does anyone have any opinions on skil routers... more specifically the Skil
1815... or the skil brand in general?

thanks...

also if anybody has any experiences to share about grizzly and black&decker
brands....

thanks

does anyone have any opinions on skil routers... more specifically the Skil
1815... or the skil brand in general?

thanks...

TThey sent a replacement switch for their belt sander 6 MONTHS after
the order was placed!

On 29 Feb 2004 06:47:51 GMT, (Ah10201) wrote:

does anyone have any opinions on skil routers... more specifically the Skil
1815... or the skil brand in general?

thanks...

IMHO with Skil products and with the exception of the Model 77 worm drive
circle saw the product is OK if you will use it one or two times.
I would put B & D there also.



"Ah10201" wrote in message
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does anyone have any opinions on skil routers... more specifically the
Skil
1815... or the skil brand in general?

thanks...

In article ,
Ah10201 wrote:
does anyone have any opinions on skil routers... more specifically the Skil
1815... or the skil brand in general?

thanks...

The Skil 18xx series is relatively new on the market, so there's not a
lot of 'history' to go by for that specific equipment.

I"ve got the 1825, which is essentially the same unit, packaged with both the
fixed and plunge bases.

It's only seen relatively light use so far -- and I don't use big bits -- but,
to date, I'm quite happy with it. The soft-start, and variable speed are
*nice* features.

I found the height adjust on the plunge base to be _very_ *counter-intuitive*,
but once I got it doped out, it seems to work pretty well.


I *would* expect the higher-priced big-name 'professional' brands to hold up
better under _heavy_ use. At 2 to 3 times the money, however, they damn-well
SHOULD. grin

To my (admittedly _unexperienced_, as far as routers go) eye, the Skil
looked like the best 'bang for the buck', _within_the_limitations_ of
what I would likely be doing.