On 31 Oct, 17:17, Steve Barker wrote:
Advanced Beginner is what i'd call myself. *I want to purchase a new
router that will be sufficient 'till i get further along into more
complicated things later. *I'm currently attracted to a Milwaukee model
that comes with a fixed base and the plunge base. *I'd like something
powerful enough to put in and out of a router table and mostly work with
red oak.

thanks for any and all input.

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Steve Barker
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As a beginner myself, the only advice I can give is to make sure the
model you end with has a depth-stop lock. Mine hasn't (Bosch POF500A -
or if it has, I can't bloody find it!), which makes it a bit of a
bugger to use on more precise work.