I am an amatuer woodworker.  I bought the 7518 to put in my Bench Dog router table about 5 years ago.  I did lots of homework on routers and a majority rated this router high on the list for router table use.  I found that it has plenty of power to spare and will handle any bit that will fit in a 1/2 inch collet.  It has five speed settings (10,000 to 21,000 rpm) which handle all of the cutting I have ever had to do.  The on off switch is a rocker panel style (but I run my 7518 through a "Rousseau" switch that is mounted outside my router table).  You do not want to be reaching inside a router table to turn off the power quickly.  (The Rousseau is a better switch than the Bench Dog or any other method because it has a "crash bar" over the stop button that is near impossible to miss with hand or knee or anything else you might use.)  If there is a drawback to using the 7518 in combonation with a router table, it is the inability of being able to raise the moter up to change bits as some of the newer plunge routers are able to do.  (I solved this problem by purchasing the Benchdog Promax Router Lift from Amazon.  Addmittedly, I could have continued using the router plate insert and just keep taking the router motor in and out by lifting if out of the table, but the Promax solved several other issues as well, thus justifying the money spent).