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Any thoughts/experience/recommendations of routers to consider that are somewhere around the £100 mark?

I've never really used one before but starting to do more carpentry stuff so any advice/tips welcome!

iccy

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If you're not already, consider a trim router over a more powerful two handed job. I bought a larger router when I was pretty new to wood working and then spent the entire time trying to work out how to clamp work pieces down in such a way that I could work on them without the clamps getting in the way.

If you can get one of a shape that lends itself to being mounted upside down in a table that's also helpful.

I have the Ryobi 18+ one, which is under £100 if you already have other ryobi kit and have batteries etc.

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I'm planning to get a Bosch 1400ACE as my first router.

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I have been looking at a plunge router, mainly for the flexibility. I'm between two at the mo - the Bosch POF 1400 ACE and Makita RP0900X (which is slightly stretching the £100 budget...)

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I'd consider this one ...
https://www.trend-uk.com/en/UK/product/T5EB/3/158/1000w_14_variable_speed_r...

Forget the green Bosch one, DIY gear, not built to last!


If you're planning on going heavy duty, these are absolute beasts and built to last!
http://tinyurl.com/yddp2jqd

Most of my woodwork kit is Elu bought second hand off ebay

In reply to iccy:

Get the erbauer from screwfix, I laughed when my mate pulled it for mitring some work tops, after using it though I demoted my dewalt to a spare and bought the erbauer, absolutely brilliant for the price.

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Mine's a 1/4" collect, I find it chatters a lot & can leave a rough finish, wish I'd gone for a 1/2" model.
Much better if you mount it upside down, I made a little table for this, they are a bit pricey to buy https://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/router-tables/cat6030062 .
New bits are a running cost, and you can get carried away with mouldings.

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I have two Triton routers, both are very good and can also be mounted in a router table.

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I have a cheapish SKIL which has lasted well - but with only occasional usage