Building the tilting router lift

woodgears.ca/router_lift Showing how I built the tilting router lift, step by step.
Plans available for sale here: woodgears.ca/router_lift/plans_t

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

I once went to an estate sale of a man who had built an entire basement full of woodworking tools and machinery out of wood. Every tool, every machine, all self designed and hand made. The sheer genius and craftsmanship was staggering. I remember thinking that old world craftsmanship like that was gone. I'm glad men like you still exist to carry on traditions and spread knowledge. Thanks for sharing.

[@matthiaswandel]

Beveling helps. The gears in the box joint jig are beveled just a little bit.

[@pfzzzer]

Your skills and quality of work humbles me...even as a carpenter for 30 plus years I cant even imagine having the patience to even draw the design of what you create!

[@HILUXCHAINSAW]

This is the sort of thing that should be shown on television instead of all that 'reality' crap.

[@matthiaswandel]

HILUX CHAINSAW TV is for reality crap. If you want good stuff to watch, you gotta go to youtube.

[@1873Winchester]

thomas price I'd be way harder for me to watch this stuff if it was on PBS or CBC or whatever channels you got there over in america. KZbin is global and I think matthias appreciates that more than appealing to a strictly US audience. Though sure there's always HBO which we get over here, but then you'd have to add a lot of nudity and violence to make it fit in with their other shows.

[@fairyheli2]

I'd rather watch it on KZbin, rather than suffering ad breaks every 5 minutes, then the list of sponsors.

[@TheTrueFLEAUDesign]

Isn't it the same on youtube ? I wached a 14min long video and had a break at 5 mins, because of sponsors

[@quadrunner2124]

+HILUX CHAINSAW Home improvement is still on

[@muellerkun]

I know it’s already an older video, but you are - as always - really inspiring and ingenious! Thank you for taking the time and putting those videos together.

[@matthiaswandel]

UHMW would be much better than wood for the gears. Just that wood is cheaper and easier to get, and works adequately.

[@mozes42]

talent doesn't even begin to describe your skillset Sir. Thanks for posting these videos for wood butchers like me!

[@LeightonGill]

I recently bought the plans for this and just finished building it. Like all of your projects that have plans, it was a joy to build. Thank you.

[@Markus_Stoiber]

Matthias Wandel is a genius! I love to watch his videos. For me (a toolmaker and a later mechanical engineer) this is pure relaxation. He looks so resting in himself. Good!

[@mennoh6847]

00:00 i dont know why but that head movement killed me😂

[@matthiaswandel]

Hose clamps are indeed cheap, but they work really well, worked fine for my slot mortiser and my other rotuer lift. The solution you propose would interfere with being able to tilt the router. There really is no extra room around the router body.

[@matthiaswandel]

Coarser thread could be handy, but you use what's available. And 15 turns of the crank is enough to lower the bit below the table, only takes five seconds.

[@matthiaswandel]

And in the mean time, we love it when gadgets have things that we can manually activate, like ipod wheels and scrolling on an ipad. Much easier to control than buttons.

[@drjdcolby]

I'd rather watch these videos than anything else on the tube. It's an inspiration! Good for you Matthias.

[@MrJohnnyboyrebel]

You, sir, are a woodworking god. I humbly bow before you. Now I'm off to my shop to build a few jigs that are inspired by you. Excellent work. Thanks for posting.

[@Porfisdavid]

How is it that so many ignorant people with no skills what so ever have down voted this video, or any other videos. For sure people that like to do woodworking will appreciate the skills you posses and quality engineering of all the machines you create or improve, Matthias.

[@EEJester1586]

All I can say is "Amazing" you really have poven that wood can do so much more than what meets the eye. Well done.

[@TrentR42]

This man is a freakin' genius. I know that I and others have said it before, but I felt it needed to be said again.

[@MrMeasureTwice]

As always, an excellent video, simple, straightforward. So many people will pay the $400+ costs for *just* a router LIFT. You've taken the whole idea to a new level all for the cost of some T-nuts, screws and bolts and other associated hardware + the wood (minor expense) and the labor of putting it all together. AND - the biggest benefit of all? BRAGGING RIGHTS! Yep, anyone who builds these things can certainly brag that they built it and saved HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.

[@hesterdekoninck]

Dear Matthias, I recently found out about your channel. What an awesome job you are doing here! Not only the making of all the wonderful machines, but also the way you film it. (even the sound is great, like the little click and clacks when bolt hit a table or the like) Everything monitored to the minutes detail. It gives me much joy watching your movies and also relaxes me much when stressed. You are a great craftsman and show us values which surpass the work itself! Thank you very much! Jan

[@nlesposito]

Thoroughly enjoyable - and I am not even a woodworker. It was great watching your problem solving unfold through the entire process.

