New Sears/Craftsman routers

[cgallery]

The new Sears/Craftsman routers are getting some pretty good reviews. They have a couple different versions that run approx. $80-$100.

I wonder, though, whether the motors for these units would fit into my Rockler (Jessem) FX lift. Right now I have a DW618 motor in my lift. It would be nice to be able to use the DeWalt in the three bases I got with it, and devote on of these Craftsman routers to the lift.

The documentation for my lift says it will fit Porter-Cable 690/890 series, Bosch 1617-1618, DeWalt 610, 616 and 618 routers.

Anyone know if the motor for these newer Craftsman routers is the same physical size as any of those?

[Thom2]

Yes, from everything I've read, they're nearly Identical to the PC that has the rack gear on the side (890?). I've seen nothing that says these will not interchange with any of the 'standard bodies'.

You may have seen my post this morning, but I think the first link in my post covers some table mounting questions.

http://www.bt3central.com/showpost.p...43&postcount=4