My point here was that with the large Milwaukee if you depress the coarse adjustment knob, the router motor completely falls out of the base if mounted under the table and you do not guard against this. The Bosch 1617 router is fixed base with coarse and fine tune adjustment and one of the first with this style adjustment but the motor will not drop out of the base when mounted upside down. The motor raises and lowers straight up and down like the Milwaukee with out having to spin the motor round and round to make height adjustments but to remove it from the base you have to turn the motor in the base about 1/8 turn to remove it. Milwaukee should have had some type of similar safety to prevent the motor from dropping out.
Agreed, and a very expensive setup as this router needs to be mounted with a lift to be able to make coarse and fine adjustments quickly.
Exactly, except the Triton has eliminated this trait. The router basically converts to a fixed base like router with the twist of a lock knob. In the hanging under a table position, you turn a lock in one of the handles and then the router will no longer plunge. You then engage a release on the handle and then turn the handle to raise or lower the motor. Let go of the release on the knob and the motor locks in at that position and then you can fine tune that position with another fine tune knob. No lifting at all on your part.
And having to adjust the depth stop constantly would
The Triton only needs a wrench to tighten or loosen the collet.
Sorta, it is designed so that you can easily remove the spring.
Yes. I had to learn that 16 years ago with my 1611Bosch.
the motor to roughly where I want and then fine tune from there than deal with a plunger under table. And the 5625-20 is ideal for that.
I wqas not going to buy a router that would not do exactly "that". The Triton works exactly that way when in that "mode". Lock the adjustment handle and the Triton converts back to the plunge style set up. Basically Triton has come up with a router that works like a fixed base and plunge base router.
I agree with you. I was actually going to buy the Milwaukee. I had copies of competitors adds to bargain with, showing the price at $299. But then I compared the Triton to it, both were side by side, and I felt the Triton was better thought out. I have 1 year to see if the Triton lives up to the hype. If it is not up to my expectations with actual use I will probably exchange it for the big Milwaukee.
That's they way I see it.