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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spectric" data-source="post: 1426980" data-attributes="member: 21600">A muscle chuck would certainly make life much easier for him.  A single hex wrench and no locking the router.I think you are thinking like I used too,  why a router lift when my router, in my case a Triton has that feature.  Well I have lived with that arrangement for some time and it has worked ok but once you have handled a lift such as Jessem / Incra and seen the accuracy and more importantly the repeatability then at some point you make the switch.  To set my height I use a digital caliper and always adjust up but it is never as quick or smooth as these lifts can deliver.   This is where you have or can have a dilema,  if starting out from scratch then I think the AUK and Jessem lifter is probably the way to go but if like me you already have a router then it swings the cost equation in the other direction and you go for the Jessem prestige.  I will be using a modified Triton Tra001 & Jessem Prestige in the near future because with the muscle chuck it will not need any extension to get above the table, you must remove the collect lock mechanism.There is one downside that once you get the precision of a decent lift you may think it will be nice if I could also adjust the fence with the same precision and now you start a journey that [USER=26481]@MikeK[/USER] took and end up with an amazing setup and big dent in the bank balance.  The Incra system is really precise and could be classed as over engineered but very hard to find anything to beat it  <a href="https://woodworkersworkshop.co.uk/collections/router-fences/shop-by-brand_incra" target="_blank">Router Fences & Positioners</a></blockquote>

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