Once I have got the worktop sourced (see previous post) I will need a half
inch router

what do the team think of the silverline offered by toolstation?

I have a couple of kitchens to do with wooden worktops

I prefer to buy rather than hire

any other recommendations without going top of the range prices

Regards

On Jun 15, 4:35*pm, "TMC" wrote:
Once I have got the worktop sourced (see previous post) I will need a half
inch router

what do the team think of the silverline offered by toolstation?

I have a couple of kitchens to do with wooden worktops

I prefer to buy rather than hire

any other recommendations without going top of the range prices

Regards


If it's like the Silverline one I got from Toolstation a couple of
years ago, don't bother. I needed a 1/2 inch router to make one
worktop corner joint and didn't want to hire but there was so much
slop in it, it went back unused for a refund. The Screwfix Titan ones
are worse.

Ended up with an Erbauer which is reasonable enough for the odd
worktop and general carpentry but, if you were in the market for
something to make fine furniture with, I think you'd want to spend
more.

John Rumm wrote:
On 15/06/2011 16:35, TMC wrote:
Once I have got the worktop sourced (see previous post) I will need a
half inch router

what do the team think of the silverline offered by toolstation?

Not tried it, but would not hold out too much hope!

I have a couple of kitchens to do with wooden worktops

No doubt it will mange a couple of kitchens though.

I prefer to buy rather than hire

any other recommendations without going top of the range prices

The SF own branded one gets reasonable reviews:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-er...ter-230v/95675

Mid price, MM have a reasonable Freud:

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...0w-router-230v






Or buy a Dewalt and flog it after the job is done

On Jun 15, 4:35*pm, "TMC" wrote:
Once I have got the worktop sourced (see previous post) I will need a half
inch router

what do the team think of the silverline offered by toolstation?

I have a couple of kitchens to do with wooden worktops

I prefer to buy rather than hire

any other recommendations without going top of the range prices

Regards

I bought a B+Q PP branded one for this job: The basic operation is
fine, but depth control is absolutely useless, not that that matters
for worktops, skimming the ends off doors etc, and it was hardly
expensive.
If you're like me, the first one of anything you buy is never quite
good enough - I always wind up buying something better down the road,
if it turns out to be useful!

What surprised me though was how good the finish was when cutting my
worktop to length with a circular saw: It didn't need finishing off
with a router (except that I'd left a bit on the length to allow for
this!)

"John Rumm" wrote in message
...
On 15/06/2011 16:35, TMC wrote:
Once I have got the worktop sourced (see previous post) I will need a
half inch router

what do the team think of the silverline offered by toolstation?

Not tried it, but would not hold out too much hope!

I have a couple of kitchens to do with wooden worktops

No doubt it will mange a couple of kitchens though.

I prefer to buy rather than hire

any other recommendations without going top of the range prices

The SF own branded one gets reasonable reviews:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-er...ter-230v/95675

Mid price, MM have a reasonable Freud:

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...0w-router-230v





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Cheers,

John.


I looked at the erbauer but it is out of stock at the moment

Also the freud but that is limited stock as well

the clarke cr2 at MM may be worth a look at but again that is limited stock

Cheers

"TMC" wrote:
Once I have got the worktop sourced (see previous post) I will need a half inch router

what do the team think of the silverline offered by toolstation?

I have a couple of kitchens to do with wooden worktops

I prefer to buy rather than hire

any other recommendations without going top of the range prices

Regards

I bought this one after throwing away a Power Devil piece of crap...
http://tinyurl.com/66skn74
It's been a great tool and has not let me down yet. The box it comes in is
really good too, lots of storage for bits.


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What else are opposable thumbs for? Get to me at
masterfix{at}btinternet{dot}com

"Dean Heighington" wrote in message
...
"TMC" wrote:
Once I have got the worktop sourced (see previous post) I will need a
half inch router

what do the team think of the silverline offered by toolstation?

I have a couple of kitchens to do with wooden worktops

I prefer to buy rather than hire

any other recommendations without going top of the range prices

Regards

I bought this one after throwing away a Power Devil piece of crap...
http://tinyurl.com/66skn74
It's been a great tool and has not let me down yet. The box it comes in is
really good too, lots of storage for bits.


I already have a Perles 1/4 inch router

Its the 1/2 inch machine I need


Regards

On Jun 17, 7:44*am, "TMC" wrote:
"Dean Heighington" wrote in message

...

"TMC" wrote:
Once I have got the worktop sourced (see previous post) I will need a
half inch router

what do the team think of the silverline offered by toolstation?