[@rdhem2]

Forget the negatives. Most of them could not pour piss out of a boot with the instructions written on the heel. You show great fore thought and wisdom. You always seem to be two steps ahead of your hands in your mind. I usually confuse the two and have to correct all my mistakes! I will look forward to more of your efforts.

[@SpinStar1956]

Hey, really enjoy your videos and you're quite the ingenious designer and fabricator! I thought I might tell you about what I do for threading steel bolts in wood: First, I of course drill them so the will be tight; then run the bolt in and out a few times to make the threads; finally I coat the freshly cut wooden threads with watery "thin" CA-glue. This REALLY hardens them, making them very strong and even tighter. And in cases where you repeatedly insert/remove the bolt, you can re-treat with the CA and they tighten right back up. I used this for my RC airplane access hatches and electronic project enclosure-panels made from wood that had to be repeatedly removed and replaced. Most times I never had to re-apply the CA-glue. Additionally, for homemade wooden-knobs, I do the same thing for the hex-head and the very outside to solidify, seal and harden the end-grain fibers for the cut finger-placement surfaces. For larger (non-fastener) surfaces, take 2-part epoxy, mix then thin with 95% alcohol; just paint on a thin-coat the cures rock-hard. This is even solvent and fuel-proof (another old RC trick!). Thanks a lot for your videos and inspiration, and keep up the great and excellent work!

[@Bk99JzM]

Witam i pozdrawiam!!Bardzo pomyslowo i ciekawe rozwiazanie wspomagania frezarki z jednego stanowiska!!Duza wiedza,duzo pracy i cierpliwosci aby wszystko to dzialalo i pomagalo w pracy,Tak trzymac!!Sam pomysl to Majstersztyk!!Prima!!Dobry material filmowy ktory duzo mowi jak mozna samemu stanowisko jak i maszyne troche ulepszyc!!Super!!

[@mcnultyfp]

I work day in, day out building pianos, but in a long career never have had any ideas like this. Just incredible, what you're doing. You look fast, too.

[@timsaurusrex]

I've recently finished perfecting my trade of smithing and I wanted to get into woodworking. So, I've been watching your videos to get and idea an of the techniques and other fundamentals. I have to say, thanks to your videos I already feel like an expert. Great job by the way.

[@hex1101]

I can't stop watching these videos he's very inspirational and makes me just want to be as detailed and concise with my own projects

[@razgrizinferno]

A lot of the work in these videos flies over my head, but there's always genius little tips I can learn from, like the clever use of magnets in this video.

[@davidmcgrath6507]

Just finished building it. It works great! A few things are left out of the plans and video but figured it out on my own. Thanks!

[@Dibblah1900]

Your attention to detail is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much!

[@codemiesterbeats]

Im absolutely amazed at the ingenuity. Good work. I hate going and buying stuff because somebody says you should. This gentleman could easily sell the plans for this even for 1 dollar and make a lot of money...but its free and I commend you for that!

[@scottbabb4485]

I don't even do woodworking and I enjoy watching it. It's genius.

[@koolbeenzbro]

You are insanely talented, great video!

[@hedorah99]

I was wondering what the applications of this could be, and then you answered that in the last 30 seconds. Impressive work as always!

[@gordonmccoy1253]

Wow, wow, WOW.... Held me in complete captivity with your lesson plan/demonstration of wood-working techniques.... THANKS, Gordon...

[@JeffroDH]

The details are the mark of a true craftsman. Thanks for sharing.

[@carmelpule6954]

Brilliant ideas and and excellent presentation of the logic used to achieve a function. I spent most of my life in engineering and education and I found that there is a mind processing ability that many do not have. Only yesterday some one told me that these days there is no need to know but only where to look just in case you need to know. That is not true as the human mind is not a fetch cycle form an already written down memory system in a book or in an electronic computer. Matthias Wandel leaves the thinking and processing activity in his audience and anyone who does not want to think nor process a situation to reach the logic required to achieve a function might as well go and buy a plastic version, it will probably be cheaper but the human mind will be as dormant as a door nail. Many people are happy to be proud owners of what they buy with a dormant mind state, but there are those who relish the mind activity, as it is a good asset to have. Congratulations to Matthias Wandel for being a brilliant gentleman who respects his audience with leaving them with the thinking and the mind processing sessions in all he does, Thank you Sir. In my opinion you rate as being in the top 1% of students in higher education and even better than that as you combine , research, mathematics, computation, design, synthesis, making testing, modification and the highest quality I respect, which is GUARANTEEING YOUR WORK TO OPERATE efficiently. Not many people and professions want to walk the paths of guaranteeing their products nor their services, but Matthias Wandel does fine in that area.

