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.
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> "Steve Barker" <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> 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
On 31 Oct, 17:17, Steve Barker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Advanced Beginner is what i'd call myself. =A0I want to purchase a new
> router that will be sufficient 'till i get further along into more
> complicated things later. =A0I'm currently attracted to a Milwaukee model
> that comes with a fixed base and the plunge base. =A0I'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.
On 31 Oct, 20:08, "dadiOH" <[email protected]> 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, 1:17=A0pm, Steve Barker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Advanced Beginner is what i'd call myself. =A0I want to purchase a new
> router that will be sufficient 'till i get further along into more
> complicated things later. =A0I'm currently attracted to a Milwaukee model
> that comes with a fixed base and the plunge base. =A0I'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.
David Paste wrote:
> 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.
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.
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On 1 Nov, 00:46, Robatoy <[email protected]> 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!
On Oct 31, 8:26=A0pm, David Paste <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 31 Oct, 20:08, "dadiOH" <[email protected]> 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 th=
e
> > 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" <[email protected]> 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.
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Paul O.
"Steve Barker" <[email protected]> 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.
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" <[email protected]> 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