'D' handle/multi configuration routers available in the UK?

[ian maybury]

Hi all. I'm looking to buy a router for general shop and hand held use (leaving my big De Walt DW625EK in a router table), and i'm drawn to the 2 1/4 hp multi configuration routers that have popped up in the US - like the De Walt 618B3, Makita RD1101 or Bosch 1617.

The trouble is none of them seem to be available in the UK or ireland, at least so far as searches of distributor and tool supplier websites seem to say.

I'd happily buy in the US or Europe, but these routers are presumably 110V 60Hz single phase models which would not be usable on our 220/240V 50Hz single phase supply.

Bright ideas for getting around this anybody????

Thank you.

ian

[Steve Clardy]

Porter Cable used to make a 220V router.
Not sure if it's still made.

[ian maybury]

Ta Steve...

[ian maybury]

Just to say that i've found a second option in that Festool do 240V OF 1010 and OF 1400 EBQ-plus routers that combine a straight (not 'D', but close enough) handle with a plunger base.

Being Festool its a bit pricey and the accessories are extra, but on the other hand it should be top quality....

[Caspar Hauser]

Step down transformer? Big Yellow brick.

[ian maybury]

Good thinking Batman! I guess the 50Hz supply would remain, if so it would drop the rpm a bit but maybe that's the case anyway...