[@allthings2allmen]

Amen & amen! The human brain is not, nor ever will be equal to computer brain...thinking reasoning all fearful & wonderful design! very much agree with you Carmel Pule'! especially agree about the "fetch style"

[@BTom16]

I picked up these plans about six months ago but ended up going with a JessEm Mast-R-Lift 2. It came down to needing the functionality quickly. ... but I'm really impressed with the detailed and well thought out plans for this project. I still plan to build it, just for the fun of it. A second router lift would be handy too.

[@akesq01]

So smart and such a gentle, modest and efficient easy going way. Never tedious. Amazing.

[@mwilson70201]

Matthias I never cease to be amazed at the ingenuity you put into your projects. In the near future I am going to buy the plans for this little jewel which seems to meet or exceed the capabilities of any commercially available product I have seen of it's type. I have to ask just what it is you do for a living. Are you a draftsman or an engineer or are these talents that you have come by naturally? Not only can you do these things but you also have a gift for relating the how to in an understandable manner and for that I am very grateful. Thank you for all the inspiration and motivation you provide and may God bless you and your family.

[@fyanezc]

mwilson70201 engineer

[@carmelpule6954]

Jeff jones, while there are those lucky few born with that gift, there are many who can learn if they have the right attitude to learn. I assure you that you have the first requirement to learn what you want to learn and that is when you said, " I wish I was that good at anything." Wishing is to be followed by copying others and then working harder to try even better than copying. It is a slow movement with small steps and I assure you that you can reach what you want , only if you really want to. You can reach many levels of competence if you try and I believe it was Albert Einstein who once said, " People are only aware and confident of only 10 % of their total capacity. So, Sir, you have 90% to fill up. Wish you will try.

[@MaDeuce80]

Very creative, i don't think anyone came up with a tilting router lift before. I'm curious to see different router bits cutting while in the tilted position. Nice work !

[@vett918]

This Guy is a F**kin Genius !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've built some homemade stuff in my shop, but none of that compares to this guy.

[@trentmyers538]

Matthias thank you so much for all this education your work is very impressive - I'm grateful to have found your videos I just need to start building . Thanks

[@MrBjornW]

Maybe the ignorants were searching for a data-router and ended up with Matthiases router ? I am very impressed with the videos that are posted here. I´ve learned very much by wathing his videos. Please continue with the good work.

[@apatientspider]

Ahh! Monday morning and another great article and video to view from Woodgears. Something to look forward to each week. Thanks!

[@matthiaswandel]

It is included. Click on the second tab, or just check the help.

[@KrisKross010]

Personally I like this format of video much better, where you compress all the building steps into a single video rather than 4 or 5. Gives my brain less time to forget what happened in the previous video :3

[@schweinhund227]

Very cool ! I love watching your videos... extreemly entertaining and educative ! Keep up the good work ! I might get the bug

[@TOMA21207]

You are true master for wood making. You give me a lot of ideas for me to make my own tools and tool tables.

[@drummingriffin]

Just love how your mind works man, well done on yet another great project.

[@BeeFus6541]

Yeah another fantastic video.. You make it all look so easy and so humble about it.. If I could even come up with the idea I would be dancing about all over the place singing and carrying on.. But for you its just another day in the "Shop"

[@7402126941]

Hi Matthias. You are great. All my respect toward your clever mind and skillfull hands :-) Greetings from Slovakia

[@debbie09090]

All the time I'm watching this impressive video thinking "why would you need the router to tilt", then OMG the reveal in the last few seconds! Oh that's why... I just love watching this channel and I'm going to have a go at making the bandsaw.

[@RobertGraaf]

I'm no woodworker, but I love watching your videos!

[@dsbaule3574]

I have no knowledge of woodworking, as a matter of fact i'm only watching this because of a random youtube "related video" tip in a computer related video... But i still loved your work and watched it to the very end, nicely done and keep up the good work

[@TheCerberusInferno]

Thanks a lot for your very precious help Matthias !

[@cjorg16]

GOOD JOB on the video & editing. It moves quickly, with just enuf explanation and demonstration. Excellent.

[@ddtus]

i have been spending a whole week on watching your videos and website...

[@chaddythewoodpecker]

wow that joint at the end was amazing once again you have impressed us all thanks

[@M3iscool]

Tricky-tricky-tricky. His builds are always very top notch.

[@matthiaswandel]

Yes, I sell the plans for that on my website.

