Ed Blough
01-18-2007, 12:36 AM
I was in Lowes and they have the Bosch RA1171 router table for $169.
Included in that price is an aluminum table plate, with three snap out inserts, a starter pin. Also included is fairly rigid fence with adjustable MDF faces some feather boards. I neglected to mention the table is 1 1/4 thich and has leveling pins and a t-track.
I was thinking of going one of two routes until I saw this. First ordering a aluminum table plate from Rockler (large size for Hitachi M12) $79 and building a router table using at least one sheet of 3/4 ply $60 and one sheet of formica price $50 which brings the cost to nearly what the this table costs. Plus I don't have a fence.
Or the other choice was to buy a Rockler Router Table top with large insert cost $179 again without the fence and without a cabinet of any kind.
To my thinking the Bosch RA1171 seems to be a good deal and the from the reviews it seems to be have a positive following.
http://www.boschtools.com/tools/tools-detail.htm?H=175980&G=54940&I=69853
What are your thoughts on it?
Thanks in advance for any feedback
Included in that price is an aluminum table plate, with three snap out inserts, a starter pin. Also included is fairly rigid fence with adjustable MDF faces some feather boards. I neglected to mention the table is 1 1/4 thich and has leveling pins and a t-track.
I was thinking of going one of two routes until I saw this. First ordering a aluminum table plate from Rockler (large size for Hitachi M12) $79 and building a router table using at least one sheet of 3/4 ply $60 and one sheet of formica price $50 which brings the cost to nearly what the this table costs. Plus I don't have a fence.
Or the other choice was to buy a Rockler Router Table top with large insert cost $179 again without the fence and without a cabinet of any kind.
To my thinking the Bosch RA1171 seems to be a good deal and the from the reviews it seems to be have a positive following.
http://www.boschtools.com/tools/tools-detail.htm?H=175980&G=54940&I=69853
What are your thoughts on it?
Thanks in advance for any feedback