GREAT ROUTERS!

Router Woodworking

The 5615 is a splendid tool but with a few surprises. When the new Dewalt Pk arrives there will be at least 8 fixed base tools in this class.

The information from this link has been added to that in my new CD, "A Routing Outing". In that work, expect to find the state of the art in routers and routing. In addition to the top 25 or so routers from the 10 "most wanted" (makers of routers), you will find practical information on routing aluminum, templets, collets, drilling and tapping wood, a 50 cent starter router table fence, the pros & cons of putting the router in table saw stand, and understanding the value of variable speed and soft start.

To get the advertisers' take on the routers in my CD, click the links in the list below. To get behind the scenes consider a copy of "A Routing Outing".

1. Bosch 1617 plunge/fixed base package (Boschpk)
2. Bosch plunger in the kit above (RA1166 empty casting)
3. Bosch 1617EVS
4. Bosch 1618EVS
5. Bosch 1619EVS
6. PC plunge/fixed base package 693VSPK, (LRVS+6931)
7. PC 7518
8. PC 7529
9. PC 9290
10. PC 690LRVS
11. PC 310
12. PC 690
13. PC 7539
14. DeWalt 610
15. DW 621
16. DW 625
17. Freud FT2000
18. Fein 1800
19. Makita RF 1101
20. Makita 3612C
21. Makita plunge RP1101
22. Makita Dee handle RD1101
23. Milwaukee 5615
24. Milwaukee dee handle 5620
25. Hitachi M12V
26. Hitachi TR12
27. Festo (www.festool-usa.com)
28. Ryobi (Ryobitools.com)