Advanced Beginner is what i'd call myself. I want to purchase a new
router that will be sufficient 'till i get further along into more
complicated things later. I'm currently attracted to a Milwaukee model
that comes with a fixed base and the plunge base. I'd like something
powerful enough to put in and out of a router table and mostly work with
red oak.

thanks for any and all input.

--
Steve Barker
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On Oct 31, 1:17*pm, Steve Barker wrote:
Advanced Beginner is what i'd call myself. *I want to purchase a new
router that will be sufficient 'till i get further along into more
complicated things later. *I'm currently attracted to a Milwaukee model
that comes with a fixed base and the plunge base. *I'd like something
powerful enough to put in and out of a router table and mostly work with
red oak.

thanks for any and all input.

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

The 1 3/4 HP single speed is not reccommended. The 2 1/4 HP unit VS
is. I had several Milwaukees and always liked them. The single speed
1-3/4HP is a screamer and just not very useful.

I have since bought the Ridgid kit and really like it. Certainly good
value. The plunge base is smooth and the dust collection is pretty
good....for a router that is. A silly as it may seem, the LED lighting
built in to the Ridgid is actually quite useful.

Still hard to beat that 2. 1/4HP Milwaukee though...... the extra
money might be worth it, depending on your wallet.

On 31 Oct, 17:17, Steve Barker wrote:
Advanced Beginner is what i'd call myself. *I want to purchase a new
router that will be sufficient 'till i get further along into more
complicated things later. *I'm currently attracted to a Milwaukee model
that comes with a fixed base and the plunge base. *I'd like something
powerful enough to put in and out of a router table and mostly work with
red oak.

thanks for any and all input.

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

As a beginner myself, the only advice I can give is to make sure the
model you end with has a depth-stop lock. Mine hasn't (Bosch POF500A -
or if it has, I can't bloody find it!), which makes it a bit of a
bugger to use on more precise work.

"Steve Barker" wrote in message
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Advanced Beginner is what i'd call myself. I want to purchase a new
router that will be sufficient 'till i get further along into more
complicated things later. I'm currently attracted to a Milwaukee
model that comes with a fixed base and the plunge base. I'd like
something powerful enough to put in and out of a router table and
mostly work with red oak.

thanks for any and all input.

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

Here's some expert advice from Pat Warner:

www.patwarner.com


Bob S.

Freud units (in the old days) always took a different, nonsymetrical bolt
pattern, base plate. Sears tools were Freud also, then. This can be a pain
in the arse trying to buy the "odd" base plate for a router table.

Nice soft-start unit I have but plates were harder to get.



"Steve Barker" wrote in message
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Advanced Beginner is what i'd call myself. I want to purchase a new
router that will be sufficient 'till i get further along into more
complicated things later. I'm currently attracted to a Milwaukee model
that comes with a fixed base and the plunge base. I'd like something
powerful enough to put in and out of a router table and mostly work with
red oak.

thanks for any and all input.

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

On 31 Oct, 20:08, "dadiOH" wrote:

If it doesn't have a way of fixing the depth rod you can easily fix it -
just add another nut on the depth rod and jamb them together to lock the
depth.


Cheers for the suggestion, but there isn't a way to do this. I have in
the mean time, however, figured out a way of making a depth lock by
using some threaded rod and extending it through the plunge-handle
holes. It'll be a bit Heath-Robinson, but then again, all the best
things are!

On Oct 31, 8:26*pm, David Paste wrote:
On 31 Oct, 20:08, "dadiOH" wrote:

If it doesn't have a way of fixing the depth rod you can easily fix it -
just add another nut on the depth rod and jamb them together to lock the
depth.

Cheers for the suggestion, but there isn't a way to do this. I have in
the mean time, however, figured out a way of making a depth lock by
using some threaded rod and extending it through the plunge-handle
holes. It'll be a bit Heath-Robinson, but then again, all the best
things are!

I, of course, had to Google Heath-Robinson and found myself, nose-deep
in a wonderful world of fantastic silliness.
I was not aware of the man and his work ( although some prints look
familiar) and I have no idea how that ever escaped me.
Thanks for that!

r

"Steve Barker" wrote in message
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Advanced Beginner is what i'd call myself. I want to purchase a new
router that will be sufficient 'till i get further along into more
complicated things later. I'm currently attracted to a Milwaukee model
that comes with a fixed base and the plunge base. I'd like something
powerful enough to put in and out of a router table and mostly work with
red oak.

thanks for any and all input.

--
Steve Barker

I have the 2-1/2 HP Milwaukee *and* the same size Bosch. If you're inclined
toward the Milwaukee, get it. You won't be disappointed.
I have the *big* Milwaukee in a router table and it's terrific but it's too
heavy and too strong for hand held use......IMHO.

Max (of RORT)

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"Steve Barker" wrote in message
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Advanced Beginner is what i'd call myself. I want to purchase a new
router that will be sufficient 'till i get further along into more
complicated things later. I'm currently attracted to a Milwaukee model
that comes with a fixed base and the plunge base. I'd like something
powerful enough to put in and out of a router table and mostly work with
red oak.

thanks for any and all input.

--
Steve Barker

I have the 2-1/2 HP Milwaukee *and* the same size Bosch. If you're
inclined toward the Milwaukee, get it. You won't be disappointed.
I have the *big* Milwaukee in a router table and it's terrific but it's
too heavy and too strong for hand held use......IMHO.

Max (of RORT)

Oops. read 2-1/4 instead of 2-1/2.

Max

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Paul O.
"Steve Barker" wrote in message
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Advanced Beginner is what i'd call myself. I want to purchase a new
router that will be sufficient 'till i get further along into more
complicated things later. I'm currently attracted to a Milwaukee model
that comes with a fixed base and the plunge base. I'd like something
powerful enough to put in and out of a router table and mostly work with
red oak.

thanks for any and all input.

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

I have a Milwaukee like you are talking about and really like it. I also
have the Bosch with both bases, that one is good also.

Paul O.

On 1 Nov, 00:46, Robatoy wrote:


I, of course, had to Google Heath-Robinson and found myself, nose-deep
in a wonderful world of fantastic silliness.
I was not aware of the man and his work ( although some prints look
familiar) and I have no idea how that ever escaped me.
Thanks for that!


LOL! A staple of school-boy daydreaming in science lessons!