Customer Review: This is a lot of router for the price. Very well built and easy to use. I like the fact that collet does not require special wrenches like my other routers because its easy to loose or miss place them. This is a great router, however if you can only have one I would recommend getting one with... more info
Customer Review: This is the second 1617 I have purchased because I liked the first one so well. I have other brand plunge routers but this one is the easiest to use. The step gauge depth design is really great for make multiple passes when going very deep into wood. Plenty of power for almost everything and not so... more info
Customer Review: Porter Cable is still the undisputed king of routers. This router really delivers. I choose it because its the perfect size for a router table. I never did see the reason for buying a big honking 3 1/2 HP router for a router table. You cannot take off that much wood in a single pass so why all the... more info
Customer Review: This is my first router but I checked out alot of other ones before deciding on this one. After doing a speaker building project with it I'm extremely pleased. The motor and plunge/fixed bases performed flawlessly for everything I needed to do and it has a great feel in my hand. As others have... more info
Customer Review: Fair price. Quality made product. plenty of power, soft start very nice ability to adjust substantial depth quickly or minute adjustments aaccurately. Decent length cord. Time will tell.
Customer Review: If you are looking for the best router bits money can buy -- keep looking. However I've found those bits work well for my projects and you can not beat the price. If in the future I'll need a specific bit that is of the highest quality I'll buy it, but for now I'm very pleased with my purchase.... more info
Customer Review: Two hundred and seventy five bucks. A Chinese router in a cardboard box with two wrenches for two hundred and seventy five bucks. I hope the motor lasts a while. I got it to use in a table. The base is cheezy. Very thin aluminum casting. The height adjustment is very cheap. A plastic half-nut. The... more info
Customer Review: I purchased this kit for and through work, and it arrived with a broken base on the plunge which included a crack through one of the three set screw holes and scratches on the bottom indicating that it had been used before. I wound up simply going to a Dewalt service center to order a replacement... more info
Customer Review: This is my first router and I love it. Performed like I imagined. It may be a year before I use it again so it's not going to be used hard. The router worked well for what I needed it for.