View Full Version : Which is better ?
dickg1
07-15-2008, 11:26 AM
By the way, I never said that SS could not be used as a router, just that a quality router with quality bits used by a competent crafstman produces superior results.
With all due respect, did I just get a slap on the back of my head, or was I just being called an incompetent craftsman? I don't know how to measure that non-quantitative "superior results" factor.
Dick
jg300da
07-15-2008, 11:47 AM
Sorry, no disrespect intended. I'm sure many here use the router option without issue. My opinion is that you are limiting yourself if that is your only routing option. Upon further review I see that it was the second poster that brought the portable router into the thread and not the original poster. My apologies.
Ed in Tampa
07-15-2008, 12:21 PM
Editted to remove my comments, rereading them I think I worded them totally wrong and I apologize to all for them.
Ed
alancooke
07-15-2008, 02:18 PM
there is not a single reason I can think of where the Shopsmith router option/function could equal or exceed that of an ordinary hand held router or router table.
How about someone new to woodworking or who inherited their SS and they don't have a hand-held router yet?
jg300da
07-15-2008, 02:37 PM
Again, apologies if anyone was offended. Ed, sorry you have so much trouble working with cherry. Outside of a few finishing issues I don't know of anyone else that has this problem
I thought this was a woodworking forum and a place where woodworkers of all levels could share knowledge beyond the scope of the Shopsmith tool itself. Guess not.
You can resume cheerleading without fear of further interruption.