax. Im worried the saw dust and wax will gumm up. I have not wax paste yet although I see many do and its on my list.
Just a thought...for the safety net you had as a string outside hanging.....You could put few spring at the bottom of the Router cage for a safe drop
Welcome back, missed you and your videos! :-)
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Tnx for sharing this prototype Jay, can't wait for the next bid, cheers bro!!
Well done Jay! You have put a lot of thought into this.
Cool. ..can I suggest an upgrade? You could put a micro adjustment knob on the lift lever that works against that backup stop block that will lock in the lever. Just drill and tap the lever to receive a 3/8"ø threaded rod.. just a thought. Either way, this is a nice project and fine video..
I like version 2.0. Looks handy...I would definitely use one. Great video, Jay!
was just watching an old video of yourself and lane building the stand for the woodlathe which highlighted the difference in height between you two, great video's, you could say we got the long and short of it ? thanks for all your work and effort from australia !
Very well thought out🔨
Looking forward to the follow up videos Jay. Nice job as usual. 👍
Very nice lever system, Jay.
Well designed and built.
Awesome video and workmanship. Love it!
Looks good. Waiting for the next video to see how it turns out 😊
Excellent and thank you for no background music!
Super cool, Jay. Nice work. Do you think it would be possible to also incorporate a small threaded micro-adjustment screw on the secondary safety catch for the main movement arm? I love how you can very quickly move the whole thing up and down, but more often than not I tend to get it a fraction of an inch off and need to make very fine adjustments. The ability to turn a smaller knob for micro-adjustments might be a neat feature! Again, great job as always! :)
I have missed your project videos...good that you are back. Nice
I'll never be "back"
Jay you're a big inspiration to me. You're at the top of the list of getting me into woodworking. While it's a bummer you'll never be "back" to weekly videos like you used to I'm happy that you're still putting content out in video or article form. Keep up the good work.
I agree. I got into woodworking and the "project stuff" because of Jay. I have transformed my garage into a wood shop all because of his influence. I to miss the weekly videos. Thank you Jay for the great stuff. You helped me find one of my new found loves.
Well done! There are some really great ideas here an' all, but ... Lions? 😄
i LOVE your combination square. Fantastic.
I like your positive stop idea Jay. What about using flip stops so you could be set up for multiple repeat setups?
Awesome! Shop looks great too & nice pants 👍🏼
May I suggest that you try SlipIt as a lubricant for wood/wood, instead of wax? I found it at Rockler about 20 years ago, put it on some wood drawer sides in the dressers I built--and I don't think I've ever needed to reapply it, since. Also good for slippening up your table saw/bandsaw surfaces. Silicone free too. Not a paid promotion--just a product I found to exceed my expectations.
It is awesome stuff. I've had a can sitting in my house for almost a year and finally decided to use it on my hand plane, it was so slick that I nearly fell to the ground on my first pass. It's also nice that it's a rust inhibitor.
About those forstner holes...
Some UA-camrs purposely do stuff wrong to drive comments (viewer engagement) for the algorithm.
yo i graduated from Mississippi State as an engineer. Hail State!!
Just when I thought I was going to make my own.. Headed to Amazon
Nice design. I'm curious to see how you fit it into the extension wing
Hi Jay have you thought about using a screw mechanism for lifting and lowering the router? I would love to see how you would add that to this build..
That defeats the purpose of the lever. It's not needed and would slow it down.
Great Design!, cheers from México.
Great work Jay.
Best one I’ve seen. Well done.
Very nice
Excelente, estaba buscando hacer algo similar, me parece muy práctico, sin muchas complicaciones
Just an idea that might not be practical.. you coul fix the rod to the pressure plate and mount a bicycle brake type of mechanism at the end. The handle will controll a plate like a bicycle brake between the board and the chasis. You could then use the handle to release the pressure and lower and raise the router. How I explained myself reasonably well...
WOW very simple idea and soooo good job :)) Greeting from Germany
I LOVE BUILDS LIKE THIS!!! For one thing, fantastic design and build! Secondly it has convinced me to buy the JessEm Rout-R-Lift II for $199 and get on with my routing :-D
Thats a great design. I am thinking i will build this for my table saw wing aswell
Awesome job Jay!👍👊
Could you incorporate a fine elevation adjustment screw in one of your stops? Nice design.
Love your videos, they're brilliant!
i like the pre-emptive strike at 3:40 :-)))))
Love your work. Great job.
Really nice build and video.
Still my favorite router lift design and I like the new changes on this one.
+Jay Bates Nice build. will be interested in the plan when I get my extensions on my table saw. New years resolution...Get better acquainted with sketch up . Im still a pad of paper, drafting ruler kind of guy.
that’s awesome! i wish that would fit under my kreg benchtop table!
Will youhave enough to clear the table thickness. Good job
How in the world are you able to get that box within a box exactly perfect? If there is a slightest error, the carriage box will create ever so slight an error when you route. How did you nail the measurement that precise Jay??
Super réalisation vidéo
It looks good, but how would you micro adjust it (say if you were using a rabbiting bit)?
With your hand. I had the same questions last time. It's easy to dial it in perfect.
That's such nice plywood!
As usual, a great video but one thing really makes me nervous. Wearing jewelry (aka wedding ring) while working with power tools. We've all seen the pictures of what can happen...and if you haven't, I don't recommend them.
Nice, as always!! Good job!
Do you notice a big difference between the new name brand router and the one you used before?
Do you not think that once you get fine dust in between the router lift and the housing that it will start to bind up? I know you've got dust collection built in, but you're still going to get some fine dust in there no matter what you do. Thoughts? At least with the metal slides you probably had somewhere for the dust to go.
I don't think it will be an issue.
great build, wish I could "aquire" a table saw like that lol