"Joseph Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:E1Bde.11025$eC.3203@trnddc07...
> At SAM's in Chesapeake, VA today I saw the PC 693LPRK for $120.00.
> They had originally started them at $199 last year.
> I've been looking for a lighter weight router for hand held use. Anyone
> else have
> this one; and is it a good buy at $120.00?
>
> Thanks,
> Joey in Chesapeake
>
I have one and like it. I rarely use the plunge base though.
$120 is a good price. I have never seen them any lower than $195.
Greg
"Joseph Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in news:E1Bde.11025$eC.3203
@trnddc07:
> 693LPRK
693LRPK...
I have the Variable Speed variant of the above. For that price, yeah, I'd
say go for it. The PC690 is a nice motor. And very reliable.
I didn't care for the plunge base at all.
When the plunge base got boogered up - I popped for the Bosch 1617EVSPK.
The difference between the two, to me at least, is amazing.
The Bosch being much more refined.
On Tue, 03 May 2005 02:07:32 GMT, "Joseph Smith" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>At SAM's in Chesapeake, VA today I saw the PC 693LPRK for $120.00.
>They had originally started them at $199 last year.
>I've been looking for a lighter weight router for hand held use. Anyone
>else have
>this one; and is it a good buy at $120.00?
I got the PC691 (D-handle) a while ago, and I consider it a steal at
the $150 I paid for it. Very nice tool, and I doubt that any of the
690 series are any worse quality-wise. I'd buy another one without
thinking twice about it.
>Thanks,
>Joey in Chesapeake
>
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam
Thanks for the inputs, all. Time to beg the SWMBO to
lift the toy, I mean tool funding restrictions.
Joey
"Joseph Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:E1Bde.11025$eC.3203@trnddc07...
> At SAM's in Chesapeake, VA today I saw the PC 693LPRK for $120.00.
> They had originally started them at $199 last year.
> I've been looking for a lighter weight router for hand held use. Anyone
> else have
> this one; and is it a good buy at $120.00?
>
> Thanks,
> Joey in Chesapeake
>
"Joseph Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in news:E1Bde.11025$eC.3203
@trnddc07:
> At SAM's in Chesapeake, VA today I saw the PC 693LPRK for $120.00.
> They had originally started them at $199 last year.
> I've been looking for a lighter weight router for hand held use. Anyone
> else have
> this one; and is it a good buy at $120.00?
>
Good, solid router, at an excellent price. I've had mine for several
years, and the same proven design has been around for quite a while.
Patriarch