I have had the Freud router for more than 10 years, in a shop-built router
table, ala NYWS. It has been a workhorse, and I would heartily recommend
it. It is a bit heavy for hand use, so I have a PC 690 for that.

Steve

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Hi All.

I posted awhile back asking questions about purchasing a router and
table
(http://groups.google.ca/group/rec.wo...819cf0187f900c
)
I have up to $600 to spend (Canadian).

While i was leaning towards Hitachi or DeWalt or PC, I found the
following and wanted to get opinions:

Home Depot has the following on special right now for $499.99:

Freud 3 1/4 Plunge Router:
http://store.yahoo.com/freud-tools/freudft2000e.html

and the table:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...e=dealtime-dah

Questions:

- Does anyone have any comments on these?
- Does this seem like a good deal?
- The comments on Amazon are mostly negative, which isnt a good sign -
they say its very difficult to change bits, the plunge router is stuff,
etc. Any comments on these?

Thanks!