"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
Dust is a problem you live with or equip your plunge router with D/C.

In the past, I did jury rig a total enclosure for a trim router when I was
trimming some acrylic, which can be quite messy. It wouldn't be too
difficult for me to do the same when cutting bench dog holes ~ just a bigger
enclosure needed and maybe a connection to my Festool CT22 dust collector .
And, I do own a Makita 3612BR plunge router which meets the requirements
you've laid out.

That given, I'd use a plunge router with at least a 2" stroke and a spiral
milling cutter, not a normal router bit.

Not familar with spiral milling cutters. Are they some type of upcutting
bit? What advantage would one be over a standard 3/4" router bit?