Customer Reviews

Porter-Cable 6931 Plunge Router Base for 693

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Porter Cable's 6931 Plunge router base is an excellent buy. It adds versatility to the #693. I highly recommend purchasing this item for anyone that does not want to go to the expense of purchasing an entire router just to have the plunge feature.

When I bought my P-C 690 I should have gotten both plung & fixed bases. Now I have a realy usefull tool, in this lightweight router.

I had an old 690 router that only had a "D" handle base. I decided to upgrade the router with the Plunge base. The base fit perfectly and gives new life to the old 690.

Good purchase, excellent service from Amazon.

This is the first plunge base I have ever used with my Porter Cable #690 router. It's a great combination and is working out very well for me. The plunge base is well made, and it's operation is very smooth and predictable. The fit and finish is that of a quality tool. People who already own the #690 router will find this base to be a good investment, and will be used more than you might think. Sad to see that the base is made in Mexico! It's hard to believe we can't even manufacture a router base in the United States anymore.

A plunge base is a must have for any router. Should have purchased when I first bought my router years ago. Would not purchase a router without this. Makes many tasks so much easier.

I purchased the 690 router separately a few months ago and now I decided I needed a plunge router capability so I purchased the plunge router base for the 690. The plunge base is very well made and works great. Adjustments are very well thought out, convenient, handy and easy to make. My only recommendation is to buy the plunge base and router together as a kit since then you get the case for it and it's much cheaper. PC charges a premium if you buy things separately. I can't find a case that is sold separately for the combo kit either so if you buy them at different times like I did you are stuck with pieces of a kit rambling around in your shop. The router and parts are very well made but if at all possible save up and buy the router and plunger kit, you won't regret it.

I installed my 609 router onto this base. Its a lot heavier then the stock base and the shield is nice. 5 minutes after receiving it I used it to plunge cut some tivar 1000. Makes cutting circles a piece of cake.

By the third or fourth time I had used this base, both handles had broken off. It seems to be a defect in the plastic. Users should be aware of this. I epoxied my handles back on and they seem to be holding, but this a potentially deadly problem.