I bought the cheapest router on Amazon 4 years ago and to be honest didn’t expect much. I soon found out the for the price it was a great bit of kit and it has served me well for over four years now. I can highly recomend it.
The router can be found here…
I really appreciate you taking the time to do this. I am going to buy one of these – for far lighter duty than it seems yours has and was worried if it would hold up. Obviously my doubts are unfounded and ordered from Amazon at £40. You should be on commission!
After seeing your old video on this router, I went out and got one for myself. One year on it’s still solid and hasn’t failed me once. Thanks again!:
I bought one of these after seeing you use it for my first build and it’s been superb. I bought the kit with the plunge base for about £60, but I don’t use that very often. I’ve made a couple of different bases and even a crappy router table for it. Like you, one screw has threaded but in all honesty 3 screws secure it no messing and I discovered that some left over IKEA screws I have fit it perfectly anyway. A top buy, especially for a noob on a limited tool budget, and I thank you for the recommendation. Similarly, I cant recommend one of these enough as a good, solid cheap router.
I swear that’s the exact same router as my Makita.
I was inspired by your small router so I picked up a similar style by a cheap Greek/German brand called Bormann. It’s such a convenient size I will be interested to see if it lasts as long as yours! I do need to make a transparent base for mine, I’m always jealous when I see you break yours out!
It's a noisy little shit of a machine and kinda rough sounding in comarison to my others including my aldi special lol. mine also slipped. I've since bought an erbauer off screwfix for about £70 and I have to say, it's superb. Soft start, speed control, fine adjustment etc. Absolute joy to use.
About time you got the bigger base too! Sure I suggested that ages ago lol. Get more than one though and have different bases on them. Really handy. I leave the big base on the katsu to use a small router table.
It looks exactly like a Makita, even the extras, it’s crazy how it can be legal.
It looks identical to my Makita router. I got a nicer box and a plunge router add on, but the rest seems identical.
Other than mine taking a bite out of one of my fingers due to my own stupidity, I have no complaints. A solid router, Admitedly mine only gets a fraction of your use
People underestimate the Chinese power tool revolution for ordinary folks. Back in the eighties buying a tool like a small laminate router was a big deal. By the nineties the prices were coming down but the quality was questionable.
However, by the early naughties the balance was right. I have purchased a few top end power tools but most are Chinese. Australia had no manufacturing industry making power tools so really choice is limited. Viva the revolution!!
Screw threads in aluminium – drill out, tap and fit heli-coils.
Ditto Patrick. I was lucky enough to get mine second hand for £20.00 from ebay. It had never been used prior to my acquisition, and in the 18 months I've had it I use it many times per week. If it packed up tomorrow I'd have no complaints, but theres no sign of that so far.
I posted a comment on here ages ago asking if it was worth buying, you replied and said go for it at the price. I don't regret anything. I've battered mine with use and it's still fighting fit.
Sounds like it doesn't owe you anything.