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My apologies for a long post (wanted to explain as much as possible).
I have RotoZip SS560VSC - it has done wonders for me in various capacities but mostly in freeform plunge cutting and circle cutting and I'm very happy with it.
I have a project underway where I need to make a gap in my decking corner uniform (see attached photograph).
I have used the Bosch Palm Router GFK125CE with a 1/4" shank, 1/8" downcut spiral CNC Router bit (1" cut depth) to make the other corners gap uniform - I use a guide (straight edge) clamped using "L" bolts (made from 14"-20 TPI all-thread rod and "Star" knobs) that fit through the gaps in deck planks. The Bosch Palm router (with the PR111 plunge base) does an excellent job of straightening out the deck planks that butt on the "picture frame" - that way I don't have to make multiple cuts on each plank to get the end gap even (the TREX plabnks are heavy!).
Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of space for this particular corner (bad planning on my part and I was too confident since the other corners were so easy!) - there is a railing post close by and I can only use the Palm Router fixed base (PR101) - does not have a wide enought base to instill confidnece in being able to rout in a straigt line without a tilt (I tried on a corner mockup with scrap Trex Deck boards).
The RotoZip (also made by Bosch - surprise!) has discontinued it's Plunge Router Attachment PR2 - which would have made it ideal for this job with the BOSCH RotoZip XB-MP2 spiral bit or the DeWalt DWAMM18005 1/8IN Multi-Material Cut Out Bit.
There was another post (RotoZip Plunge Router attachment) that also inquired about the PR2.
Would appreciate the cumulative expertise of the forum to weigh in on options open to me (except making a router base (like some examples on YouTube).
Some Notes:
Clicking on "online catalog" on https://www.rotozip.com/en_us/ (www.rotozip.com/en_US/online-catalog ) goes to www.dremel.com! (Robert Bosch Tool Corporation now owns Dremel too!)
Dremel 335-01 Plunge Router Attachment (335-01 Routers | Dremel) is not the same as RotoZip Plunge Router Attachment PR2 - will the RotoZip SS560VSC fit the Dremel 335-01 Plunge Router Attachment?
One comment I came across - Post #8 (RotoZip Plunge Router attachment)
"just a possibility there was a larger dremel tool and it had a plunge router base and my dremel burned up but my roto zip fits it perfect. I believe it was a dremel 5000? I see them on e-bay every now and then."
RotoZip & Dremel (Robert Bosch 1-800-437-3635) has lousy Customer support (but great tools!) so they cannot ((will not?) let me know if the Dremel 335-01 would fit
the RotoZip SS560VSC. Nor can they give me some dimensions on the throat (where the Dremel fits in) so I can make a decision.
Any help from this forum would be appreciated.
My searches on Amazon, eBay, Google (ugh!) and DDG came up with didly squat for the PR2 but a lot for the Dremel 335-01.
Anyone want to sell me a Rotozip PR2?
I have RotoZip SS560VSC - it has done wonders for me in various capacities but mostly in freeform plunge cutting and circle cutting and I'm very happy with it.
I have a project underway where I need to make a gap in my decking corner uniform (see attached photograph).
I have used the Bosch Palm Router GFK125CE with a 1/4" shank, 1/8" downcut spiral CNC Router bit (1" cut depth) to make the other corners gap uniform - I use a guide (straight edge) clamped using "L" bolts (made from 14"-20 TPI all-thread rod and "Star" knobs) that fit through the gaps in deck planks. The Bosch Palm router (with the PR111 plunge base) does an excellent job of straightening out the deck planks that butt on the "picture frame" - that way I don't have to make multiple cuts on each plank to get the end gap even (the TREX plabnks are heavy!).
Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of space for this particular corner (bad planning on my part and I was too confident since the other corners were so easy!) - there is a railing post close by and I can only use the Palm Router fixed base (PR101) - does not have a wide enought base to instill confidnece in being able to rout in a straigt line without a tilt (I tried on a corner mockup with scrap Trex Deck boards).
The RotoZip (also made by Bosch - surprise!) has discontinued it's Plunge Router Attachment PR2 - which would have made it ideal for this job with the BOSCH RotoZip XB-MP2 spiral bit or the DeWalt DWAMM18005 1/8IN Multi-Material Cut Out Bit.
There was another post (RotoZip Plunge Router attachment) that also inquired about the PR2.
Would appreciate the cumulative expertise of the forum to weigh in on options open to me (except making a router base (like some examples on YouTube).
Some Notes:
Clicking on "online catalog" on https://www.rotozip.com/en_us/ (www.rotozip.com/en_US/online-catalog ) goes to www.dremel.com! (Robert Bosch Tool Corporation now owns Dremel too!)
Dremel 335-01 Plunge Router Attachment (335-01 Routers | Dremel) is not the same as RotoZip Plunge Router Attachment PR2 - will the RotoZip SS560VSC fit the Dremel 335-01 Plunge Router Attachment?
One comment I came across - Post #8 (RotoZip Plunge Router attachment)
"just a possibility there was a larger dremel tool and it had a plunge router base and my dremel burned up but my roto zip fits it perfect. I believe it was a dremel 5000? I see them on e-bay every now and then."
RotoZip & Dremel (Robert Bosch 1-800-437-3635) has lousy Customer support (but great tools!) so they cannot ((will not?) let me know if the Dremel 335-01 would fit
the RotoZip SS560VSC. Nor can they give me some dimensions on the throat (where the Dremel fits in) so I can make a decision.
Any help from this forum would be appreciated.
My searches on Amazon, eBay, Google (ugh!) and DDG came up with didly squat for the PR2 but a lot for the Dremel 335-01.
Anyone want to sell me a Rotozip PR2?