Customer Reviews

Skil 1810 1-3/4 HP Fixed Base Router

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This is a good entry level router so long as it is used upright. Inverting the router under a table will create issues. The main problem is that the clamp does not have the sufficient strength to hold at a fixed depth when it's inverted. After taking great pains to adjust the depth, you will find that as soon as you turn the router on, the depth will change. Also, since the router is trigger-operated, you will have to engage the trigger lock when it's inverted under a table. The trigger lock is a pretty flimsy piece of plastic, and it didn't take more than a couple of days for mine to break. Once that happens it will have to be repaired before it can be used under a table again.

My advice: buy Bosch.

I got this for use with a skil router table. ASOLUTELY CANNOT NOT ADJUST with any degree of accuracy. I will say that after taking a claw hammer to the thing the cast iron base broke after a couple of strikes, but the plastic housing took a brutal beating without busting. It may be allright for someone wanting an upright router, but don't even consider it for use with a table.