Factory-Reconditioned DEWALT DW616PKR 1-3/4 Horsepower Fixed Base/Plunge Router Combo Kit

List Price: $358.60

Features:

• Factory reconditioned to perform like new!
• 1-3/4 HP (max. motor HP), for smooth routing in toughest hardwoods
• Quick release motor latches, to change from fixed to plunge base
• Micro-fine depth adjustment ring in 1/64" increments
• Adjustable, tool-free steel motor cam lock

Accessories:

DeWALT Men's Stabilizer Lightweight Oxford

Customer Reviews:

The blue guys may have a better deal [Posted on 2005-09-03]
I bought this reconditioned router a month or so ago from Amazon. I made a trip recently to my local Lowes (blue guys) and found that for slightly less than $20 more, I could buy a brand new one.

Although it was clean and free if wood dust, there were obvious signs of wear and use as the base was scratched, so was the plastic body. I don't know how much abuse this router had taken before it came into my hands, but I think for 10% more, I would have purchased a brand new router.

I give it 2 stars because it is a good router nevertheless.

More than a little disappointed [Posted on 2005-09-08]
I bought the Dewalt DW616PKR to replace a Craftsman that must be 20 years old at least. The Craftsman, which I bought at a yard sale, uses no-longer-available brushes and I was afraid it would quit mid-job with no way to fix it. So I looked for a new state-of-the-art replacement. Hah! If there is such an animal, it's not the Dewalt.

The Craftsman has a nice bright work light built in (so nice), a "trigger" on/off switch on the handle (so convenient), and a one-wrench bit changing system (not great, but I like it). Rated at only 8 amps, it nonetheless has plenty of power.

The Dewalt has none of these wonderful features (except the power - but not much more that I can notice), and I can't see that any advances have been made since that old Craftsman was made.

Yeah, it's nice having the plunge base, but I know how to do plunges without that if I have to. And the Dewalt surely will last for years...but so what? I don't like the thing. It wasn't designed with the forethought of that old Craftsman.

I'm gonna use the Craftsman until its brushes give out, and then I guess I'll have to, unhappily, get used to the Dewalt.

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