Router vs. Jigsaw

[afreegreek]

I think my dilemma is solved. The teacher in the next room has offered to loan me his router. Gave me some tips on using it, and how to be safe.

Can't beat free and convenient. I'm going to buy a cheap piece plywood to practice with.

And I was just about go with a rotozip........Or maybe the P&C 690.... or......

cool, now you have something to work with. I know I'm going to catch it for saying this but a Rotozip is a piece of crap. they are the wood working equivalent of a flo-bee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7plRFp9F ... re=related

I have never used a Rotozip, but do have a very small router of that type that I got at HF and have used it lots of times with very good results.

the problem with a rotozip isn't it's size, it's the fact it has a 5/32" collet and a sad excuse for a base. if they put a better base on it and a 1/4" collet, it would be a small router. most of the so called wood bits are basically a modified drill bit. it would take you a week and a box or two of the bits to burn your way through the two sides of a TD.

http://www.rotozip.com/Shop/CategorySub ... D=28?HID=7

[toypusher]

I think my dilemma is solved. The teacher in the next room has offered to loan me his router. Gave me some tips on using it, and how to be safe.

Can't beat free and convenient. I'm going to buy a cheap piece plywood to practice with.

And I was just about go with a rotozip........Or maybe the P&C 690.... or......

cool, now you have something to work with. I know I'm going to catch it for saying this but a Rotozip is a piece of crap. they are the wood working equivalent of a flo-bee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7plRFp9F ... re=related

I have never used a Rotozip, but do have a very small router of that type that I got at HF and have used it lots of times with very good results.

the problem with a rotozip isn't it's size, it's the fact it has a 5/32" collet and a sad excuse for a base. if they put a better base on it and a 1/4" collet, it would be a small router. most of the so called wood bits are basically a modified drill bit. it would take you a week and a box or two of the bits to burn your way through the two sides of a TD.

http://www.rotozip.com/Shop/CategorySub ... D=28?HID=7

Yeah, my HF router has a 1/4" collet so I can use lots of bits in it.

[goldcoop]

I agree the base is a piece of crap... BUT you can buy 1/4" collets & bits.

Cheers,

Coop