Bosch packs user-friendly features into router kit
Not content to simply sit on its award-winning 1617EVSPK two-base router kit--our favorite in the July 2008 issue of WOOD® magazine--Bosch rolls out a premium combo kit as an upgrade. Most significant among the changes: finger-grip, lockable triggers on both bases' handles, an industry first for kits with interchangeable motors. The second major feature makes that possible. The motor and base sport electrical contact strips that, when coupled, channel electrical current from the motor to the switch. This kit also features bit-depth microadjustment even with the plunge base locked, LED lights around the spindle that remain on with the motor plugged in, and a ball-joint swiveling power-cord mount on the motor.
Bosch Two-Base Router Combo Kit, #MRC23EVSK, $320
877-267-2499, boschtools.com
I already have four routers. But this looks like a winner. Can't wait for June intro date.
1/2/2010 02:00:30 PM Report AbuseGreg, the locking trigger 'technically' should make it able to work in a router table set-up. Of course it means you would have to reach under the table for the trigger to release the lock. I would probably only use it when plugged into an auxiliary remote switch.
12/31/2009 04:09:59 PM Report AbuseSounds nice except it appears that the router motor cannot be used occasionally in a router table.
12/31/2009 12:02:44 PM Report Abuse