[@b0xingandy]

hey matthias. again a verry great build. this is the first time i leave a reaction. i love youre work and it helps me a lot in my work place. keep up the good work greating from holland.

[@mechanoid5739]

A really useful project, nicely designed and executed with some nice detailed touches. Loved it! :)

[@georgeyoung613]

Another great build. Please ceep your videos coming!

[@TheRealDoctorBonkus]

"So, here's the tricky bit" Oh, NOW the tricky bit comes? Pfft screw you. I love this channel.

[@pepon7676]

Great,great,great, Works, you are the Chuck Norris of wood !!!

[@ruki25]

Gosh dang, I love the wodden engineering in everything!

[@cvillarrealb]

Absolutely amazing. Congrats and thanks for the video

[@tympt1]

Simply stunning - as usual! Great job.

[@johncooper751]

you're deffinitely a toolmaker:engineer. Well done that man!

[@TomeRodrigo]

Man you have golden hands...I used to do the same things in the workshop 10 years ago..

[@Pandurris]

Your work is inspiring! Thanks Matthias!

[@TheMountainfarmer]

Your engineering of your projects is very impressive. Great Vids. Thanks for sharing.

[@matthiaswandel]

Yes do have plans. Part of my website update for Monday.

[@mikesmall626]

This is amazing. Very well done!

[@chrisongtj86]

Mr Wandel... you are a genius!

[@DocRRS]

Отличная работа! Уважаю!

[@AndrewFroude]

Matthias you are a very clever person! Awesome thank you.

[@kayakMike1000]

This man has his 10-thousand hours of practice! World class talent here.

[@nh0cbunlt]

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[@pickrelated3015]

So high quality vids! And ideas are just awesome! Great job, I really admire!

[@GarageWoodworks]

Sanding attachments work great in drill presses with a jacobs chuck (side load). I agree with your other points.

[@chadw7577]

Working on building this now can't wait until it's complete. Using hickory instead of maple I milled from one of my trees.

[@1806videos]

So relaxing watching your videos mate :) So glad i found this channel! ALL IS IN ORDER!

[@alfonsonava8548]

this was one of the most relaxing videos I've watched, I think I should try woodwork

[@morbid6six6]

I don't care what any one says, you're a genius.

[@udaywali]

Impressive work. You make it look very simple, at the same time ensuring lot of detail. Wish some of my students can replicate. Thanks for posting.

[@clemmtec9506]

Thanks for the post You are one heck of a guy, very good job.

[@TheTechGuider]

Just purchased these plans. Thinking of making a video from the buyers perspective. wish me luck haha.

[@longus4792]

Good Luck!

[@Teddy-zz6kp]

Nucc's Garage i dont know why but i had a real hard time trying to make this, i made 1 mistake. So i will have to make everything over again :(. So im very pissed of . Hope it works better for you

[@superjojo555]

did u finish it?

[@Moronicsmurf]

I look at these videos to get ideas.. when working with metal.. they are awsome.

[@daleweinke2707]

Very impressed with your skills, and learned a lot from your videos. Your videos also give me ideas for when I build my router table.

[@spyhunter99]

just finished by build of this. Thanks Matthias!

[@cryptocrush-823]

Thanks for sharing! Love your ingenuity!

[@neleabels]

How on earth can 71 people dislike such a fantastic construction?!

[@cobaltyt19]

136 now

[@mrdavidurquhart]

Epic design and engineering. Very inspiring thank you

[@Boogerweldz]

This is were i come when i wanna learn how i should have done it. The mistakes are worth it in experience and then my final questions and details are more than likely derived from your version of...tilting router table, sleds and jigs, fences. Toss in some Izzy Swan left field creative and you have the two best i know of on you tube wood channels in entirely different ways. I was/am a well rounded jedi in metal, but i cant turn off the wood bug thanks to this guy and Mr. Swan,. Its been router bits and maple or birch instead of plasma electrodes and .250 wall tubing or dimple dies. I suck, but i can look up again and have internet mentors. I throw tools again and cuss in the garage. Life is good, until i step in the big can of polyurethane wearing flipflops.

[@Letharteres9001]

This is absolutely incredible.

[@MikeAdorff]

Perfect idea, perfect work, perfect video! Thank you very much!

[@spinafire]

I watched the whole thing without knowing what it was for. The end product is amazing.

[@budzillasohoski9858]

Mathias, you are one smart cookie. I always considered myself to be intelligent but next to you I would most certainly be considered "special."

[@quadrunner2124]

+Budzilla Sohoski Maybe he just thinks harder

[@chraheelakhtar4008]

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