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Don,
Thanks, I did the same thing with the battery. I looked at that thing and thought no way, but I wanted it because of the size. The guy said the only restriction was how long the power cable was. He said try and keep it under 3'. We will see.
Since you are working on wooding your body, you might get a kick out of this. I was putting my wood floor in the bed of the truck. Now wood is my least favorite to work with. I got it all cut and in place, then I started checking for clearance everywhere. My rule of thumb is 2" of clearance everywhere no matter what. I crawled underneath to check and found I only had 1 1/2" of clearance between the rear cross member and the quick change.There is only 7" of height in my bed I didn't want to loose anymore.
A friend of mine was here (retired carpenter) asked what I was moaning about so I told him. He said mark the interference and give him the wood. He came back in an hour. He routed out a 1/2" of the 3/4" board. If you look at the photo the small rectangle is for the cross member and the big one is for the rear end.
So I thought if you have any wood clearance problems this might be an suggestion for you.

Great solution. I may have some of those areas myself. Years ago I sold my router at a garage sale because I never worked with wood. Maybe time to buy another one.

I don't mind working with wood too much, it is a lot lighter than steel and the slivers are easier to get out of your fingers.


Don