Has anyone tried one of these? Is it worth the money?

Thanks,

S.

Do not expect 690 performance nor excellence on any inside cut.
Do expect light duty work for short periods where there is no way to
get power.
Worth it? Perhaps, but if you have power at your side: Maybe not.
More on routers?
See http://www.patwarner.com
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samson wrote:
Has anyone tried one of these? Is it worth the money?

Thanks,

S.

wrote in message
ups.com...
Do not expect 690 performance nor excellence on any inside cut.
Do expect light duty work for short periods where there is no way to
get power.
Worth it? Perhaps, but if you have power at your side: Maybe not.
More on routers?
See http://www.patwarner.com
**********************************************
samson wrote:
Has anyone tried one of these? Is it worth the money?

Thanks,

S.

The guys in The Router Workshop have at least one with at least 2 batteries.
Every now and then, the router would run out of power during a cut. So,
they just popped the dead battery off and put on a live one. I have
wondered about the smoothness of cut that a router that must be way
underpowered will yield.

Jim

At that voltage, there is no reason that that router would have to be any
less powerfull than a 690 other than battery life. bably kept to a lower
current draw just to make it last a while. Couldn't be to low powered
though, the way the guys on the Router Workshop like to horse routers
around, if it was to underpowered, they would stall them. In any case, if it
develops more that 1/4 horse, it should cut just fine. I really don't see
the need though.
"Jim" wrote in message
et...

The guys in The Router Workshop have at least one with at least 2
batteries.
Every now and then, the router would run out of power during a cut. So,
they just popped the dead battery off and put on a live one. I have
wondered about the smoothness of cut that a router that must be way
underpowered will yield.

Jim

Jim wrote:


wrote in message
ups.com...
Do not expect 690 performance nor excellence on any inside cut.
Do expect light duty work for short periods where there is no way to
get power.
Worth it? Perhaps, but if you have power at your side: Maybe not.
More on routers?
See http://www.patwarner.com
**********************************************
samson wrote:
Has anyone tried one of these? Is it worth the money?

Thanks,

S.

The guys in The Router Workshop have at least one with at least 2
batteries.
Every now and then, the router would run out of power during a cut. So,
they just popped the dead battery off and put on a live one. I have
wondered about the smoothness of cut that a router that must be way
underpowered will yield.

Jim

It would probably cut better than the Craftsman Professional router I
ebay'ed when I bought a real router.
I liked the idea since I have a small garage/shop I tend to carry things out
to the back yard and lay them on the picnic table so the cordless tools
work well there. Doesn't seem to be a current selling product though.

I use it to do some initial pattern cuts when I do my poker tables (I cut
the bulk outside when its nice)
anyways - works fine - I maybe use it for 10-20 mins total each table I do.
(I have a dedicated bit in it so Its kind of nice just to pick it up and go)

Would I every trade it for one of my corded ones - hell no.


"samson" wrote in message
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Has anyone tried one of these? Is it worth the money?

Thanks,

S.

"samson" wrote in message
Has anyone tried one of these? Is it worth the money?

I own one ... if you don't have a real need, don't bother. If you do, it
does the job handsomely.

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