Product Details
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- ASIN: B000IEFIBO
- Item model number: RP250
By : Black ; Decker
Price : $64.89
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Product Description
Amazon.com Review
Add decorative profiles to the edges and centers of your next woodworking project with this plunge router from Black and Decker. Designed for versatility, this powerful cutting tool lets you start in the middle of stock rather than just at the edges, plunging down into the wood to create panels, decorative cutouts, inlays, and more.
At the same time, this unit does everything that a fixed-base router does, shaping decorative edges licitly split, mortising door edges for hinge installation. And, it’s easy to use. Thanks to the excellent control and precision this 2-1/4-inch router offers, you’ll quickly execute precise free-hand cutouts, template cuts, and inlays. Great for a wide variety of routing tasks, a beefy 2-horsepower, 10 amp motor spins the bit at variable speeds from 8,000 to 27,000 rpm. An electronic variable speed dial maintains a constant cutting speed through hardwoods and soft wood alike. A rack-and-pinion height adjustment lets you set the depth of cut to within a 1/16-inch. Three easy-to-set turret stops reduce set-up time for repetitive cuts at the same depth.
One common problem with routing is not being able to see the work. The tool itself gets in the way as you cut, blocking your vision so you can’t really tell how the cut is progressing. Black ; Decker solved this problem with a special design that offers four times the visibility of traditional routers for better control, more accurate cuts and cleaner edges. A large plastic window, contoured to the router base, protects against wood chips and other debris. A dust extraction chute also clears the work surface when attached to a shop vacuum.
Best of all, a push-button spindle lock makes changing bits a snap. A soft start feature gradually brings the router to the selected speed, so you can ease into the cut with optimal control--a great way to avoid costly mistakes. And, an enlarged base makes it easier to keep the router flat and level to the work surface. --Brian D. Olson
What’s in the BoxRouter, 1/4-inch collet, collet wrench, user’s guide.
10A, 8000 to 27,000 RPM variable speed motor. Plunge action for versatility over a wide range of applications. 3 easy to set turrets stops reduce set up time for repetitive depth cuts. Sightline base for improved visibility and control. Spindle lock for convenient bit changes. Easy depth setting scale for accuracy and convenience. Includes adjustable parallel edge guide.
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Technical Details
- Plunge router allows decorative cutting from the center of the work material
- 10 Amp motor provides superior power
- Gradual start function allows greater control, more precise results
- Includes 1/4-inch collet and wrench, adjustable parallel edge guide
- 2-year warranty
Black & Decker RP250 10 Amp 2-1/4-Inch Variable Speed Plunge Router
Customer Reviews
With the exception of a few cosmetic details, this router is the same as the plunge router offered by Harbor Freight.
Is it total junk? Not quite.
If you are experienced with routers, especially the cheap imported varieties, then you can use this to do almost anything good routers do. Likewise, if you are a part-time woodworker, and don't ask too much from the tool, it performs OK.
The spindle-lock is "ify" and doesn't inspire confidence when tightening the collet. That COULD be dangerous!
Cast cadmium-pot metal / zinc body will not allow heavy torque on any of the adjustment mechanisms, especially for plunge-depth and stops. Even cheap screw threads are harder than this metal.
The dust port on the cheaper Harbor Freight model is actually BETTER than this B;D.
The motors on both of them are EXACTLY the same. They are strong at high-speeds, but bog-down at lower settings. So, do not imagine you can use either of them at lower speeds for larger-bits; such as for panel raising or shaping.
The motor bearings are cheap. That means they will only last a short while. That's OK for the "weekend-warrior" or the "bargain-basement" guy that only needs to do a few routing jobs to justify the cost, but this thing will not handle professional demands. Neither will the HF version.
My buddy bought both this, AND the HF models. When this one died, he got the cheaper one at HF and was OK for a while. Then the brushes on it failed too. ( he ran it slow, for larger bits, so the machine drew too much current and ate brushes.)
I repaired both of them by replacing brushes and installing better bearings. I modified both of them by smoothing the collets for better grip. I ground a 'flat' on the stop-column and replaced filed the cheap set-screw on the stop-collar flat so it would grip better. I also showed my friend how to adjust depth with gauge blocks so the sloppy depth gauge creates no problems.
Bottom line: if you need a cheap router and don't use it much or very hard, this is marginally acceptable. You can get the exact-same "quality" for a few dollars less Harbor Fright. If you know how to fix and "tune" routers, you CAN get better performance, but at the expense of labor and hassle.
Personally, I wouldn't wish this quality of tool upon anyone... well ALMOST anyone! ;-)
Received this router as a gift and have never heard good things about B;D tools. But i gave it a chance, used it for less then 1hr run time, maybe 10 start and stop runs, and the height adjustment lock has already stripped creating a useless tool. Has small standard base, extremely wide handles making it difficult to use clamps anywhere near project piece and no "soft" start which i find to be one of the most important features.
I would consider this to be a very bad product, with lots of potential problems considering how much plastic is used.
Spend your money on a Bosch 1617EVS(old school), or even better yet a Triton MOFOO1KC (new school).
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