"Robert Allison" wrote in message
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I had been using my portercable router on a routing table and had to take
it to a jobsite to do a couple of things. When I went to use it, I had set
it on a worktable and bent down to plug the cord into the wall socket
behind the table. When I plugged it in, it was on. It started up (soft
start) and stayed right where it was, not falling onto my head with the
3/4" dado bit in it, without the base.

I always thought the soft start was nice, but now I find that I just love
it for some reason.

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Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

I never realized how much I liked the soft start on my M12V. Then, one day,
the variable speed electronic unit went out. The router would speed up,
slow down, speed up again. One day it stopped running completely so I
opened up the top, snipped the variable speed controller and wired it back
up.

Next time I went to use it (handheld, not table) I had a blinding flash of
the obvious when I turned it on. AHA!!!! That little doohickey controls
the soft start too!!!! Good thing I was holding on tight. It has a bit of
start up torque to it now.

Thinking about getting a milwaukee or triton. Maybe I should stop by sears
(nailshooter).

Joe