2013: How Many Routers do you own?

[greenacres2]

I've spent the last 2 weekends at speedways--saw a few pregnant women that did have that shape. Saw a much higher number of non-pregnant men who looked very similar (though we'd need more responses in the middle ranges to get a closer resemblance!!)

earl

[vaking]

it's a really lovely gaussian distribution - statistician's dream - except for those six outlier guys...

This site consists mostly of hobbyist woodworkers. For a hobbyist having more than 8 routers would be an outlier. However, professional woodworkers operate differently. Professional woodworkers often spend time developing some setup, then try to turn that setup into a revenew stream. Once setup works - professional would try to avoid making adjustments and will be ready to dedicate a router to a working setup. For a professional woodworker distribution will be different then for amateur. I believe the 6 people who have more than 8 routers are outliers because they do/did woodworking not just as a hobby.

[Bill in Buena Park]

Then the one that your rules don't allow...

Shoot - that reminds me, I forgot to count my Dremel, for which I have the router base and bits...

[LCHIEN]

that there is a pregnant woman laying on her back.

its not the upper section of a well-endowed woman lying on her back?

[LCHIEN]

Shoot - that reminds me, I forgot to count my Dremel, for which I have the router base and bits...

that's OK, see original post for the rules, - sorry, no dremels, gotta draw the line somewhere.
Do not count shapers
Do not count Network routers, hubs and switches
Do not count Dremel tools with a base or RotoZip tools
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[wardprobst]

I was too lazy to go out to the shop again but I counted eight in my head, there are probably more...
DP

[jabe]

I have 4; 1 DeWalt plunge, 1 DeWalt Laminate trim router kit, 1 PC 690 & 1 Rockwell. The Rockwell is over 50 + yrs. old and still working, it was my late father-in-law's, he was a carpenter. I'll be passing it onto my oldest grandson it'll make great grandpa happy. I gave my son my favorite B & D 1-1/2 hp cyclone router couple of years ago and it was about 30+ yrs old.

[LCHIEN]

FInal tally assuming those with more than 7 had an average of 10...
351 routers, 100 respondents, so an average of 3.51 routers per woodworker.