I was looking to buy a cast iron router table starting last fall. And as my Shopbot has a spindle, I didn't ever get into the PC routers. But I had assumed I'd use a Porter Cable router for my new router table. I was quite shocked to learn that the PC routers were no longer available, and that for the last few years, their on-line reviews reported terrible quality issues. (You may want to watch Den of Tools on YouTube, where they talk a lot about Porter Cable and their demise.)
At first the Bora router motor made sense, but I found many terrible reviews of that as well. I ended up ordering a Triton TRA 001 3 1/4. It had consistently great reviews, and using that would also save me the money on getting a router lift. I ordered the Triton in early January even though it was back ordered...... It didn't arrive until mid February. But that didn't matter, because the new cast iron router table I ordered in January, won't arrive until MAY!!!!! Who would have imagined so many things would be out of whack prior to the Covid epidemic!
Chuck
Chuck Keysor (circa 1956)
PRT Alpha 60" x 144" (circa 2004)
Columbo 5HP spindle
Aspire 9.0, Rhino 5