My First Router???

[Bob Beckwith]

I have lots of information about routers and have decided what I want is a 2-3HP V/S fixed base router to use mainly in a table and I want to be able to adjust the depth from above the table and I want to be able to change bits above the table as simply and conveniently as possible. I have seen the material and reviews of the PC 890 series and they have all the features I want but I am not impressed with all the reviews. Many reviews have been less than complementary. What other choices do I have given the qualities of the router I want to purchase. Any and all help great fully accepted. Thanks

[JGS]

[Bob G.]

============================== I read the original post and did not respond ...

I have no routers that I can change the bits from above the table nor do I have any that allow me to adjust the height etc from above the table...

I have 4 router tables set up in my shop..(2 conventional, one overhead and one in a horizontal table) .all have a dedicated router in them.

I have no problem spending 3 seconds to pull the router out of the table and place it on the top to change a bit...I mean it takes all of

5 seconds to do...and does not require any effort...

Adjusting the height is also not hard BUT it would be nice to get a router lifter or some device similar BUT until the proices of those things come way way down (like $9.95) I will continue to do as I have the last 40 years and just bend over reach under the table and raise or lower the bit ...

Bob Griffiths

[Ba r r y]

Ditto.

Barry

[Tim and Stephanie]

Ditto.

I have yet to see one of those systems for under a hundred bucks (closer to two, if I recall) and while I'd like to have one, I can always find a couple or three bits for that same hundred bucks that I'd rather have more.

[G.E.R.R.Y.]

C'mon now, which is it? Enquiring minds... ;-)

Gerry

[Bob Beckwith]