Hoa Dinh
09-18-2006, 1:58 AM
I'd been wanting a small plunge router with good dust collection dedicated to the EZ Smart kit. The only handheld plunger I had was a PC7529, about which I have no complain, but I feel it too big for the EZ Smart base. I had a PC690VS 3-base kit but didn't like the plunge base. It is crude and has no dust colection. I sold it on eBay.
When Chris Padilla posted a for sale ad (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=42630) for his friend. I saw a DW618 3-base kit and jumped on it. That evening, I was $200 poorer and 3 routers richer. :D
In photo 1, you see the router line up: the plunge base dedicated to the EZ Smart, the D-handle for handheld routing and the fixed base dedicated to the flush-trim jig. The flush-trim jig can be an offset base if the lower sub-base is removed (4 small screws).
I have an Accurate Dado jig for PC690. The jig has two "spare" tapped holes that match the holes on the DW bases for the edge guide perfectly. All I needed to add was two 3/8" bolts with their heads cut off. You see the set up in photo 2. The two posts next to the jig are the ones supplied.
The deal from Chris's friend includes a DW edge guide. But I prefer the one from PC (it's more "refined" and can be used as a circle cutting guide). So I drilled and tapped two holes in the bar of the PC guide to fit the DW base (photo 3).
The DW edge guide includes a cup for dust collection in edge routing. The PC edge guide does not have that. Dust collection is important to me so I drilled and tapped holes in the shop-made offset sub-base for the PC dust collection cup that came with my PC7529 (photo 4).
Thanks for reading my gloat :D
When Chris Padilla posted a for sale ad (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=42630) for his friend. I saw a DW618 3-base kit and jumped on it. That evening, I was $200 poorer and 3 routers richer. :D
In photo 1, you see the router line up: the plunge base dedicated to the EZ Smart, the D-handle for handheld routing and the fixed base dedicated to the flush-trim jig. The flush-trim jig can be an offset base if the lower sub-base is removed (4 small screws).
I have an Accurate Dado jig for PC690. The jig has two "spare" tapped holes that match the holes on the DW bases for the edge guide perfectly. All I needed to add was two 3/8" bolts with their heads cut off. You see the set up in photo 2. The two posts next to the jig are the ones supplied.
The deal from Chris's friend includes a DW edge guide. But I prefer the one from PC (it's more "refined" and can be used as a circle cutting guide). So I drilled and tapped two holes in the bar of the PC guide to fit the DW base (photo 3).
The DW edge guide includes a cup for dust collection in edge routing. The PC edge guide does not have that. Dust collection is important to me so I drilled and tapped holes in the shop-made offset sub-base for the PC dust collection cup that came with my PC7529 (photo 4).
Thanks for reading my gloat :D