Jeessem router lift -- router is too small?

[Wild Turkey]

Picked up a JessEm original router life in great shape off CL the other day.

I counted and found 7 routers hiding in my shop.  Two ancient monsters from a cabinet shop auction, three plunge and a 1/4" Bosch and a nice Makita.  Only the Bosch fits the lift; the Makita (which is the one I intended to use) is about 1/4" too small.

Any way to adapt the Makita?  Does anyone make a sleeve, etc?


The Bosch is a nice SMALL router -- not what I'd want in a table.

[Rick F]

I have 2 Jessem router lifts.   One is the big size, its meant to hold a 3-1/2" Router, which is a PC 7518 .. or the Milwaukee ..   

The other is I think 2-1/2".  or close ..     It naturally fits a whole raft of 1-3/4" - 2 HP Fixed base routers..

I'm not aware of an adapter, but you could email Jessem.

[Wild Turkey]

Good News!! Found another router under my workbench.

Traded for it sometime ago and it came with wrong base so I set it aside as a "future project"

It's a DeWalt 618 and it fits perfectly


Sometimes being a packrat pays off!