Archives: Router

Milwaukee ½” Cordless Router Review

Overall having the ability to use a cordless router with ½ shank router bits for larger profiles is huge. This Milwaukee ½” Cordless Router has the power, functionality, and accessories to compete with corded plunge and fixed base routers. It’s well made, and the kit is comprehensive.

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Metabo HPT 18V Cordless Trim Router

Metabo HPT 18V Cordless Trim Router M1808DA Review The Metabo HPT 18V Cordless Trim Router is Metabo HPT’s latest tool offering some Pro features. It follows the footsteps of the larger Metaboe HPT plunge base router – the Metabo HPT – that we reviewed last month. It’s impressive to note that Metabo HPT is the only […]

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Metabo HPT 36 Volt Multi-Volt Cordless Router Review

Metabo HPT 36 Volt Multi-Volt Cordless Router M 3612DA Metabo HPT recently released the world’s first cordless AC/DC, and ¼” and ½” plunge router. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Immediately I liked the size of this router. The fact that the Metabo HPT 36 Volt Multi-Volt Cordless Router takes both ¼” […]

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YetiTool SmartBench CNC Machine

A Seed Change in the CNC World Many of us have heard the expression “Seed Change.” It means a disruption in the status quo.  The origin of the term comes from the agricultural practice of rotating entirely new and radical crops. The modern meaning acknowledges a complete change of the perception of a field of […]

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Milwaukee FUEL M18 Router

Milwaukee FUEL M18 Router 2723-20 Review There are many advantages of a Milwaukee FUEL M18 Router. Carpenters, use compact routers to make my own window sills when trimming windows, easing edges on decking and trim, creating chamfers, installing built-ins, mortising hinges, and sometimes to make on-the-spot moldings.  More and more contractors are cutting the cord […]

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Best Cordless Router – Head-To-Head

Best Cordless 18-Volt Router Advantages of a Cordless Router As a carpenter, I use a compact router to make my own window sills when trimming windows, easing edges on decking and trim, creating chamfers, installing built-ins, mortising hinges, and sometimes to make on-the-spot moldings.  More and more contractors are cutting the cord on their job […]

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RYOBI ONE+ Cordless Router Review

Ryobi ONE+ Cordless Router Review Model P601 Several years ago if you mentioned a cordless jobsite you would think it was never going to happen and there was always going to be a few major tools you still have to use that have cords. One of those tools would probably be a cordless router. In […]

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MAKITA 18V LXT Cordless Compact Router XTR01Z

MAKITA 18 V 1-1/4 H.P. Cordless Router Review If you’ve been a carpenter for at least 20 years you know that MAKITA’s lineage is with the carpenter and woodworker. To prove this just think back to your first miter saw, table saw or slide pack drill and I’d bet it was a MAKITA for most […]

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