How much do you use the router and how much do you think you will use it? My experience with low cost routers is that the bearings fail early. First this effects run-out and thus accuracy then they begin to shudder before seizing up altogether.
This will take a few hundred hours I suppose, longer if you treat the machine gently and with care as one should. If you are otherwise happy with the faulty unit then I would guess you would be best served by repairing it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Spiro To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] routers (fwd) Hi folks, It turns out that I had a skill" 8.5 amp 25k rpm plunge router. I am borrowing a 6.5 craftsman 25krpm non-plunging router. Seems like Harbor freight has a $59 router on their web site. Am I wrong in thinking this will be less than the $99 skill router I bought 10 years ago? Relativity if you may. I was under the impression that $150 was about the safety line of price? Anyone know of Harbor Freight's routers? At $59, if that's possible, I'd not get mine fixed. But if the tag is really going to be $150 or more for a 9 amp or better, plunge router, I will pay for the repairs. Advice further? Thanks [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
