Advice on Router/Laminate Trimmer

[General Zod]

Can anybody suggest an inexpensive router/laminate trimmer that they've used successfully on their projects? There are so many choices on the store shelves.

Thank you in advance.

GZ

[SNAAAKE]

If you dont have a router then You can use a plexi glass cutter(what I used) then sand with sand paper.

if you already have a router then just get the bit.home depot sells em for like $22(worth it).
You are already spending a lot of money on the cab so do it right !

[eightbit]

Harbor freight has a laminate trimmer (mini router) for $20.

[Tailgunner]

Define "inexpensive".  I have a Ryobi laminate trimmer/mini router that works quite well, it was around $90 as I remember. I've had it a few years, and it's held up nicely. My "real" routers are Bosch products, and both were over $250 so the Ryobi was rather inexpensive by my standards.

[Hammerbot]

I just read an article in the January 04 edition of Fine Homebuilding and the pro in that article suggests the Porter Cable #693LRPK for someone buying their first router. It has interchangeable bases, one fixed one plunge and has a D handle sas an option.

Toolking.com has it for $199 which means that you can probably find it for $150 if you look around.
http://www.toolking.com/portercable/view.asp?id=2512

It is a tool that you will appreciate the more you use it.

Don't buy cheap power tools. You will only be disappointed with them and eventually replace them anyway.

[General Zod]

By inexpensive ... I'm meaning, why pay a DeWalt price when a Ryobi could perform just as well.

I realize cheap powertools tend to be a letdown the more they're used. I've seen the $250+ routers/trimmers , and I've also seen the $89-149 trimmers @ Sears and the good ol' HD. As long as I know they perform about the same, for what I'm going to use it for, the less expensive one is the better deal, especially in the long run.

That doesn't include the $20 trimmer @ HarbourFreight, but thanks anyway eightbit.  

Looks like I have the days events mapped out for me.

A router/trimmer I shall find !!

[Tilzs]

The roto saws work well for laminate. Something like the rotozip, dremel advantage, or the sears roto saw. They are also usefull for other things too and don't end up collecting dust like a laminate trimmer might.