Porter-Cable 7518 Speedmatic 15 Amp 3-1/4 HP Fixed Base 5-Speed Router

Porter-Cable 7518 Speedmatic 15 Amp 3-1/4 HP Fixed Base 5-Speed Router | Pricey but worth it

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	Porter-Cable 7518 Speedmatic 15 Amp 3-1/4 HP Fixed Base 5-Speed Router Porter-Cable Porter-Cable average customer review:based on 68 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

got the power.....

hi, i am just a novice woodworker who has made this a hobby. after buying several routers and router jigs i decide i needed a good table. i bought the bench dog top and built my own stand. it was pretty good but reaching underneth was a pain in the a.., so i bought the pro max lift. this lift was designed to hold the porter cable 7518 router so, you guessed it, i bought it. all i can tell you is of all the tools in my shop i have learned to love and depend on this setup and i see why they built their lift(bench dog that is) around this router. it is powerfull, has adjustable speeds and i cannot imagine any tool working better. i highly recommend that if you have a router table and want a great router to install on it you purchase the 7518. by the way, i had purchased the hitachi 3 1/ 4 horse power router for this table and now am so glad i returned it and got the 7518. thanks and good luck!

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Pricey but worth it

I bought this router about a year ago to put in a router table. I spent a fair amount of time trying to decide between a router table with a big router or just stepping up to a shaper. I'm glad I went with the router table and router combination.

This monster has handled everything I've thrown at it without a sign of bogging down. The electronic speed control works well keeping the spindle at a constant rate under varying loads and the 5 speed feature allows me to use whatever size bit I need to to do the job.

I have used this to make raised panel doors out of hard maple. No burning and no problems.

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Super deal!

The router arrived several days sooner than expected. So soon in fact, that I'm not ready to install it yet. The price was better than anywhere I could find using all available sources. The guy that works in the tool department at our local Lowes' store said I "stole it" at that price. No complaints on this transaction at all. And, with the name Porter Cable, you can't go wrong.

a smooth running machine

This router runs very smoothly. I have 5 routers and it ranks near the top of the ones that I have.

It stalls

This is an exelent Router until you get into the 3 1/2" raised panel bits. I bought this router because of its power and Porter Cable Reputation. It stalls out out on hoging cuts forcing me to turn the router off then back on to continue the cut. It happend to me 20 times while cutting 19 raised panels. It is supposed to preform well even under the most demanding routing cuts according to the MFG. Porter Cable has replaced it but the replacement does the same thing. To make it work I take around 8 passes or go so slow I burn the wood black which is workable with a baby step cut as the last pass. Cutting the rails & styles of the doors in 1 pass it works well but so did my 80.00 dollar Craftsman 1 3/4 HP that was made in China. I am very dissapointed, may have to go to a Millwakee 3 1/2 HP.

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