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I wish I had had this little machine years ago to let in hinges and such; really is handy and easy to use.
It runs very smoothly, is easily handled in one hand and is relatively quiet. I've not owned another laminate trim router, but I have to say that this does a great job on laminate. I've just completed a set of countertops and backsplashs and it does a fine job. I would heartily recommend this for countertop makeup. I've not seen the problems with height control that some mentioned but then again, I wasn't doing anything especially tricky.
In the company I work with, we've using an older version of this trim router and it has like 8 years old or something, and it is a very useful tool in our work, quick, clean and light machine. Good quick working tool. I'm normally using DeWalt with other tipe of tools, but there's no reason to take aside this trim router at all.
The versatility of this tool is great. Nothing but good recommendations for this tool. I have used this tool for the past 3 years from zipping out holes (accompanied by an adapter) in drywall to trimming laminate, to mortising out hinge butts.
After reading a few reviews here I thought I would comment on this tool myself. If you are looking for a small precise genral pourpose woodworking router this is not what you want, if you are looking for a laminate trim router as the name implies this is a very good one, we do millons of dollars worth of work each year here and have found for the price this is a fine trim router. I am a proffesional comercial woodworker and have owned and bought for my company this router maybe 15 times over the years so I am very familiar with it. One thig that I keep seeing in the negitive column in everyones reviews is that it is not precise enough for some people, all I can say is keep in mind what this tool is inted for.this is a laminate trim router.there is nothing precise about that, infact it has always been kind of a joke in the industry that they put the fine adjustment knob on the router at all.
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