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General Routing General Routing is a place to discuss the general operations of the router. This is where we talk about the routers that are still in the box, or the first router bit, what is a table-mounted and/or Portable routers.


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Old 11-22-2007, 08:13 PM   #1
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Old 11-22-2007, 08:28 PM   #2
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Tim, if your going to be doing a bunch of big bits like panel raisers, rail and stile bits and things of that nature then a 3 HP router is needed. If you will only on occasion use a large bit then a 2 1/4 HP router will probably work ok for you and most people if you take little bites with it. I have a 3 HP plus router in my table but have never really put a bit in this one that I coudln't use my 2 HP router with. But if you plan on doing a bunch of big work... get a bigger router. Hope this helps.
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