This was the review that probably influenced me most in getting the Bosch
I have one mounted as a Mini milling machine, used mainly for milling aluminium - excellent tool. I also have an Erbauer version which I intend to use in a mini router table.like tomGW I picked up a makita router for about £65 on offer, its the model that the katsu trimmer is cloned from, every now and again you hear shocking quality issues on the katsu (though fairly rare TBH) so when I saw the makita model for just a little bit more it made sense to me. Cheapest I could find at the moment was £72 plus delivery, don't know anything about the seller though
https://hsstoolshop.co.uk/makita-rt0700cx4--trimmer-110v--240v-5700-p.asp?_=&variantid=5702
I've got the corded Makita... ...a light would be nice
I've pretty much never used the tilt base...
Would it be reasonable to say that lights seem to be found far more frequently on cordless tools?
This is a good application for it:
On his, the whole base blate slides, but you could equally make the fence slide on a fixed (but tiltable) baseplate.
You might or might not know this but you can unscrew the plastic sole of the standard base and replace it with the plastic sole of the offset base (available as a spare part). This greatly aids stability.
https://tools4trade.co.uk/products/excel-offset-base-trimmer-router-attachment
https://tools4trade.co.uk/products/excel-trimmer-offset-base-plate
The above two are absolute bargains for anyone who has a Makita-compatible motor.
https://www.lsengineers.co.uk/makita-offset-base-plate-195562-2-413148-3.html
Does that excel base fit a makita router ? It looks like a bargain if it is (and i'll be ordering!)
That’s a shame but thanks for the heads upYes.
Be aware that the excel one to which you link is equivalent to Makita 195562-2. The only place the cutter can go is in the belt-driven sub-spindle. There is no way to adjust cut depth other than by varying how much of the cutter projects from the collet.
There is also an excel one which has the same plastic base but has the equivalent of Makita 196613-4 on top of it. The cutter goes in the router motor itself. It was reported above that the gear for height adjustment in the excel one was too wide to mesh with the rack cut in the Makita body.
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