This changes woodworking forever

[@itsjustmetomc4848]

This upgrade is amazing and definitely above my pay grade! Great work! Shalom from Mesa Arizona

[@arikardasis]

Cool thanks! Shalom!

[@joedance14]

Really nice build! In particular, I like a number of aspects: the integration of the dust separator, the use of HDPE blocks, the use of a lead screw & nut, the use of the pillow block bearings…Very nice! Questions: In the first video, a comment was made, something about the bearings not being perfect; could you clarify or expand on that please? Any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated. Why use threaded rod and epoxy to secure the clamping blocks? Why not use Tnut and bolts? Or embedded nut and machine screw? Just wondering about the reasoning. One of the issues identified in the first video was the distance between the center of mass and the lead screw, but that still appears to be an issue. Would it make sense to add some weight on the opposite side of the lead screw, to balance things out? Or would that overload the motor? Or is that just not an issue in this design? I would love to see a follow-up. Thank-you so much for sharing this project! (PS: also noticed your table saw storage cabinet and bank of drawers videos - two projects I really need to build!)😊

[@redslover5293]

Great video! Really like the detail & your commentary as well. This is what I've been looking for for a while now. Do you sell the STL files?

[@arikardasis]

I don’t. You’re looking for the 3d printing files? I can give them to you if I can find them

[@JoshuaNorton-of4yz]

This series was awesome, thanks for sharing!

[@TheMrneosoul]

This has been a lot of fun to watch you build!! I have to make my workbench first, but I’m shooting for your design for my router lift setup!

[@arikardasis]

Sweet. I'm hoping to make some adjustments to the tracks and eventually put out some plans. Stay tuned!

[@ww-sk8gt]

same here :) awesome work!

[@arikardasis]

@@ww-sk8gt Thanks. Stay tuned for more

[@arikardasis]

@@ww-sk8gt thanks a million

[@dougtodd5793]

WOW, where can I guy purchase the completed motorization of your lift. I can build the lift, but have no clue when it comes to the electronics. Plus, I don't have a 3D printer. thanks, great work

[@weissbornjr]

VERY nice. The simplicity of the lift design is awesome. And, I really love the motorization. Have you posted the code and such to github yet? If so, what is the repo name?

[@arikardasis]

github.com/kardasis/Motorized-Router-Lift-code

[@GaryGains]

Do you have a list of the parts for the electrical part of your project? I have designed a lift and found a wiring diagram on youtube, but it didn't work and I burnt my control board up so I am going back to scratch on the motor lift part. Love what you did. Very Nice

[@arikardasis]

I’ve had a few requests for code and plans. I have it all but just need to get it together. I’ll let you know

[@GaryGains]

Would you be able to set automatic heights at 1/16, 1/4 etc for the router so all you had to do was push a button? I am new to Arduino's.@@arikardasis

[@Mrcaffinebean]

This is very cool! Excellent build! All those features and I bet it’s still cheaper that a normal lift.

[@arikardasis]

Safety First. Cheap Second!

[@Mrcaffinebean]

@@arikardasis safety third! If I cared about safety first I wouldn’t own any tools except a butter knife! You might consider drawer slides or linear rails to replace you HDPE slide. The are very smooth and cheap and some are rated for a lot of weight.

[@arikardasis]

@@Mrcaffinebean Linear rails are definitely on my list of things to try but they do add a cost. My experiences with drawer slides has been that they have more play than I want for this kind of thing. I have one more idea that involves making a V-shaped grove out of HDPE with some adjustment screws to fine tune it. If that doesn't work, I'll suck it up and get some rails.

[@howardhurley]

Do you you use Osh Park? I saw the purple boards...I've wanted to do this for over a year. A couple additional things to think about, placing a zero sensor and adding a small switch to index by a 32nd, 16th, or 18th. Really good video. Congratulations!

[@arikardasis]

I used JLCPCB. I actually left a connection point for a zero sensor but never hooked it up. The predefined step switches are a great idea.

[@Vandebilt]

Nice build indeed. But I'm missing the Arduino code. Can I find it somewhere?

[@arikardasis]

github.com/kardasis/Motorized-Router-Lift-code

[@michaeljameson1046]

nice build

[@arikardasis]

Thanks!

[@lightsonstorrs8267]

Is the code yours, is available to use.

[@arikardasis]

Happy to give you what I have. It’s not really battle tested but it does the job.

[@alfredmoreau6543]

Goodness... THX. Really nice job, can't wait to start. Do we have access to Your KiCad and IDE files ?

[@arikardasis]

I can work on putting something together if you’re interested

[@alfredmoreau6543]

@@arikardasis I am surely interested, would really be thankful. As I said, can't wait to start. Btw: would save me a lot of design work 🤙

[@arikardasis]

​@@alfredmoreau6543 WARNING, CAVEAT, DISCLAIMER. The design that's in this video is definitely not ready for primetime. I'll be working on it more and likely releasing plans that I can stand by, but in the meantime if you want to look at what I've done, here are the links: www.dropbox.com/sh/j0j4bmzuvfojvya/AACaC0hvwjbb6LRXyxndZ0ona?dl=0 and www.dropbox.com/sh/g7osu3x349a0qgg/AAAs5sdxa4rstb-5_zdMDKrCa?dl=0 If you want more info, you can DM me on instagram I guess. (link on my about page)

[@CallmeSam00]

254th of an inch

[@arbyars.chicksawdust]

WOW! I am interested. I am going to watch your other videos. I just subscribed a few weeks-ago. I am also interested in the Arduino files too.

[@arikardasis]

I’ll get those up on GitHub soon

[@arbyars.chicksawdust]

@@arikardasis Thank you. Please let me know!