It has plenty of power for my needs, and I agree with your assessment of the router. It does have a lot of features built into it, and I think it's the best bang for the buck out there. I have the combo version (#27683) of your router, and am quite happy with it.
#Using a craftsman router Pc#
I guess that's probably a proprietary thing, but it means I have to make a baseplate to match for my PC to keep distance to edge the same for my cutting guide, and I always seem to have trouble getting those precisely centered when locating the screw holes (anybody got a trick for getting that nailed?)Īnyway, for the money I was hard pressed to find a better router. It has a 6" diameter baseplate, just a 1/4" bigger than my PC. The vacuum attachment feature is almost useless, but that would seem to be true with any router I've tried that has it because the chips can just blow right out of the groove/dado being cut anyway and 2. Solid build, 3 LED work lights, soft start, uses both 1/4" and 1/2" collets, power switch accessible while holding the router on the workpiece, and the fine adjustment works pretty well IMO. It seems pretty nice for the money ($95 w/ tax). Just wondering if anyone here has tried this router out. The combo pack would've been only 20 bucks more, but the extra 2 amps and 1/4 HP decided it for me, and I already have a combo router set anyway. So I went looking for an economical 1 1/2-2 HP router and decided on the Craftsman 12 amp fixed base router. Basically to save time on either having to reposition my cutting guide twice or resetting bit heights every time.
Started a project involving sliding dovetails and realized it would be nice to have two routers for it, one for the straight bit cuts to hog out the slots, and one for the dovetail bit cuts to finish.
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