Single most useful powered bench tool?

[Gavin1393]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from WeirdBits on November 11, 2013, 11:02

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from GlennGP on November 11, 2013, 06:19
Suggestions?

The first and most important question is... how thick is his wallet?

Sadly it's now VERY thin........but Carbatec, Hare & Forbes probably have far fatter ones!

[Gavin1393]

Router tables can be a great addition. I built my own. Didn't see the point in paying $700 plus for a table that I could hammer and nail together with some wood from B...B...B...that store...!
You absolutely need a router, probably best to try an get a laminate router as they are easier to handle and easier to see what you are working on. Ryobi have a cheapie for about $120, but best to go for a better name brand like Makita, Hitachi, etc. Don't buy cheap bits. Go to Carbatec and get yourself your bits from there.

[pablopepper]

In my experience, Makita is the go to brand for routers and yep, Carbatec for bits. I also have built my own router tables, not difficult and for big stuff, way more stable.

[dingobass]

I personaly like Bosch routers.. You can pick them up for around the $130 mark...
As for bench routers, i have a Scheppach that is small enough to live under the bench when not in use but big enough to handle a guitar body and all those renno jobs our wives seem to be so good at finding

[wokkaboy]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from dingobass on November 11, 2013, 15:02
I personaly like Bosch routers.. You can pick them up for around the $130 mark...
As for bench routers, i have a Scheppach that is small enough to live under the bench when not in use but big enough to handle a guitar body and all those renno jobs our wives seem to be so good at finding

DB you might get less renno jobs if you stop handing the missus all those guitar bodies to sand !

[Gavin1393]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from dingobass on November 11, 2013, 15:02
I personaly like Bosch routers.. You can pick them up for around the $130 mark.

I heard the Bosch router doesn't have such a good grip on its router bits.....i think Woks has also heard about this? 8O

[AJ]

I have a makita 1/2" for the triton work bench, had that one for several years. I also have one of those cheapish 1/4" ones from bunnin...~$50.(oops, dont want to go back to the naughty corner, not till the wifi is fixed), beauty of them ones is you can abuse the crapper out of them, then take it back within the 2 years for a no-questions-asked replacement...(last one I got 1 year 11 months out of it and that was using if for all sorts of things including milling aluminum...definitely on stuff it was not designed to be used for in the least)

[keloooe]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Gavin1393 on November 11, 2013, 19:26

/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from dingobass on November 11, 2013, 15:02
I personaly like Bosch routers.. You can pick them up for around the $130 mark.

I heard the Bosch router doesn't have such a good grip on its router bits.....i think Woks has also heard about this? 8O

I think I have heard of something along those lines too Gav...

IMO, routers are brilliant to start with, I'm getting one of my own sooner or later