Poor Suport by Makita for RT0700 C Router
I recently purchased a Makita RT0700 C router - for those of you who don't know this model, its virtually a trimmer sized router with the power of a much larger tool. In Australia, Makita sell this router (via bunnings) as a trimmer but advise you can purchase as an accessory different bodies to mount the router in such a plunge body for normal hand held routing as well as a tilt body and an off-set body (haven't worked out what I woould need them for). In other countries such as the UK you can actually buy the whole lot with all the accessories in the one kit - but not here in Aus.
Anyhow I purchase the plunge body through a Makita service agent and it doesn't have the guide rail assembly for attaching the straight fence. I contact Makita and they have no idea what this part is and have no number in the system to order it. No number means it can't be ordered. I try talking to the UK Makita support and they indicate that the guide rail is part of the plunge base - no individual number.
If only Makita had brought this router in as a full kit instead of some half-arsed half completed system. These little routers are the best I've ever used and being so small makes them a dream to use but the lack of proper support has certainly hobbled their ability. Anybody found a fix for this stupidity
