"Carmmond" wrote in message
om...
I'm just about ready to take the plunge on a PC 895 and then I read
this. Now I'm not sure what to buy?? I liked the PC but your making me
a little nervous about it. My other thought was to go with the Dewalt
DW618 any thoughts?? yuou guy's seem to really know your stuff and I'm
buying my very first router.
Thanks

I'm in the same boat as you but this will be my second router. The
first one was the $99 router and table setup from Craftsman. It is so
hard to use I always find a work around so I don't have to use it I
have been looking at the Milwaukee 5616-21 2-1/4 Max HP EVS BodyGrip
Router Kit. I don't know if anyone here has input on that model but
look into it.


I've had more time to work with the PC 895 router and although Greg brought up
some good points especially with the plunge base, the router performs very
well. I am very impressed with its performance in a table with the fixed base.
The adjustment works perfectly and I can't think of anyway it could be improved
upon. It has plenty of power and runs very quiet. I have not worked with the
plunge base very much but I have had good consistent results with it each time I
tried it. I only paid $200 for it and I don't think that I could do better
for that amount. Time will tell.


Neal