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Porter-Cable 690P 1-1/2 HP Router | List Price: $302.20
Discount Price: $159.00
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Brand: Porter-Cable
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Features: - 10 amp motor turns at 23,000 rpm
- Auto-release collet system
- Machined aluminum motor housing
- 100% ball-bearing construction
- One year warranty/30 day performance certification
All it's cracked up to be. [Posted on 2001-03-01]
I bought this router two months ago and really like it. The dowm falls that some talk about ie, start up switch and torque is easily solved by the use of a foot switch. It is much safer to run any router with this switch because you are ready for the start up. As for the thing falling out of the base when it is installed upside down in a table, tighten up the nut and check it wants in a while. I like it and would buy it again.
What's the problem? [Posted on 2001-04-03]
I've owned one of these dandy little routers for some time now - I also use a 2 hp variable speed Bosch. The plunge base works with both routers, and has proved to be very handy...The quality of this tool and its rugged construction far outweigh the placement of the switch or the fact that you use two wrenches to change bits...A router (like any tool) should be judged primarily by the quality of work it is capable of, and that's where this little baby shines....
A dissatisfied customer [Posted on 2001-11-20]
There is nothing inherently wrong with the router, but the router is unusable out of the box. The base plate supplied with unit will not allow you to use a number of conventional bits- I was not able to use a .375" rabbeting bit- the hole is too small. The plate is set for use with the bushing set that sells separately for about [dollar amount]. Porter Cable will sell you a second base plate for [dollar amount]. Also, the on/off switch is a toggle swith on the top of the unit. This location is unsafe- to shut the unit off you have to hold it with one hand & reach around for the switch. You can buy a different base with a trigger switch (standard on most other routers, Sears, Hitachi, Ryobi) for [dollar amount]. I bought the second base for [dollar amount] but built a foot switch for [dollar amount] to use with the router rather than pay [dollar amount]. But the real question is why do we have to buy all these extras just to use the router when other brands supply them as a matter of course? Craftsman sells a 1/2" collet, 2 hp unit for [dollar amount]with a trigger switch & usable right out of the boxx
New Base A Day Late and A Dollar Short [Posted on 2002-11-23]
The 690 has great power ,moter can easily can spin right off it's base under a router table. Now pc has designed a new base lock haven't tried it yet .
Great Router [Posted on 2007-04-02]
I use my router at work and at home. I have had it for around 10 years now so I ordered brushes last month. I should have taken them out because they have a lot of life left in them after all that time. This has been the best router I have ever owned. I will get a new one if they still make it when this one is worn out!
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