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protected controls won't fill up with dust. simply the best simply the best hand-held router i've ever owned. excellent power and speed.
Works great on the router table. Exellent addition to my wood working shop. Very smooth and Quiet but has the power to deliver a good cut.
It handles the 1/2" bits very well as long as you don't overload the amount of cutting area. overal satisfied with product. I did find the on/off switch a little awkward to operate.
Anyone else have similar problem. Thorough examination of the controller printed circuit assembly and resoldering several leads and components did not reveal any cause or resolve the problem. A line cord failure is extremely rare and indeed I could find no problem with the cord itself. I just put lock-tite on the screw and tightened it to the point of shutdown and backed off half a turn. The operation at first was fine, but developed intermittent start after a little use.
At least now the router is useful. After lots at troubleshooting and multiple reassembly of the end cap where the wires are, I discovered that the router operated fine until I tightened one of the end cap mounting screws to the end point of its travel. It appeared that the line cord was the culprit. I bought the PC 690L RVS kit with two bases. I could "adjust" the position of the line cord at the strain relief and it would start or stop.
At this point, root cause of the problem is unknown.
I use oak and maple a lot, so it really works well for me.I put this into a Bench Dog Router Table Bench Dog 40-201 ProTop Pheonolic Top and ProFence 32 Combo I never did see the reason for buying a big honking 3 1/2 HP router for a router table. I choose it because its the perfect size for a router table. This design works great for me and still does a great job without burning the wood. Porter Cable is still the undisputed king of routers. This router really delivers. You cannot take off that much wood in a single pass so why all the extra power.
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