Thread: Router dilema

Hi
I have to agree, the TR12 is something special, a friend used 2 of them in his business where they were used by up to 6 cabinet makers and suffered what you would think would be intolerable workloads (no spindle moulder. Even saw them used to make raised panels though they are totally unsuitable for the large bits. Another mate used them where he did his apprenticeship where they used to route 16 mm slots through 3 sheets of mel in one pass(don't ask me what for?). He told me that none of them failed in the years he was there, however the equivelent makita's they tried lasted just a few weeks. I have other tools that are very good also, including makita (ie 9924 belt sander) which are excellent and am not saying that hitachi is the best of all tools. I also agree fully with the notion that with most of these tools it is personal taste. However the TR12 is and exception. I jokingly wonder if anyone has seen one die? Happy routing. Rod (Smith)