I have a couple of kitchens to do with wooden worktops

I prefer to buy rather than hire

any other recommendations without going top of the range prices

Regards

I bought this one after throwing away a Power Devil piece of crap...
http://tinyurl.com/66skn74
It's been a great tool and has not let me down yet. The box it comes in is
really good too, lots of storage for bits.

I already have a Perles 1/4 inch router

Its the 1/2 inch machine I need

Regards

What jobs will a half incher do that a quarter wont?


NT

Tabby wrote:
On Jun 17, 7:44 am, "TMC" wrote:
"Dean Heighington" wrote in message

...

"TMC" wrote:
Once I have got the worktop sourced (see previous post) I will need a
half inch router
what do the team think of the silverline offered by toolstation?
I have a couple of kitchens to do with wooden worktops
I prefer to buy rather than hire
any other recommendations without going top of the range prices
Regards
I bought this one after throwing away a Power Devil piece of crap...
http://tinyurl.com/66skn74
It's been a great tool and has not let me down yet. The box it comes in is
really good too, lots of storage for bits.
I already have a Perles 1/4 inch router

Its the 1/2 inch machine I need

Regards

What jobs will a half incher do that a quarter wont?


NT
Big jobs!

On Jun 17, 12:01*pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
Tabby wrote:
On Jun 17, 7:44 am, "TMC" wrote:
"Dean Heighington" wrote in message

...

"TMC" wrote:
Once I have got the worktop sourced (see previous post) I will need a
half inch router
what do the team think of the silverline offered by toolstation?
I have a couple of kitchens to do with wooden worktops
I prefer to buy rather than hire
any other recommendations without going top of the range prices
Regards
I bought this one after throwing away a Power Devil piece of crap...
http://tinyurl.com/66skn74
It's been a great tool and has not let me down yet. The box it comes in is
really good too, lots of storage for bits.
I already have a Perles 1/4 inch router

Its the 1/2 inch machine I need

Regards

What jobs will a half incher do that a quarter wont?

NT

Big jobs!

well that was useful.

"Tabby" wrote in message
...
On Jun 17, 12:01 pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
Tabby wrote:
On Jun 17, 7:44 am, "TMC" wrote:
"Dean Heighington" wrote in message

...

"TMC" wrote:
Once I have got the worktop sourced (see previous post) I will need a
half inch router
what do the team think of the silverline offered by toolstation?
I have a couple of kitchens to do with wooden worktops
I prefer to buy rather than hire
any other recommendations without going top of the range prices
Regards
I bought this one after throwing away a Power Devil piece of crap...
http://tinyurl.com/66skn74
It's been a great tool and has not let me down yet. The box it comes
in is
really good too, lots of storage for bits.
I already have a Perles 1/4 inch router

Its the 1/2 inch machine I need

Regards

What jobs will a half incher do that a quarter wont?

NT

Big jobs!

well that was useful.

Seee my earlier post regarding wooden worktops

"John Rumm" wrote in message
...
On 17/06/2011 07:44, TMC wrote:

"Dean Heighington" wrote in message
...

"TMC" wrote:

I bought this one after throwing away a Power Devil piece of crap...
http://tinyurl.com/66skn74
It's been a great tool and has not let me down yet. The box it comes
in is
really good too, lots of storage for bits.


I already have a Perles 1/4 inch router

Its the 1/2 inch machine I need

The description on that one suggests it will take a 1/2" shank, even
though the title says 1/4"

In fact if you look here at the same part number:

http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/...&product=57407

its got a better description of it.

Routers are very much a case of you get what you pay for IME. While not
being much of a fan of much Ryobi stuff in general, I suspect that may be
a better choice than some of the more budget options.


--
Cheers,

John.


Thanks John certainly looks worth a shot

Regards

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:35:06 +0100
"TMC" wrote:

Once I have got the worktop sourced (see previous post) I will need a
half inch router

what do the team think of the silverline offered by toolstation?

I have a couple of kitchens to do with wooden worktops

I prefer to buy rather than hire

any other recommendations without going top of the range prices

Regards




A 1/2 inch router is one of those tools (like an angle grinder) that
when you get one you wonder how you ever managed without it.

I got sold a Freud at a woodwork show, with a good discount and a set
of their own bits thrown in. This was in about 1998, and it is still
going strong having been the power behind most of my cabinet making
since then - and that includes over a hundred panelled kitchen cabinet
doors made with both hard wood and MDF.

Buy a good one, and enjoy your woodworking.

R.