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Fremmed · 04-14-2008, 07:25 AM

Didn't have a router yet, and wasn't at the top of the list, but I got a great deal on a Milwaukee 5615-21 and a Ryobi router table. Got em both brand new for $80. Milwaukee is a good tool. This ones 1 3/4hp single speed. The table is plenty big enough for any of the woodwork I should do any time soon. It does have a lot of plastic parts, but still feels OK. Got a few cheap bits and played around with some scrap wood. Kinda cool! Should be a good starter toy.

Oh yeah. My wife already has a project for me to work on. Wish me luck.

ajay · 04-14-2008, 11:55 AM

Kevin: With a router, router table and a scrollsaw, the world is yours. Let the sawdust fly.

minowevie · 04-15-2008, 12:22 AM

Kevin, I so agree, how did you ever do without one. they are a great and handy tool for sure. have fun. I consider this to be a fun tool. a must for cabnet makers, but a toy for us. have fun but be caifull. they can take off a fingure in a hart beet. but makes a pretty cut.

your friend Evie

thecopperfish · 04-15-2008, 07:35 PM

You'll love your router for sure. Handy for a lot of things, the more I use mine, the more I realize how versatile it is. Congrats on your new toy!
Chris

lucky788scroller · 04-16-2008, 04:16 AM

Congrats on the new toy.BUT....... I will warn you, at 24,000 RPM's, should you really be trusting a couple cheap bits? The reason I say that is because only a couple weeks ago while using a cheap keyhole router bit on my tablemounted router,the bit discintegrated, one piece of carbide still attached to that cheap oriental steel flew across the basement like a projectile shot from a 44 magnum, and was found embedded into a 2X4 stud about 10 feet away,the other carbide I thought flew also, but was embedded deep into the walunt I was working with, and I found that piece when I had to trim off the edge of the board because of the damage caused with the flying shrapnel. I found that other half with my good mitersaw blade that cost me about 70 bucks, luckily the router bits carbide was such a low quality it didnt really do much damage to my sawblade. The router table is around belly height, had that flying piece of bit hit me, I am sure it would have went halfway through me, so do be careful! Dale

ajay · 04-16-2008, 12:07 PM

Dale, you are one lucky individual. Any tool can be lethal but a router spinning at those speeds is something else again.

04-14-2008, 07:25 AM	#1
Fremmed Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA Posts: 840	Got a new toy Didn't have a router yet, and wasn't at the top of the list, but I got a great deal on a Milwaukee 5615-21 and a Ryobi router table. Got em both brand new for $80. Milwaukee is a good tool. This ones 1 3/4hp single speed. The table is plenty big enough for any of the woodwork I should do any time soon. It does have a lot of plastic parts, but still feels OK. Got a few cheap bits and played around with some scrap wood. Kinda cool! Should be a good starter toy. Oh yeah. My wife already has a project for me to work on. Wish me luck. __________________ The Journey is the Reward Kevin

04-14-2008, 11:55 AM	#2
ajay Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Peoria, Illinois Posts: 196	Kevin: With a router, router table and a scrollsaw, the world is yours. Let the sawdust fly. __________________ ajay A happy Excalibur EX-21 owner

04-15-2008, 07:35 PM	#4
thecopperfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 1,195	You'll love your router for sure. Handy for a lot of things, the more I use mine, the more I realize how versatile it is. Congrats on your new toy! Chris __________________ What! There's no coffee?!!

04-16-2008, 12:07 PM	#6
ajay Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Peoria, Illinois Posts: 196	Dale, you are one lucky individual. Any tool can be lethal but a router spinning at those speeds is something else again. __________________ ajay A happy Excalibur EX-21 owner

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04-15-2008, 12:22 AM	#3
minowevie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: california Posts: 6,398	Kevin, I so agree, how did you ever do without one. they are a great and handy tool for sure. have fun. I consider this to be a fun tool. a must for cabnet makers, but a toy for us. have fun but be caifull. they can take off a fingure in a hart beet. but makes a pretty cut. your friend Evie

04-16-2008, 04:16 AM	#5
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,260	Congrats on the new toy.BUT....... I will warn you, at 24,000 RPM's, should you really be trusting a couple cheap bits? The reason I say that is because only a couple weeks ago while using a cheap keyhole router bit on my tablemounted router,the bit discintegrated, one piece of carbide still attached to that cheap oriental steel flew across the basement like a projectile shot from a 44 magnum, and was found embedded into a 2X4 stud about 10 feet away,the other carbide I thought flew also, but was embedded deep into the walunt I was working with, and I found that piece when I had to trim off the edge of the board because of the damage caused with the flying shrapnel. I found that other half with my good mitersaw blade that cost me about 70 bucks, luckily the router bits carbide was such a low quality it didnt really do much damage to my sawblade. The router table is around belly height, had that flying piece of bit hit me, I am sure it would have went halfway through me, so do be careful! Dale