How much do you want from a cordless router? □ It’ll handle a 3/8 collet but I only ever use 1/4. I have never started this cordless router by accident in the best part of three years. It’l pull out some wood chips from your straight cuts that get inevitably stuck which is nice too.Īs with all Makita the two button safety lock setup makes sure you really really are turning this on, and it wasn’t an accident. The extraction is powerful enough that it helps stop any clogging too. I’ve rarely had that issue with this router. I also find the way the extractor mounts, it really does hold on much better than the Makita cordless planer, which does slip off occasionally. The router connects beautifully to the extractor in the sense that very little dust (if any) and only a few wood chips escape, certainly manageable with a dust sheet in a customers property with absolutely no anxiety or worries at all. Here’s a little demonstration with the DRT50 in action: As times gone on it needs a little wiggle but nothing that would put you off using this tool over a corded version. I have definitely taken advantage of maximum power at all times. I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to turn the speed setting down off full. This also applies to when you are using the router for rounding over. Amazing how easy this thing is to make accurate straight cuts with one hand. And that time frame is stop start, you probably only get five minutes actually runtime but then how much machining do you actually do cutting out a hinge or rebating for a fire seal. If I am running this thing for fifteen minutes I will definitely need a second battery. It does draw a lot of power so a battery won’t last long at all. My site chippy Paul reckons it’s better balanced with a 3 amp battery and I would agree lighter is always better but he isn’t getting much time with a full power meaningful cut, so personally I wouldn’t to take that opinion too seriously – though if you have 3 amp batteries it’ll work just fine. Firstly, I wouldn’t touch this router with anything less than a 4 amp battery. It’s been an absolute pleasure and saved me so much time. Trimming up for hinges, latches, allowing me to easily rebate the door for fire excluders, and all the little tasks like rounding over window boards on the cuts. The Makita DRT50ZJ Cordless Router is the backbone of that. Going all the way back to 2018 this tool in conjunction with an extractor has kept me in customers houses routing and machining rather than outside, which is a big deal to me in terms of lugging doors around as well as the time saved. What a tool, for me it’s certainly the best cordless router. With the batteries all being interchangeable and the bare units all coming at superb prices, I can honestly see a time where we don’t have a power lead anymore, with exception of maybe half inch routers and heaters that draw big watts… Whilst they don’t have the power for tougher jobs, small straight flute cuts, hinges, round overs, and generally finishing work are more than achievable (without stuttering or a drop in power). Needless to say it went back for a refund and I shelved the idea of cordless tools (with exception of my cordless drill).Īmazingly now, eight years later, we are now looking at the best cordless routers as genuine bits of kit to leave the power lead at home. How was I going to explain to my customer I had just chewed up their door with my ‘new amazing cordless’ kit? Well I didn’t, I got out my corded tools and planned that door up nicely but still, it left a bitter taste in my mouth after I dropped nothing short of a fortune on that kit (prices were not the reasonable numbers they are now). I was appalled by that planer (no naming brands – it was a decade ago and unfair as no comparison now) that I had just tried to use. The only 40mm cordless pin/nail gun was a gas powered Paslode, a cordless jigsaw hadn’t been played with yet (with exception of Festool maybe). Milwaukee M18FTR-0 M18 Fuel Trim Cordless Routerĭid you ever think we would get there? Ten years ago when I used a cordless planer for the first time I put cordless tools down for eight years after that. DEWALT DCW604NT 18V XR LI-ION BRUSHLESS CORDLESS ROUTERĤ. Precision cutting depth adjustment in 1.1.Linear ball bearing for super smooth plunge action.Stopper block to obtain 3 different cutting depths.
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