I recently bought the Skil combo router kit #1825 based on a positive
review I read, and it's been an exercise in frustration that I feel
compelled to document, in part because I could have used this
information a couple of months ago and in part because I'm hoping that
somebody can straighten me out. Lord knows the instruction manual is
useless.

Before I proceed, I now know I should have gotten a different router,
and sooner rather than later I will probably do just that.

So: most of my use of this router has been with the fixed base, so it
may be that using the plunge base will take care of the problem ... but
my gripe is that fixed base doesn't attach tightly enough to the router
unit itself. The height adjustment knocks everything out of whack.
After I adjust it to the height/depth I need, it needs to stay there
.... instead, it sort of racks, deflecting the bit away from
perpendicular to the base 1/16th of an inch or more. Has anybody else
had this experience? It's certainly not conducive to precision.

Is this problem found in other, more expensive combo router kits?

Jim in PA