Bosch 1617EVSPK

26 discussions on HomeOwnersHub about the Bosch 1617EVSPK: what owners asked, what went wrong, and what fixed it.

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Craftsman a Bosch Router?

I am in the market for a plunge/fixed router and have been looking at theBosch 1617EVSPK. Today I received a Sears flyer in the mail advertisingtheir plunge/fixed router. After looking at the pictures and specificationsthe Sears appears to...

Best Router

Background: * I have an ancient B&D (1/4", fixed base) and a sheet-metal router "table" from HF. * I build things like carts, wall and floor cabinets, built-ins, interior trim, bookcases, perhaps eventually some simple furniture like...

Re: Is the Freud 2 1/4 HP VS Router any good?

"JoanD'arcRoast" Woodcrapt has the fixed and plunge base kit for $129.99You can probably do better than the PC also, Bosch, Triton, Milwaukee, Makita, etc. PC is not the great tool that it used to be.

Newcomer looking for router advice

I am a newcomer to this newsgroup (4 days) and also to woodworking (4months) although, like most homeowners, I have done numerous carpentryprojects over the years.Apart from new equipment, I have an old Craftsman radial arm saw and...

Drill bits with a Router -- is it possible?

I'm working on something that requires a hole at an exactposition and *perfectly perpendicular* to the wood's surface.This would normally require a press drill. Except I don'thave a press drill. My arsenal of power tools is limited toa...

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