Forum Users Routers

Alan42 · Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:34 pm Post subject:

Triton in Triton table - mutt's nuts. Dewalt 624 - OK but underpowered. Little Makita 1/4", years old, been brilliant and still going strong. Used for general work and for making skirtings and mouldings for period buildings. Just bought cheap and cheerful dovetail jig to make some drawers.
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dessoman · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:48 am Post subject:

Trend T3
Trend T11(2)
Trend T5

Eric The Viking · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:30 pm Post subject:

>10-year-old Bosch POF 500A, being refurbed courtesy Miles tools (new motor mounting plate, collet and sole plate coming tomorrow - yeeha!). Trend Unibase fitted for bush-guided operations. It may be cheap, but it's a wonderful little thing, with a Swiss motor and near-infinite tolerance of an idiot operator...

B+Q Performance Power (blue and yellow) 1200W 1/2inch and 1/4inch collets: surprisingly useful, but now has dodgy speed control and plunge-doesn't-lock. It was the table router, now being kept on for occasional handheld use.

Trend T11: just arrived, will be mainly table mounted in customized plate (for the lift mech.), using the quick-release kit. 1/2" and 1/4" collets.

Alan Jones · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:53 pm Post subject:

The big makita to shortly be replaced by the big festool

Jake · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:35 pm Post subject:

You'll like that, it's a very refined beast.

chingerspy · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:55 pm Post subject:

Makita 1/4" 3620 nice little router Smile

Looking for a 12mm guide for it, anyone got a link?
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speed · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:34 pm Post subject:

i have a cheap trend from bnq 1/4"
festool of1010

and whatever ryobi router comes fitted in there table

petermillard · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:57 am Post subject:

Old thread, but since we're 'fessing up...

Ancient B&Q 1/2" for heavy work - doesn't get used much, next kitchen I do I'll buy something else (thinks: OF1400...) Ancient 1/4" Hitachi set up with guide and jig just for hinges, an old Trend T3 slung under a bench for lightweight grooving etc... (works surprisingly well) an old Festool OF900E, and a much newer OF1010, and there's an old Elu laminate trimmer knocking around somewhere too...
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Henning · Woodworker Joined: 05 Sep 2009 Posts: 87 Location: Norway

Trend T5 for regular routing
Trend T9 in router table

Looking long and hard at the Festool offerings...
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JMcK · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:53 pm Post subject:

B & Q Power Devil - 1/4 in

Draper - 1/4 in

Chaiwanese - Came as a 12mm but takes a 1/2 in nut and collet

Makita 3612C - 1/2 in

Triton MOF001 - 1/2 in just acquired! (thanks for the link RyanGillam) Smile

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beaver · Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:56 am Post subject:

Hi All

Trend 3+5 freehand
Trend 11 table mounted