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Thread: $39 GMC Router
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12th June 2005, 08:05 PM #16Senior Member
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Originally Posted by vsquizz
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12th June 2005, 08:14 PM #17Originally Posted by craigb
Except mine is in the table, and the second one, though unopened has now an turnlock base ready to go on, and a set of click-in guides so it'll become the light weight template router, and will click into the horizontal mount for the table that I'm going to build next year.
Don't forget, we aren't talking routers in use eight hours a day, seven days a week. They will last forever at an hour or two a month!
P
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12th June 2005, 08:51 PM #18
Yes, I bought two of them as well but only opened the second one about a week ago.
I also looked at the Ozito routers some time ago. When I did a little check on the plunge mechanisms of the various small cheap routers I found the Ozito to be (surprisingly) the best of the lot by a fairly large margin. So, if the rest of the router is as good as its guides then it should be quite a neat little performer.Bob Willson
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12th June 2005, 09:07 PM #19
Theres a guy in Campbellfield (Victoria) that sells factory seconds stuff and he had some of the routers for $39...
Havent been past for a while, so not sure if he has any more. The address is 41 Adrian Rd, Campbellfield. I have only bought rom him once and he seemed a reasonable guy, but I suggest you pick the tool carefully and try out before you walk away with it.
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12th June 2005, 10:06 PM #20Originally Posted by vsquizzIf at first you don't succeed, give something else a go. Life is far too short to waste time trying.
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14th June 2005, 11:15 PM #21
not only are they not around at $39 anymore..but that model seems scarce at the moment at any price, as everyone only has plunge models. Big W say they will be getting stock in a few weeks however.
Thanks Kev.
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17th June 2005, 06:50 PM #22Originally Posted by Cagey
I have just this minute been into Big W in Bunbury WA and they have a few of the GMC routers still at $39.
These ARE the plunge type however, which is what I bought a couple months ago.
Pardon my ignorance, but how does a "non" plunge router (fixed base) work? Do you adjust depth of cut by way of how deeply the bit is secured into the chuck?
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17th June 2005, 07:26 PM #23
On a normal router, the straps that fit over the shoulders determine the depth that plunge will be allowed.
On a fixed base router the depth of plunge is controlled by a screw.
Said screw depth is usually controlled by the screwee by adjusting various positions etc. Once an equitable depth of screw is obtained, the screwer is free of make of it what he/she will. You wil know when it is correct because it will all come together.Bob Willson
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17th June 2005, 07:43 PM #24Originally Posted by Bob Willson
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Neil.Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonay in one hand - Strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming - "WOO WOO...What a ride"
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17th June 2005, 07:52 PM #25
So you could say a fixed base router is a screwed up router
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17th June 2005, 11:49 PM #26Pardon my ignorance, but how does a "non" plunge router (fixed base) work? Do you adjust depth of cut by way of how deeply the bit is secured into the chuck?
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ead.php?t=9559
Was it worth it? It would be excellent value-for-money at its original price. At the $39 I paid for it, well it was a gift.
Regards from Perth
Derek
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18th June 2005, 12:06 AM #27
I bought one after reading Derek's post.Kicked myself for not buying two.
Then one day(about 6 months later) after lots of clean living, one just appeared in the local Bunnings. I snavelled it and it is still in its box, like all my stuff waiting for the new shed which isflatpacked in my driveway. Pouring the concrete tomorrow.Cheers
Jim
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19th June 2005, 09:49 PM #28Novice
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fixed base router
on the same note does any one know of any one that sells fixed base routers at all. The american sites are full of them every one over there seems to make them makita, hitachi, bosch but i have yet to see one here.I also want to mount one horizontally which they would be perfect for.
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