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Fly-by-Night CC wrote:

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(C Ferg) wrote:

Can someone recommend a decent starter
model/brand for me?

Can someone recommend a vehicle for me? Sorry for the wise-ass answer
but like vehicle shopping, what you want to do with the router makes all
the difference in the responses you'll get.

Are you looking to do simple round-overs and mouldings or big, honkin'
crowns and raised panels?

Do you want hand-held, stationary or both? Plunge, fixed base or both?

What's your budget range in real dollars? (Don't worry about telling the
figure, no one is going to heckle you - OK, maybe some monkey butt will,
but we don't know who you are so the embarrassment will be short lived.)

You might be interested in looking at Pat Warner's router website. He's
well-respected in all things routerific.
http://www.patwarner.com

I have gotten some great deals at the pawn shop. I have a nice 1/2"
Bosch fixed base router that I think I paid less than $50 for. I
happen to like Bosch and Porter Cable. The library may have some
woodworking magazines. Most magazines review routers every other year
or so. I know some magizine I have a subscription to just had a
review. The name of the magazine slips the mind as I did not buy the
subscription.

Jim B.