Tom Dacon wrote:


I guess what I'm not "getting" is the router. I've got a Porter-Cable
890 that lives permanently in the router table, a couple Porter-Cable
690s that I use handheld, and recently a new Dewalt 611 which is a
nice little 1 1/4 hp machine, a sort of big brother to a trim router.
It has a good depth adjustment mechanism, but has the drawback that
it accepts only 1/4" bits. All these machines are working out OK for
me, so I'm not feeling like I need to up my game in that area.


I have a DeWalt 618 that also spends 99% of its time in the table. It came
with both the 1/4" and the 1/2" collets, but I don't think I've ever put the
1/2" collet in the thing. The 1/4" has handled everything I've ever needed
to throw at it so far, so who knows - maybe at some point, but for now - it
just works.

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-Mike-