View Full Version : Need Advise for a 4'x8' standard router
ArtFilmgroup
09-20-2014, 05:11 PM
I am new in this and my budget its limited i want to buy cnc 4' x 8' standard Porter cable route.
is this a good buy or wasting my money and go big with spindle. i have a fully carpentry shop and cnc will be only for curves and especial cut ( 1 hour a day)
any input will be appreciate
Thanks forum!
Brady Watson
09-20-2014, 05:28 PM
There is nothing wrong with a 4x8 with a PC router. There are plenty of guys that have been running them for the past 15 years. Get it with a PC router, then make some money...then upgrade to a spindle when you can. Problem solved.
-B
ArtFilmgroup
09-20-2014, 05:41 PM
Thanks!!! Pc router? and thats for?
scottp55
09-20-2014, 06:03 PM
Jose, P(orter) C(able) router.
You just THINK you'll only use it for that:)
Changes your thinking :)
blackhawk
09-22-2014, 10:20 AM
Porter Cable router has served me just fine for the past 6 years.
supertigre
09-22-2014, 02:43 PM
I've worn out 4 PC routers over the past 15 years. Even with replacing them with new it's less expensive than a spindle. Bit the spindle is much quieter, has more power, and has less run out.
Joe Porter
09-22-2014, 04:20 PM
Jose, if you do go with a Porter Cable router, which is fine for your purposes, if at a later date you do decide to upgrade to a spindle, you will still have a perfectly good router and collets and tools to use mounted in a table or even hand held, etc...joe
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