Adjusting cut depth in table?

You can flip the release and plunge the router up and down. It is very difficult, because you are fighting the spring in the router.

this is the issue with this. The adjustment is a disaster. You have to loosen the spring (wing nut) on router, and then springs immediately fully expand so you have to work from scratch each time. Horrible design.

I used the plunge feature to adjust the depth. Along with a ruler to fit my depth I needed. I've made several channel cuts, and edge cuts with it. While it's attached to the table, unhook the plunge release and lift the router where you need the bit. then refasten the plunge release. Be careful of the depth gauge rod. It can get in the way of going all the way up.

That's the draw back with this tool. You have to push the router up and lock it in the position you want it to cut. You can set the depth bar as a stop but it is a try and try again system to get it the way you want it.

This particular combo is very hard to make a precision adjustment to the depth setting when using the router with the table. There is the adjustable stop on the side of the router body, but it is simply a stop, it cannot be dialed back and forth with the router setting engaged. You must release the router, adjust the stop a little, then re-clamp the router (which is a sort of gymnastic feat in itself given that you must push up on the bottom of the router while clamping the clamp with the "other" hand), and it takes me many cycles of this process to get the thing adjusted, then it seems to get out of adjustment on a long cut like moulding.

If you cannot make the rabbets all in one pass, (about 1/4" or less), then you can release the plunge on the router, adjust the fine rod so more bit sticks up through the table, (the green tip on the chrome bar on the adjustment system), and reset the plunge and remeasure the height of the bit. No need to remove the router. Remember all this is kind of in reverse, since the router is upside down. You will release the plunge down, adjust the green tipped chrome rod down, and then push the plunge back up to the stop. Your bit will then be higher. Be sure to measure accurately. A small triangle comes in handy for this.