Porter-Cable 2-1/4 HP Multi-Base Router Kit with Router Kit Table Height Adjuster

perfect

Well built, handles well. Incorporates most of the features a woodworker could want. Plenty of power.

Best price and quick delivery

The soft start is nice. It’s powerful and, once adjusted, quite accurate. I am not using this in a table. I have not yet used the plunge setup.

The 2.25 hp PC router was on my list for some time. I replaced a 12 year old Freud with similar performance characteristics that had died a slow death. The PC was the best choice and the above the table adjustments were a major selling point. I am very pleased with the purchase and HD had the best price.Mac

Great Router Kit very happy with it. Made signs with letter templates,came out great! I like that you can connect it to the shop vac, cleans out the letters so you can see what you are doing. Great product!!!

Got this for my hubby for Christmas. He was VERY impressed with the quality, accessories and ease. He was a bit upset when he realized the original cost; but when I told him that a I got an EXCELLENT deal on Cyber Monday, he was again, happy.Delivery was fast! Good Job Home Depot and Porter-Cable

I did not give five stars only because that would be ‘Exceptional’. This kit is a very nice way to start out in routing – I bought it to go with a Kreg portable router table (I rate that 5 star for its kind). The motor unit is very smooth and quiet. The collets are sturdy and “c-clipped” to lightly retain the bits even when loosened. I bought this over some other routers because of two bases AND the top-side adjustment for the fixed base on a router table – someday I might afford a real Router Lift. The case for the kit is quite functional. The on-off switch is well designed for me – the ON position has the switch extended from the motor housing, so OFF is an easy and obvious push in. I have used this in and out of the router table and am very happy with my purchase. One critical review mentioned poor quality in the base. I would agree that it is not overbuilt, but I think that it is rather well designed. The same review criticized the the clear plastic base plates. I ordered a pair of Porter Cable black phenolic base plates because of the, and I am glad that I did (about $9 each) – they directly replace the clear ones. For installation on my router table insert plate, I could not find 5/8″ long 10-32 flat head screws to properly connect the fixed base to my table insert. You can order them on line from woodworking stores, but I tapped out the holes in the router base to use more common 3/4″ long screws. You may not have this issue depending on thickness of your router table insert.

Everything you would come to expect from a high quality brand. Easy to use, easy to adjust, smooth operation, and relatively quite.

I purchased this item for the fine adjustment feature on the fixed base and the vacuum attachment on the plunge base. So far I have only used it to cut dovetails, for which the fine adjustment excelled.