Re: [ATM] routers in the old and new world

["Don Clement" <clement.focuser@verizon.net>]

>
> Visiting a friend, there was a book standing right in front of
> my eyes, a rather thorough American book about routers. I noticed
> that all of the routers in that book had toggle switches and many
> had removal handles to be sure the router could be mounted
> onto a table or other mountings. The book is a bit old, but now
> I am curious. Are routers in the American market different? Are
> the Americans on this list finding/buying routers with toggle
> switches and removable handles?

I can't speak for the new American routers but my Black and Decker model
7620 commercial heavy duty router has all the attributes you mentioned;
toggle switch on body, 1HP motor with very constant speed at 22K rpm, and
removable handles. Also the self contained machine ground round motor body
unit can be easily detached from the router base. All of these features make
it more adaptable to use on a router table or mounted in a power plane
attachment.. It would be easy to adapt the router motor body to make a lathe
tool post grinder. The date on the Router Manual is 1975 so this router is
probably not typical of a "Modern" American router. The B&D #7620 is a very
good tool BTW.



Don Clement

Running Springs, California

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