Category Archives: Router

Router lift – more refinements

Router lift for ALDI Workzone router table – made some more refinements to the scissor jack. Rather than the bottom of the router sitting directly on the jack, which tends to block the ventilation slots, it now sits in a … Continue reading

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Router lift

Router lift for ALDI Workzone router table – not able to get to the workshop till late this afternoon but still managed to do something – get the scissor jack working ! We must be up to Version 3.0 and … Continue reading

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Router lift – jack to high

Router lift for ALDI Workzone router table – in the end I had to drop the jack down a lot further than first envisaged. And even had to add spacer block. Fiddling around to see if this will operate, I … Continue reading

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Router lift – scissor jack failure

Router lift for ALDI Workzone router table – as posted earlier the scissor jack failed (see first pic). It’s surprising how much upward force is required to overcome the router plunge springs. We need to beef up the pivot arms … Continue reading

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ALDI Workzone router table – Router lift

Investigating the possibility of using a car scissors jack as a router lift ALDI Workzone router table. Something like this to raise/lower the plunge router.

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ALDI UK – Demo video for Workzone Router

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Winnebago – counter top rail

After a night of thunder and lighting plus a domestic disturbance across the (what was used to be a quiet) road that required police attendance it’s turned out to be a nice morning so it’s off to the workshop to … Continue reading

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Taurus Router Table instructions – scanned

  View Full Album TTA-7801 cover to cover scans.

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ALDI: Taurus Router Table $69

Aluminium main table: 335mm x 450mm Steel extension table: 335mm x 200mm Adjustable in and out feed fence Bought the Taurus router and bit set on the 24th of June but at the time resisted purchasing the router table. Today … Continue reading

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ALDI Router 1200W + Bit set

Thursday 24th June. I have been thinking of getting one of these for a while now and resisted the last time they were on sale. $49.99 No load speed: 11,500-30,000RPM Maximum cutting capacity: 38mm Variable speed Safety switch with dust … Continue reading

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