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| Crazy Cooter:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on May 11, 2005, 10:37:22 pm ---I've got Ryobi's 18V laminate trimmer that's the cat's ass. --- End quote --- Taken out of context, you wouldn't know if it was good or bad. Now had you thrown a couple :P :P's in there, we'd all know. Plastic is fine for home use. If you're doing both laminate and MDF, get the smallest "big" router, the biggest "small" router, or buy a big and a small router. You need some grunt for wood and ease of use for laminate. |
| Zero_Hour:
I just picked up the Porter Cable set up this past weekend. It was 199.99 at the depot, But I've seen it as low as 169.99 online (shipping would negate most of that savings i bet) - I've been using them for 2 years in my cabinet making classes, and they just work great. The Guy who runs the shop says that the 10 or so routers he has (all Porters) have been in the shop for closer to 5 years now, with almost daily use for about 2/3 of the year. No failures. For me, that was the dealmaker. I figure the durability of the construction alone justifies the price. |
| teetu:
I'm going to buy my first router tomorrow actually. After a little searching I decided on the porter cable 9690 fixed base router. Lowes sells it for $90, which seems like a very good price. Maybe I'm missing something, because everyone else seems like they are selling it for a lot more. http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=77344-546-9690LR&lpage=none I'm going to be dealing primarily with MDF, so it seems powerful enough. A big selling point for me was that it takes 1/4 and 1/2 bits. |
| dema:
I have that Ryobi model. It works fine and gets the job done. I thought of paying up for a better model, but I am a tool newbie, so I just went with it. For the money you'll be fine with that one. |
| Lilwolf:
I think spending nothing on a power tool is ok... but ONLY if your willing to upgrade it when you realize you use it all the time. I bought a table saw... never use it... the crappy one is good enought for the once every 5 months I need to strip down a piece of wood. But my router... I use ALL the time and its great. But even more... The Miter saw is used almost daily... Basically... you don't know the type of tools you will use often. And sometimes spending 30 bucks on a tool to see if its useful before spending 200 will save you in spending 200 on a tool used once making that book shelf cost more then if you bought one premade |
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