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Which is the better Buy Router and lift or Shaper
I Have been looking at the incra router lift and the Porter cable 7518 router
the cost of these two items is near the price of a low end shaper what is the best buy . |
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Which is the better Buy Router and lift or Shaper
LtET9 wrote:
I Have been looking at the incra router lift and the Porter cable 7518 router the cost of these two items is near the price of a low end shaper what is the best buy . First of all, I don;t think Incra makes a lift, although you might be referring to one of the Woodpeckers (woodpeck.com) lift, they make the lifts gold, so they end up looking like other Incra stuff. Anyway, you should find several shaper vs router-on-a-table discussions in the archives of this and other forums. The last consensus I heard about the issue was this: A shaper is a rather advanced and dangerous machine, so in that sense it is better to start with a router. If you get a router + router table, you can take the router off and use it freehand, something you cannot do with a shaper. Also shaper blades are mroe expensive. The note that stuck with me was that a shaper is more dangerous than a router (think of the big spinning blade), so I will not look into a shaper until I know I need it. -- gabriel |
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Which is the better Buy Router and lift or Shaper
"LtET9" wrote in message ... I Have been looking at the incra router lift and the Porter cable 7518 router the cost of these two items is near the price of a low end shaper what is the best buy . Depends on what you want to do. IMO, the router is a more versatile tool. Ed |
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Which is the better Buy Router and lift or Shaper
"LtET9" wrote in message ... I Have been looking at the incra router lift and the Porter cable 7518 router the cost of these two items is near the price of a low end shaper what is the best buy . I was looking at the same trade recently -- some of the lower end shapers also support router bits and so you can get a router / shaper that acts much like a router table ok -- so whats the ringer ? -- well a shaper table seems to top out at 10000RPM, while routers operate at twice that speed. My choice the woodpecker lift and the 7518 router -- nice combo |
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Which is the better Buy Router and lift or Shaper
After a month of research, I went with the woodpecker PRL, Makita R1101 and
Rockler fence. Been very happy with everything. "LtET9" wrote in message ... I Have been looking at the incra router lift and the Porter cable 7518 router the cost of these two items is near the price of a low end shaper what is the best buy . |
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Which is the better Buy Router and lift or Shaper
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:48:26 +0000, LtET9 wrote:
I Have been looking at the incra router lift and the Porter cable 7518 router the cost of these two items is near the price of a low end shaper what is the best buy . First questions: What do you want to rout or shape? Buy according to your needs. |
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Which is the better Buy Router and lift or Shaper
Take a look at the big Milwuakee router. Its about the same price as the PC
7518, and has above the table adjustment, which eliminates the need for a lift. One draw back is that it doesn't raise the bit high enough to remove while in the table, but I'm more that willing to lift the router and plate out to change bits in return for saving the price of a lift!. |
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Which is the better Buy Router and lift or Shaper
While thats a good choice I suppose a cheaper and proven method would be the
Hitachi M12 $129-159 around the web, and a Router Raizer. If you havent looked into these things man take a look! Its about $89 and worth every penny. Fits a slew of plunge routers and their website is a wealth of information. www.routertechnologies.com Take a look you'll be glad you did. Jim "Rkola" wrote in message ... Take a look at the big Milwuakee router. Its about the same price as the PC 7518, and has above the table adjustment, which eliminates the need for a lift. One draw back is that it doesn't raise the bit high enough to remove while in the table, but I'm more that willing to lift the router and plate out to change bits in return for saving the price of a lift!. |
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