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(07-08-2018, 06:58 PM)Scoony Wrote: I am currently considering the Milwaukee 5625 (3 1/2 hp) and would like to know how the above the table adjustments work with that router. Also are there other routers that I should be looking at? I need to be able to spin raised panel bits.
I have this one. Love it. I mounted it to a Woodpecker's plate and run it in a homemade router table. The height adjustment works very well; I've used it for fiddly joinery bits and the precision is all I could ask for. Smooth. Reliable.
A couple of caveats. I have an older, built-in-USA model, so I don't know whether the newer ones run and adjust as well. You'll have to remove it periodically, invert it, and blow the dust out of the height adjustment hole -- but that's the price you pay for tabletop access.
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So I finished up the new router table and have it attached to the TS, but still need to make a fence. I got the undrilled Rockler router table insert and have that router in perfectly. Plan was to mount the old PC router for now. Problem is, the handles on that router are huge and will not fit in the opening. I am not going to get a larger plate since I already have this one routed in. The option now is to cut of the handles and mount this router. I will not be using this router for any handheld operations, already have a few smaller routers for that. That old router will not have any above the table adjustment capabilities, but I think I will keep it for the larger router bits, and in the future, get a 2 1/4 hp router (PC890 or Milwaukee 5616) for all the regular bits.
These are the factors I am considering.
Don't think that router has much of a resale value
No currently available lifts for it
Too big for hand operations
But it does run very smoothly and the speed control does work, just need to fiddle with it to get the right speed.
Sound sane? Just checking before I lop off the handles.
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(07-09-2018, 07:59 AM)Scoony Wrote: The PC 890 looks like a good option. I am sure it can handle the rail and stile bits, but can it swing the larger panel raising bits occasionally?
With light cuts, no issue. You can also use vertical panel raising bit.
If you cannot find the lock/unlock handle for the 890, I shot a short video that shows how I made a simple shop-built replacement.
[video=youtube]http://https://youtu.be/uP5tLgrmcK8[/video]
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(07-29-2018, 09:07 PM)handi Wrote: With light cuts, no issue. You can also use vertical panel raising bit.
If you cannot find the lock/unlock handle for the 890, I shot a short video that shows how I made a simple shop-built replacement.
[video=youtube]http://https://youtu.be/uP5tLgrmcK8[/video]
Thanks
I went ahead and ordered the 890 with the adjusting handle. I did chop off the handles on that old router and made the doors for the lower cabinet. That old router handled the big panel raiser with ease, but its a pain to set up. The 890 will do most of the work until I have to swing the big boys. The upper doors I need to make are divided light doors, so the 890 will get a good test.
