A check before I buy this router

If it were my money, I'd pass for the following reasons:

HTH

Lionel,

The 7529 router was replaced by the 8529 which Home Depot was clearing out last week for $100. One review states that:

"Porter-Cable took a second look at their popular 7529, 2-horsepower plunge router, and thus came the 8529. The name's not the only thing that's changed though. An above-the-table adjustment system works with a hex-shaped dial that reaches through your router table top and allows for adjustments as precise as 1/128 of an inch. A badly designed power switch has been replaced with a smart toggle switch, positioned just where it ought to be. We like the unique depth-stop mechanism, accessible without even taking your hands off the handles. For all its power, it's relatively quiet in a world of ear-piercing routers, another reason it's popular with home woodworkers."

So, with the 8529 available for $100 (I bought one) and being better in a couple of ways than the 7529 I think you might want to keep looking.

-Jack

I agree. Check around the home depot deal.

Aaron

Lowes in Austell GA had the 8529 for $159. It was a clearance marked down from $199. I don't know why they are clearing the new model but I was sore tempted to buy one.

I just bought one a garage sale for $40. I really bought it because it had Porter Cable's, top o' the line, edge guide attached to it, which is worth, retail, about what I paid for the combination.

.... look like I'm gaining on that goal to have a router for every bit. ;>)