INCRA Side Winder HD Router Lift User Manual

Woodpeckers

PRECISION WOODWORKING TOOLS

®

Side Winder

R o u t e r L i f t .

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

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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.

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 installation of the Side Winder on
a Woodpeckers® Router Table and Router Table Stand as
shown in Figure 1.

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

Figure 2. Figure 3.

Lift

Wrench

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

Carriage

USING THE LIFT WRENCH

You’ll need to know how to use the Lift Wrench to install
your router motor. The Lift Wrench is typically used without
the lift spring and comes without the lift spring installed. It’s
recommended that the wrench be used without the spring
for installation of the router motor.

Figure 2. To change the carriage height (the carriage is
the part beneath the table that holds the motor), orient the
wrench with the handle pointing left toward the adjustable
scale.

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. Once it turns easily, simply rotate
it in either direction to lock the handle to the carriage. Now
raise or lower your router as needed. For the next step you
need to raise the motor completely to the top and remove
the lift wrench.

Figure 1.

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CHANGING BITS ABOVE THE TABLE AND
MOTOR LENGTH

Motor length determines whether above the table bit changes
are possible. Shorter motor barrels like that of the PC690, Bosch
1617/1618 and a few others are too short for above the table bit
changes whe n installed in the Si de Winder model SW420 or SW414.
The SW350 Side Winder is designed for above the table bit changes
when using smaller, shorter motors.

REMOVE THE RING

Figure 4. 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.

Figure 4.

Sleeve up against

plate.

No ring.

Figure 5.

INSTALLING YOUR ROUTER MOTOR

Figure 5. Make sure the carriage has been raised to the top then
remove the lift from the table, flip it over and set it back into the
table opening as shown in Figure 5. If the carriage is all the way
up the sleeves will be touching the plate.

Coupling.

Lift screw.

Clamp screws (4).

Figure 7a. When installing the Porter-Cable
7518, there is only one way it can go in. Before
inserting the motor make sure that all four clamp

Figure 7b.

screws are loose. Orient the motor in whatever
orientation is necessary for it to go all the way

in. Once in and against the plate rotate it as shown in Figure 7a.

Now s lip a cou pling on to the lif t scr ew to c heck for cle aran ce (Fig-
ur e 7b ). C are fully d ouble check that n o par t of th e motor i s in con ­tact with the posts or the coupling. If necessary, rotate the motor
to achieve clearance. When finished
remove the coupling for later.

Figure 8. Moderately tighten the
four clamp screws. The screws
should be tightened evenly and care
should be taken not to overtighten
them. Overtightening will result in
binding of the lift mechanism.

Figure 7a.

Figure 8.

First slot.

Second slot.

Figure 6.

INSTALLING MOTOR PADS

As shown in Figure 5, slide in one of the three pads. Before you
slide it all the way in, set a washer into the recess and slowly
lower the pad into position until the washer slips into one of the
two slots.

For the Porter-Cable 7518/7519/890/892 and Milwaukee 5625, use
the first slot. Shorter motors like the PC 690 and various Crafsman
models use the second slot. With the washer in the appropriate
slot, i

nstall a screw and tighten with supplied 5⁄64 hex key. Repeat

for all three pads.

Figure 9.

INSTALL TWO CLAMP
BLOCKS

Figure 9. Thread a knob onto one of the 3"
long bolts. Slip a clamp block onto the bolt and
then thread one of the hex nuts about ½" up
the bolt. The stepped side of the clamp block
needs to face the plate. Now thread the bolt into
one of the threaded holes in the plate. Use a 7⁄16"
wrench to lightly snug the bolt into the plate. DO
NOT OVERTIGHTEN THE BOLT. Now snug the
hex nut down to the plate.

Step side of block

toward plate.

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Side panel.

Connector bolt.

Figure 10.

Figure 13. Assemble the remain­ing coupling and pin together. Make
sure the set screw is tight on the
flat spot of the pin. Now thread the
end of the flex shaft up through the
bearing in the bracket and slide the
coupling onto the end of the flex
shaft. Tighten the set screw that
holds 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.

SIDE CRANK INSTALLATION ON THE
WOODPECKERS® ROUTER TABLE STAND

This section assumes your installing the Side Winder onto the
Woodpeckers® Router Table Stand.

Figure 10. Remove the existing hex bolt from the corner of the
router table stand and attach the side panel using one of the con­nector bolts and hex nuts.

Drill 9⁄32 hole in these
two locations.

Figure 11.

Figure 11. 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 connector bolts and nuts.

Figure 13.

Figure 14.

Figure 14. Apply a dab of grease on the outside of the pin and in­sert it through the hole in the side panel bolt. This will take some
effort. Be careful not to kink the flex shaft. Bend it just enough to
get the pin through the hole.

If necessary you can loosen the bracket by partially loosening the
large bolt. That might make it easier.

1st

Pin.

Coupling.

2nd

Figure 12. First slip the pin into a coupling. Make sure 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. Now loosen the first set screw and remove the pin.
You’ll need it for the next step.

Flex shaft.

Figure 12.

Figure 15.

Figure 15. From the outside, slip the crank handle onto the pin,
align the end of the pin with the face of the handle, align the set
screw with the flat spot on the pin and tighten the screw.

Double check that the handle has a little bit of in and out play. If
it’s tight, the handle will not crank freely.

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