INCRA Side Winder 350 Router Lift User Manual

Woodpeckers

PRECISION WOODWORKING TOOLS

®

Side Winder

Router Lift.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Models: SW350

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SAFETY

Always unplug your router motor before making any
adjustments to the router lift. Refer to your routers’ owners
manual for specific safe operating instructions.

COMPATIBLE ROUTER MOTORS

The Woodpeckers® Side Winder 350 Router Lift fits the
Porter-Cable 690/890, Bosch 1617/1618 and Craftsman
models 17542, 17540, 28190 router motors as well as any
router motors 3.5" in diameter.

The wrench
handle must
be pointing
right in order
to fully insert
or remove it.

Once fully

Lift Wrench

Figure 1.

Figure 2.

inserted, rotate
the wrench ¼
turn in either
direction and
completely raise
the carriage.

Carriage

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

The Woodpeckers® Side Winder can be installed in most
router tables with a standard 9¼ x 11¾ opening and a side
panel mounting surface no more than 19" away as in the
side of a cabinet or router table stand. In most cases three
holes will need to be drilled for mounting the side plate.

These instructions assume you’re installing the Side Winder
on a Woodpeckers® Router Table Stand.

Woodpeckers® Router Table Stand, Router Table and Side Winder.

USING THE LIFT WRENCH

You’ll need to know how to use the Lift Wrench to install
your router motor.

STEP 1. To change the carriage height (the carriage is the
part beneath the table that holds the motor), orient the
wrench with the handle pointing right. (Figure 1.)

Insert the wrench until it’s COMPLETELY BOTTOMED OUT.
Once it’s all the way in, try and rotate it. If it doesn’t turn, it
isn’t in. Do not force the wrench. Take it out, push it back
down and try again.

STEP 2. Once it turns easily, simply rotate it ¼ turn in ei­ther direction to lock the handle to the carriage. Now you
can raise or lower your router as needed using the wrench.
(Figure 2.)

To install your router motor you need to raise the carriage
all the way up and lock it in place by once again orienting
the handle to the right. Now remove the lift wrench.

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REMOVE THE RING

STEP 3. The Side Winder
comes with one ring in­stalled. This ring needs to
be removed in order to in­stall your motor. Loosen the
ring by turning it CLOCK­WISE with the spanner wrench. To put one back in, rotate
it counter-clockwise.

Figure 3.

No ring.

Knobs.

Clamp.

Carriage.

Clearance.

Remove coupling
after motor is
clamped in.

Figure 6.

STEP 6. Evenly snug the two knobs. They are self lock­ing so they won’t spin freely. Before you finish tightening
the knobs, make sure that all parts of the router are well
clear of the two posts and lift rod. Figure 6 shows the ap­proximate position of a PC 690 motor relative to the posts.
Now remove the coupling from the lift rod and set it aside
for later.

Carriage adjusted
close to plate.

Figure 4.

INSTALLING YOUR ROUTER MOTOR

STEP 4. Make sure the carriage has been raised to the
top, locked and the lift wrench has been removed. Then
remove the lift from the table, flip it over and set it back into
the table opening as shown in Figure 4.

Clamp knobs.

Figure 5a.

Figure 5b.

STEP 5. Make sure the clamp knobs are backed off enough
to allow your motor to slide in. Loosely set a coupling on
the lift screw. (Figure 5a). Slowly drop the router into place.
Support the motor so it just begins to go through the open­ing in the plate. (Figure 5b).

3" long bolt.

T-k nob.

Clamp block.

Hex nut.

Short edge of plate.

Figure 7a.

INSTALL THE TWO CLAMP BLOCKS

STEP 7. Carefully study Figure 7a. Thread one of the small
T-knobs onto a 3" long bolt with the top of the knob going

on the bolt first, toward the hex
head. Now slip a clamp block
onto the bolt oriented as shown
above with the flat side facing
the knob. Then thread a hex nut
about ½" up the bolt. And finally,
thread the bolt into the threaded
hole centered near the short

Figure 7b.

edge of the plate. If needed, use
a 7⁄16" wrench to lightly snug the
bolt into the plate. (cont’d.)

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DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN THE BOLT. Overtightening will
damage the plate. Snug the hex nut against the plate. (Fig­ure 7b). Repeat the same steps for the other clamp block.

Clamp block.

Drill 9⁄32 hole in these
two locations.

Clamp knob.

Figure 8.

STEP 8.

Once your router motor and the two clamp blocks
have been installed, remove the Side Winder from the table
and set it back in, right side up. From underneath the table
rotate the clamp blocks in place and tighten the two knobs.
The clamp blocks hook under the edge of the table opening.
(Figure 8).

Side panel.

Figure 10.

STEP 10. Using the side panel as a guide, drill two

9

⁄32 dia.
holes through the router table stand. Fasten the panel in
place using the remaining two connector bolts and nuts.
(Figure 10).

Pin.

1st

2nd

Coupling.

Flex shaft.

Figure 11.

STEP 11. First slip the pin into a coupling until it bottoms
out. Tighten the set screw onto the flat of the pin. Now
push the flex shaft into the other end of the coupling. Tight­en the remaining set screw onto the flex shaft. Now loosen
the first set screw and remove the pin. You’ll need it for the
next step. (Figure 11).

STEP 12. Insert the pin into the

Connector bolt.

remaining coupling and tighten
the set screw on the flat just like
before. Set the coupling aside

Figure 9.

for now and thread the bare end
of the flex shaft up through the
bearing in the bracket. Secure

SIDE CRANK INSTALLATION ON A
WOODPECKERS® ROUTER TABLE STAND

This section assumes you’re installing the Side Winder onto
a Woodpeckers® Router Table Stand.

STEP 9. Remove the existing hex bolt from the inside cor­ner of the router table stand and attach the side panel using
one of the connector bolts and hex nuts. (Figure 9).

the coupling onto the end of the
flex shaft. Now both ends of the
flex shaft should have couplings
attached and the end going up
through the bracket should have
the pin installed as well. (Figure

12).

Flex shaft.

Bracket.

Figure 12.

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