I received my Profil 45 Z with the Aigner Integral fence and high-speed spindle one month ago.? While I haven't used it yet I found the same lifting issue as you.? Moving the fence as far to the rear helps substantially.? Pushing up on the overhead fence assembly rather the using the lift handle makes it easier and is more convenient too.? As far as the difficulty related to pulling the pin while lifting the fence goes, I found pulling the pin before the lift and slipping a thin piece of metal in front of the pin eliminated that issue.? But you must remove the metal before letting go of the fence!? I have a string attached to the metal to do this.
On my machine the distance between the center of the collet and the fence is 5/8" with the fence moved all the way to the rear.??
On Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 09:03:46 AM EDT, Richard Stevens via groups.io <richard.stevens@...> wrote:
Brian, for some weird reason I do recall a long time ago someone jerry rigging a block and tackle setup to help lift the shaper hood on the Profil 45. ?Easily ten or more years ago. ?
I have the Profil 45 also and CAN vouch for the fact that it is a mother of a hood to lift whilst also pulling the pin. ?I¡¯m not exactly physically compromised and have had troubles with it since day 1. ?The air jack isn¡¯t powerful enough to help lift it. Perhaps a bigger one is warranted. Truth be told the entire hood is badly designed. My son who is professional woodworker raised this with the Felder techs at either Ligna or Holzhandwerk shows in Germany last year and they (Felder) conceded the entire hood is flawed.
My other beef with the hood is that with the Aigner Integral fence I can¡¯t use the high speed spindle coz the fence is much thicker than the standard Felder aluminium plates and the fence can¡¯t be moved far back enough to run router bits. So, a $2000 high speed spindle is of zero use. If some one has a work around for this, I¡¯d love to hear about it.?
