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   Routerman | Feb 10, 2006 05:17pm | #1

   Overarm and other stationary type routers require a lot of power. The work is usually over fed and the cutting deeper in X & Y. As such more power. So what router?

   Can't say what your config. is but I can say the Selection Link may help you get the right motor.

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   WillGeorge | Feb 10, 2006 05:18pm | #3

   The work is usually over fed and the cutting deeper in X & Y.Yep a production shop! I'd bet!

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   bakesale1 | Feb 10, 2006 06:59pm | #5

   Not a production environment. Just my home shop. My router will attach to a carriage that runs on the same radial arm as my saw. I swap them. I'll use the router on the arm to make dados, grooves, sliding dovetails. I don't plan to make it hog a ot of material. Does this information assist in my selection.

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   WillGeorge | Feb 10, 2006 05:17pm | #2

   My opinion only.. Both will do the job.. Mounting it may be a different story!

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   tangomike | Feb 10, 2006 06:57pm | #4

   I was thinking about the same thing for my Leigh jig, have 2 routers dedicated to it and always setup.

   Rockler, of all places, has 2 1/4 hp Hitachi fixed base routers for $99 each. Sounds like a heck of a deal but I don't know how these routers rate so I haven't bought one yet.
   http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=16371

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   Knotscott | Feb 10, 2006 07:35pm | #6

   My Milwaukee 5615 is incredibly robust and powerful for it's amp rating.  The 5616 adds more power and VS features.  I'd definitely check into that one.

   http://www.epinions.com/content_209968074372

    

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   QCInspector | Feb 11, 2006 12:19am | #7

   I was going to do the same thing to a RAS myself but I just got a WoodRat so I'm going to hold off and see if I still need it. I probably will anyway because it can still be used to surface wide boards. With a table that slides in and out, mounted to the left of the horizontal router, long tenons and doweling are possible. Put wedges on the table under the wood and angled tenons for chair rails etc would be simplified. I was going to dedicate the saw for the router by gutting the motor and either getting an adapter made or seeing if the fixed base could be modified to fit instead. I've got 2 RAS so I don't need to be able to convert back and forth. Do you have a second carriage to swap out? I bought a PC890 with using it in the saw in mind. You may also want to consider the Makita routers.

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   bakesale1 | Feb 11, 2006 04:52am | #8

   Yes my saw has a second carriage plate specifically designed for a router. It's relatively easy to swap the router for the saw. You're thinking along the same lines. I thought it would be very handy to build mortise and tenon joints with a plunge router mounter overhead. And this saw is liht enough to carry to my kitchen.