reible

How long ago did you start using a router? Have you just started this year? If it has been over 20 years leave a post with how many.

Ed

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steveo

Bought my first one at Sears in 1971 or 2... used it until 2001, I think, when I started watching R.W. and picked up the H M12V and made my own table out of drafting table permanently "borrowed" from work.
Steve

reible

Bought my first one at Sears 1975 or 76 and still use it, but not as often since I now have a bunch of other routers to use.

Ed

Bob

Just returning to woodworking after a 25 year leave of absence... I feel like I forgot more than I ever really knew though. That's alright.... with the fine folks here, I will be better than ever.

reible

Steve did you post a vote?

Ed

NewMontanaWorkshop

I'm just getting started (I'm in the under 1 year group), but with a number of tips gathered here and another forum I frequent -- I'm learning more uses for the router almost daily.

What I cannot believe, is how I managed to do anything at all for the 'long time' I've been around -- without having had a router before now.

Mark

I believe in my whole life I've routered a total of 2 - 3 hours.

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pmspirito

My first Craftsman router was bought in 1980. I cut some molding for a bed and it was relagated to a carboard box under the workbench until this year when i discovered the Router Workshop. Well that router now does the laminate trim work, My 2nd Craftsman router (1/4") does the light duty stuff in its Craftsman router table. My latest router is a Porter Cable 800 series and it is the workhorse. I bought the Oak Park Vac u plate and mounted the fixed base on it and use the plunge base for everything else. Thanks to Bob and Rick I have moved up from 2x4's and cdx to clear pine and baltic birch.

Mike

Never answer polls before you finish your morning coffee. Took me a while to figure out I started 16 years ago. My first was a Craftsman 1 1/2 HP with the built in worklight. I used it for small projects like chamfering the edges of a stair rail. 2 years ago I purchased the Bosch 1617 combo pack. Early last fall I traded a torpedo heater for a Porter cable 7518; it was too heavy for the guy who bought it! I grabbed a Ryobi laminate trimmer for $15, then this summer bought my pin router and an older Craftsman commercial for $20. I have 3/8" collets for the Bosch and PC so I can use optical cutters. These are about a 3/4" ball shape with 3, 11 or 12 flutes. Once these bits have been sharpened past tolerance you can get them dirt cheap.

Mike

CanuckBeaver

Mike if had had a herd of routers like that I sure wouln't be changing bits much!

Virgin here, but getting good advice on selection of routers and bits is making choices much easier.

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