[tedleyr]

Hello. I have occasionally happened upon the forums here over the years and finally decided to glean a little more knowledge from the place.
My relative experience is that of a hobbyist for the most part.
I have a vintage 1/2" 1/2hp shaper in addition to( 2) 1/4" routers in small entry level tables, and a handheld router of the same lower power/small collet.
I usually go to the shaper because I'm fond of old tools like that, and I've spent some time and money accumulating the three wing cutters. One day I will get a heavy duty shaper but I can best do the most work with a router until I get more time, space and money.
Today I decided to get a little more router and ordered a Bosch 1617evs, for whatever that's worth, I will soon see.
Thanks for having me.

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[RainMan 2.0]

Welcome to the forum. I’m assuming your first name is Ted ? If you get a chance you can update your profile with a first name

I suspect you’ll be happy with your new router ,as Bosch seems to be very a very popular choice here

 

[Semipro]

Hello and welcome to the router forum, Ted

 

[difalkner]

Welcome to the forum, Ted! Yep, old iron is pretty cool in the shop. But so is some of the new stuff. Post photos of your projects as you get into them - we like photos!

David

 

[Multiwood]

Welcome to the forum N/a

 

[marecat3]

Welcome

 

[DesertRatTom]

Glad you joined the fun. The 1617 is a mighty fine router, in or out of the table. I hope you bought the kit with the plunge base included. It's far cheaper than buying the plunge base later. There are lots of situations where a plunge works better such as dados, stopped dados, signs. At any rate, this is a great place to visit, and more than a few members seem to live here.

 

[Shop guy]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Knothead47]

Welcome to the forum. I worked for a place that had places that did tool repair. They wouldn't say what was best but did say that they rarely saw Bosch tools.

 

[MT Stringer]

Welcome aboard, Ted.

I have some old and some new routers. All get used. Two are in a table with different bits - a flush trim bit and a small round-over bit.

 

[old55]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[tedleyr]

Welcome to the forum.

Thanks all.
MT Stringer that is a very interesting adjustable height table.

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[tedleyr]

Thanks all.
MT Stringer that is a very interesting adjustable height table.

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Just made this, I finally joined the forum a couple weeks ago because I was going to get a new router and put it in a simple table.
It's a Bosch 1617evs with an MLCS mounting plate ($13) in a repurposed table I had, and I had a remnant of a library table top from making a table saw extension.

I will add a pic of the little shaper who will get a break.

Thanks for having me.

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