Frank Hagan
11-01-2005, 1:41 AM
Well, I purchased a brand new DW621K plunge router kit with edge guide from Amazon.com, and it arrived several weeks ago. Then, after seeing a great review of one of Pat Warner's router bases, I sent off for an offset base for it. As some of you know, Pat Warner sends things very quick, and I was a little embarrassed to receive the new offset base before I had sent a check for it ... so I fired off an email and told him the "check was in the mail" :eek: and I would let him know how I liked the offset base after I tapped the holes for the screws and gave it a test drive.
Pat was very surprised that my router did not have tapped holes. We've been corresponding on it, and he asked for the serial number and country of manufacture (Serial 150082, made in England). He asked for the copyright on the back of the manual, as they usually update them frequently, and its .... 1996. Egads!
Does anyone know how to read the serial numbers for the corresponding date? Could I really have gotten a 1996 router from DW? I don't have anything to compare it to, so I can't tell if the plunging mechanism is as good as everyone says it is ... but to me, its a little stiff.
The motor passes the "smell test" like its never been turned on, and it is supposed to be a brand new unit. I need to run by one of the big box stores and see if they have a new one there I can compare it; as it is, I have no idea if the "stiffness" I'm feeling is normal or not.
Pat was very surprised that my router did not have tapped holes. We've been corresponding on it, and he asked for the serial number and country of manufacture (Serial 150082, made in England). He asked for the copyright on the back of the manual, as they usually update them frequently, and its .... 1996. Egads!
Does anyone know how to read the serial numbers for the corresponding date? Could I really have gotten a 1996 router from DW? I don't have anything to compare it to, so I can't tell if the plunging mechanism is as good as everyone says it is ... but to me, its a little stiff.
The motor passes the "smell test" like its never been turned on, and it is supposed to be a brand new unit. I need to run by one of the big box stores and see if they have a new one there I can compare it; as it is, I have no idea if the "stiffness" I'm feeling is normal or not.