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Today I will talk about some power tools.
This is not an advertising film !!!
Just answer the question : to buy the best and most expensive or cheap and lower quality?
Now days,it is not secret that so many things are disposable...
The stuff are designed to break up....
There are so many company...what to choose?
such diversity cause headache for many guys...
Today I will try help you
I will not talk about Festool because everyone know that top quality stuff.
I have many Festool tools. I will not try convince you that they are good.
they are very good but expensive ....
There are other less expensive power tools manufacturing company and they good.
I like BOSCH.I have many tools of Bosch as well.
That have 2 or 2 1/2 HP. I think...not sure...
I use this router for big and very big profiles.
This one have plunge base and regular as well
always try buy power tools with rotary regulation.
That is very important for working in other materials like Plexiglas.Too high speed could melt your material.
This Makita have 1 HP
I have the regular and plunge base for this router
rotary speed regulation ....
Gradually setting of the depth...
Why I love it? Because of the size.The 1 HP router they made in 1/4 HP size of regular router.
that is about 1 HP router as well.You see is much bigger...
you can see the size difference
All the small trimmers use to have 1/4 HP
The some size Makita as a first company made 1 HP router
That size is so comfortable of use and you have power of the big size router.
For fancy piece of furniture you must use more accurate routers.
Festool , Makita , Bosch....Porter-Cable ,Dewalt ....that only a few good company
For not precision jobs like trimming plastic laminate I have very cheap routers
Like this one. I've bought it for $20
I have this one over 10 years...
I made myself the beveled plate for trim plastic laminate or veneer on doors....
The doors have bevel on the edge, so the regular plate doesn't works.
The bevel is usually between 2 and 3 degrees.
During the last couple years the routers become really, really cheap....
Mass production from China caused you can buy that router for 1 hour to 1/2 hour of labor....depend where you live....
Therefore I have dozen of them and I keep the cutters without removing them.Because the changing cutters during the week cost me more money than another router.
....changing cutters during the week cost me more money than another router.
hobbyists.... that different story....I talking of professional cabinetry shops.
woodworkers usually under estimating their own time spend on the project.
exchanging the bits takes time.Time is a $$$
I have many of them.I usual set one cutter for one operation and not exchange it for months.... some of them even couple years...
I have usually 3 or more sets of the some kind of tools.Not necessary the same company made.
I have huge contractor box and I store my tools in that boxes on the job sides.
Some guys have a"sticky hands"...
That is life...
I do not want tell something bad about anybody.
That's it about routers
summarizing ... If you need router just for one operation buy the cheapest one
for one operation is good enough..
You do not need make precision adjustment because you use it for one operation....
About the power drive guns and drills that is different story.
Do not buy the cheap one and do not buy the counterfeit batteries usually made in china...(not branded)
Not branded product is half cheaper but 3 times shorter life time
this one I bought dozens years ago when that impact gun was first time on the woodworking show.
When I got it for the first time to work, everyone thought the clutch in my drill was wrong adjusted.
This gun caused so weird noise ....
After they find out what it is next week half of them have impact drive gun like this.
That technology changed construction business so much.
now days almost everyone have home at least one.
I had so many company made impact guns and drills
That technology changed construction business so much.
The cheap one has so big and poor quality battery.
In my opinion it is good to buy good quality branded impact gun or drill
I have the longest and highest Fraigrtliner ( Mercedes) van and some day I will show you how I organized my tools there.
I like my van because I can walk in on the back deck
The grey line is more for hobbyist the dark blue for professionals
but I like the grey one more
The blue one are too crazy for me.I have them but I like the grey one more
more like limousine not the sport car.
Tools like chop saw table saw and jig saw I like more in traditional version not the portable with battery.
Why?
Because even if you not use the tool for 2 or 3 years you will need new battery. I have not that problem with traditional tools with power cord.
the battery are designed to broke out after wile ...
Remember the impact guns and drill buy the good one .That could cause much less frustration for you.
I saw chop saw and grass cutters on battery but. .. not comments.
except routers !!! in my opinion not worth is to buy the very cheap stuff.
In general, everything according to financial power and needs
I hope it helps you .
In general, everything according to financial power and needs
Wood shop is not charity organization so you must estimate what you need and what you can buy...
Do not underestimate.... because cause stress and trouble at the end
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