Hitachi M12VC 2-1/4 HP Variable Speed Router

List Price: $245.87 Discount Price: $125.90

Features:

• Soft Start
• Powered by an 11 Amp variable speed motors, ranging from 8,000 to 24,000 RPM
• Electronic feedback system which allows the bit to maintain the set RPM throughout all cuts
• Easy-to-use fixed base dials up and down along heavy duty grooves
• Includes 1 1/2" collet chuck, 1 1/4" collet chuck, 1 23mm wrench, 1 16mm wrench, 1 Template guide adapter, and 1 Template guide centering adjuster

Accessories:
Porter-Cable 698 Bench Top Router Table	Skil 91801 Deluxe Router Edge Guide	Milescraft 2202 1-1/2-Inch Router Signmaking Template Letter Set	Milescraft 2203 5-Piece Router Bit Set for Signmaking	Bosch RA1200 Deluxe Router Table

Customer Reviews:

Good router, great price [Posted on 2007-04-10]
The few times I have used this router so far, it has worked extreamly well. It is quiet, powerful, and well built. Changing bits is more challenging than other routers I own. Having to use two wrenches on square nuts is unnecessarily difficult--if Hitachi is smart they will correct this problem to make a good router a great router.

Be nice if I could actually use it [Posted on 2007-08-13]
I wanted to use this router for my router table but they have the screws in the base plate so tight I am going to have to drill them out, so I keep putting off using it with the table. Seems to work find free style. Also the manual is of little help for beginners, instructions are the bare basics in three or five different languages. Typical cost saving greed found throughout the global market. What would it cost them for a couple extra pages of instruction in English, 5 cents?

A cautionary note [Posted on 2007-11-17]
I bought this router during a promotion about a year ago. I figured for the price, I couldn't go too wrong. I use this router mounted in my router lift with good results. Positive experience echos that of many other reviews. However, I do need to sound a couple notes of caution:

1. I've had some problems with the collet(s) releasing bits. The design seems a little odd, and Its a struggle releasing some bits without damaging the collet jaws. For best results, be sure you don't fully seat the router bit. If you have problems with the bit releasing, tap it in before removing the bit.

2. Buried in the manual, just before it turns to French, owners are cautioned to inspect the carbon brushes for wear. DO IT. Neither I nor my carpenter peers have had a router go through carbon brushes in less than a year, but this one did. Hitachi did honor its warranty for damage caused by worn brushes, but in my wildest dreams I wouldn't have expected the brushes to wear out with the moderate use I've given this tool. I'd buy this router again, but I'd check it more frequently.

Hitachi router [Posted on 2008-04-29]
Good price for a good quality router. Light weight and controls are easy to use and access.

Only one thing [Posted on 2008-07-04]
I really like this tool. It has accepted a Porter Cable accessory and probably will others. The one thing, it is Chinese, although its name lead me to think Japanese. It works in the Bosch router table. I'm happy, almost completely.

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