I was looking around for a large fixed base router, for a possible work related job, this will probably do the job:
Does anyone know of a larger fixed base, handheld router?
220V wouldn't be a problem.basilisk
AFAIK there aren't any others...from the FWW review of not terribly long ago...
Milwaukee
BTY you can buy just the motor for the PC if that is all you are interested in.
FWIW Milwaukee is actually claiming 3.5 hp now.
And less expensive here
or here
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Thanks
It would be used as a handheld, the milwaukee looks good, it goes to the top of the list. Wanting a large router is more about duty cycle than the actual load per cut. Intended use would be to cut about 8, .5" deep X
1.75" wide dadoes across 4" stock a minute, if the job became higher volume, then custom machinery would be brought into play.basilisk
Wouldn't a table saw with a dado blade be much faster ???
1/2" dado is pretty deep even for a big ass router.You will need a least 3 passes for that deep a cut and that might be pushing it pretty hard.
To make 8 per minute is pretty tough for a big table saw with a dado blade set at max width. A router will not be able to produce at that volume level I don't believe.
That would be 24 passes assuming you put a dado set on there that is just over 3/4" wide. I think I have seen 13/16".
O Intended use would be to cut about 8, .5" deep X
Might consider a dado blade on a radial arm saw. With a 2 position stop setup you can crank these out in a few seconds each.
I am sure you have thought this out and you have had numerous suggestions but to be quick I would consider building an 8 slot template to fit over the stock to be routed. Then use a top bearing flush trim bit to hog out between the slots in the template.
Each piece will have two slots in the same plane, doing 4 pieces a minute or so.
That is the plan to build a fixed template with two slots to hog out the dados, templates can be fixed with enough slack to allow swapping workpieces without a lot of futzing about. Speed is more important than accuracy for this and if the dadoes are within an 1/16" of where they are supposed to be, all will be good.
basilisk
Oridinarily I would agree, but this operation doesn't require chip free edges or a nice smooth cut, finish will be sacrificed for speed, and the material will all be pine.
basilisk
'k, I gotta' ask: What the heck are you making?
Not really at liberty to be specific, but think "throwaway shipping pieces"
basilisk
Dadoes?
FWIW Milwaukee is actually claiming 3.5 hp now. ================================================================================================ They might as well claim 10 horsepower. It would be just as true as claiming
3.5. On 120 volt, 15 amp circuit, 2.41 horsepower is all you can get and that only if assuming 100% efficiency.
Have you considered putting the router in a table and using a power feeder to push it through. I don't know if 8 will be possible a minute but it would probably be the best way to control burning the bit, and getting a quality cut in one or multiple passes.
You have to look at how some companies rate horsepower. They may run it at 125% in a frozen eviorment and take the last reading they had before it disintegrated.
Mike M
you can crank these out in a few seconds each.
Ok scratch my last comment, I didn't see the 4" stock, just the 1.75 x .5... a power feeder won't do the 4" wide.
You have to look at how some companies rate horsepower. They may run it at 125% in a frozen eviorment and take the last reading they had before it disintegrated. ======================================================================================================= Very true but it doesn't make it true. I had an electronics instructor that was very close to getting his masters degree and he firmly believed that he had a 3.25 horsepower router. They'll give a degree to anyone these days.
I didn't realize that Freud makes some rather larger bits and that should work for your project....
Scary large...
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