JessEm Mast-R-Lift II (Metric)

Yes, it`s expensive. You will get what you pay for without a doubt. The R&D invested by Jessom, the materials, the manufacturing & engineering are all reflected in the price as a fair deal. There is only one decision to make, and only one aspect of the pricing that is annoying. The decision is between the Jessem and the Incra, as they are almost identical apart from the insert rings having a tab-loc (Jessem) and magnetic (Incra). The rather annoying price feature, which is unfair in my opinion, is the inflated price difference between the imperial and the metric versions. The lift with an Imperial lift thread mechanism is just shy of £300, while the metric is just shy of £480. A whopping £180 quid difference for the same amount of engineering, material, set-up, and overall presentation as far as I can tell. Not morally right IMHO. I mainly work in metric and did consider the Imperial version as I am using a digital add-on height DRO. But IMHO, and in my mind, it wouldn`t be what I would ideally want, so I bought the metric. All this said, I am not at all disappointed overall. I bought everything Jessem produce for the router and built it into my own custom cabinet. One other aspect that reflects the highest quality engineering is the absolute zero backlash in the up-down mechanism. I have confirmed this using a Mitutoyo Absolute Digital DTI / height gauge -result? .. Zero backlash. I enjoy owning the best possible tools and equipment I can afford, even if I overstretch from time to time. I am a country mile off being disappointed. I hope this helps someone.

I am very happy with this lift especially with the material and the overall quality and feel, money well spent :)

Build quality is to very a high standard and a excellent addition to my workshop. Really pleased I spent the money on this and not another version. You get what you pay for as they say.

This router lift is now my favourite bit of kit in my hobby room. You may think it a bit overkill for a weekend tinkerer but my tinkering is guitar building and if ever there was need for perfection in measuring this is it. I love my new lift it gives me everything I need. It was easy to fit and set up and it works in beautiful tandem with the router I bought from Wood Workers Workshop at Christmas. If it is precision you are after in your routing then get this lift, you will not be disappointed. Always check the dimensions of your router as this lift isn't for every router

If you have a router which will fit this lift, I don't think you'll be disappointed, it's a very good tool.

The only down side to it is that it will only fit a limited range of router body diameters, and I don't think they publish what those diameters are. You may think that the moveable pads will accommodate varying diameters, which they do, but there is virtually no tolerance to those diameters, if you want to tighten the band to grip the router more than a fraction of a millimetre, it will pull the legs in and bind the whole mechanism. I was able to 3D print a collar to fill the gap, and that works fine. If you are able/prepared to do this, buy one.