Just found one of these bad motherfrickers at a pawn shop for $80, in great shape. I haven't used a router in 20 years, but have a couple projects that are gonna be a hell of a lot easier now.
What brand do you guys use for bits? I picked up a couple straight bits from Harbor Freight that I know will be crap, for a project that doesn't need a perfect cut. I want to start looking for some professional grade bits for the other projects. I wanted DeWalt, but it doesn't look like they make too many router bits, which seemed weird to me.
freud
Thnks
Diablo is also basically the cheaper version of Freud, same parent company.
That's a smaller router with two bases and a fantastic dovetailing jig. Keep and use them.
>INB4 cut them by hand
If it's good enough for Norm to make great pieces with, it's good enough for me.
Thanks man, I was looking at Diablo cause they were cheap, and went ahead and bought a bit from them and it works great.
i suck Bosch's wiener, so i usually buy bosch stuff
That's funny, I was just reading that they bought Freud. So I guess that's 2 for Freud, lol.
The large Yonico set has been pretty good for me.
If it's a bit you're going to be using a lot Whiteside is buy once, cry once.
whatever JOYBEST or BBHUNR chink set is on sale on amazon. double-check the brazing to make sure you don't get ventilated by a piece of carbide and get to work.
my roommate told me if i sold this for him, he would give me a cut
wtf is it, and how much should i list it for?
Tell your roommate to return it to the person or company he stole it from.
he is a burningman person, so i assume this was bought for some art project. idk. he really isnt the n*****-type
he said "its was $800 and i never use it*
what is that table-jig part?
is $350 a good price on this or too low or too high?
using CL and offerup
are you a hippy? google the make and model and see what the prices are
no idea wtf all this is
it says right on the manual
200$
It literally.. fricking die
Bosch grey router bits are really good. Yonico is ok cheap chinese brand.
whats the hand tool equivalent of routers
Planes, chisels, and router planes.
The key thing with power routers is that you can do a lot of different things with them you'd need a wide range of hand tools for. Edge profile? A collection of planes versus a few bits.
This thing looks great.
The older I get the less I use power tools. Think I have 4 electric routers. Nowadays I couldn’t be bothered to find them, find their wrenches, find the bit and the right collet, try to take out the old bit, it’s seized, use pliers—carbide chips off the edge—set up the depth and make a jig, rout… can’t see anything, have trouble because the router us 15 lbs and it tips over…. Then, once done, realize the body wasn’t tightened and the bit slowly dug deeper as the cut proceeded, throw away workpiece and start again, original was also too burnt because I had the speed on 23,000 rpm. Etc. frick this shit.
Keep in mind that if you want to do roundovers or complex edge shaping, you basically need one or more planes for each profile. It's not like a router/shaper where you just need the right bit for the job. You'd also need a special plane just for cutting rebates.
And going all hand tools will get pricey a lot faster than buying router bits.
Not trying to say you shouldn't go for it, just making sure you're aware.
cutting profiles doesnt require a molding plane.
for a good enough job on most woods, all you need is a rabbet plane for the bulk, cabinet scraper, files for shaping and a piece of wood as depth gauge holder.
its not fast, but thats the trade off, any shape possible
OP here, I figured as I was getting older I'd probably go more towards hand tools. I think it would make the hobby of woodworking more fun and satisfying. But I love having power tools just to get some jobs done for things I need to get done.