I needed to make a couple of mortises for a bench I'm building. While I contemplated the forstner bit & chisel method, I also thought about making a router jig. Unfortunately, having very little free time for the shop in the past year, I didn't want to blow little bit of free time I did have on jig building. So I decided to try out my $100 Borg PC 8529 (drive-by) and free hand the mortises as close as could and finish them up with the chisel. This was my first time using a plunge router and I just wanted to let anyone who may be inimidated by the idea of freehand routing (like I was), know how easy it is. Go for it, it's a piece of cake. I couldn't believe how easy it was. Clean too, the PC has a dust port on it which I rigged to my shop vac and it didn't miss a speck. I will eventually make a mortise jig, but until I do this is a fast, clean, easy way to do mortising.
BTW, after getting to know the PC 8529, I love it. If you're in the market for a plunge router, it's definetly worth a look.