Title: Get what you pay for
Product review: I purchased this router because I was curious to see what I could get for... less than the highly rated, Bosch 2 HP variable speed plunge router I've been dreaming about. I wasn't expecting much from the Black & Decker, but two deficiencies did surprise me. The collet has only one split - I've been told that to properly grip the bit, there should be four splits in a 1/4" collet, and I've seen inexpensive routers with only two, but never just one. I was even more surprised to find there is no way to adjust the height of the bit from under the table when using the router in a table. To change the depth of cut, you have to remove the router from the table, reset the plunge depth gauge, plunge the router and lock it down, and reinstall it in the table. Since I bought this router to use both in-hand and in a table, it wouldn't work for me, especially since I often make cuts using two or three passes with gradual adjustments of depth in-between.
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