Time for a new Router

[LCHIEN]

You only have ONE router? And you call yourself a "woodworker"?

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LOL, a poll i paced here a few years back indicated that BT3central members who answered the poll had an average of 2.8 routers per respondent.
I guess routers are comparatively cheap compared to other tools and the major cost is in the bits and tables and other supporting router stuff.

[LinuxRandal]

I have the Milwaukee 5625, due to the heavydutytools black friday a few years ago. But when Freud was having the blowout on the FT2200 (if I remember the model correctly), it was comparable to the Hitachi at a better price. I picked up two, one for my father and one for my neighbor (who watched my house when I needed it). Both have been happy with them.
Now, I also think looking out for used is a good way to go. I picked up another 5625 off of Ebay with the symptoms of a bad control module. It was $30, and I was looking at the description of what happened, and I reread my owners manual and got lucky. The previous owner had basically force feed it, and it has circuitry to slow it to a shutdown. The reset involves removing the bit and shutting it off, and when I pulled it out of the packing, there was no bit and the power had been shut off. It has worked fine since.

[Black wallnut]

Good news/ good news and question

Good news is that I have been able to bypass the switch and get the router working. I use my bt3k switch to power the router anyway so it being wired switch-less is not an issue. I always unplug when changing bits, etc. Other good news is that I can now take my time in replacing my router.

Question: Anyone have experience with the Triton (TRA001) and 3.5" panel raising bits? Is there plenty of clearance through the base?

[tommyt654]

No experience with the Triton,but could p/u this one for you and ship it for a price, http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/tls/2804183558.html ,

[geeoh]

Couldn't resist adding this Craigslist posting for a Router??? in a box.
http://frederick.craigslist.org/tls/2835169472.html
Diffently NOT my advertisement to sell!!!

[greenacres2]

Couldn't resist adding this Craigslist posting for a Router??? in a box.
http://frederick.craigslist.org/tls/2835169472.html
Diffently NOT my advertisement to sell!!!

Forgive my newbie status, but does "plugged in" and "unplugged" count as variable speed??

earl

[Poobah]

Good news is that I have been able to bypass the switch and get the router working. I use my bt3k switch to power the router anyway so it being wired switch-less is not an issue. I always unplug when changing bits, etc. Other good news is that I can now take my time in replacing my router.

Question: Anyone have experience with the Triton (TRA001) and 3.5" panel raising bits? Is there plenty of clearance through the base?

I have that one and use the Sommerfeld panel raisers. You DO have to make the opening larger in the triton, but that's easy to due with a flushtrim bit in your router table using the largest table insert.

The 3.5 horses on the Triton are a pleasure to work with.