An honest review of my first router. 8 years of service

I bought the first milling cutter, focusing more on the price and from the position: to start somewhere, and then choose a more expensive one in terms of tasks.

This is the DIOLD MEF-1,1 milling cutter. Power 1.1 kW, speed control - maximum 31000, cutter stroke - 44 mm, collet 6 and 8 mm, weight 2.9 kg.

What was noticed during the work.

In general, the router is lightweight and quite comfortable in the hands.

Tight springs. After working with them for some time, I disassembled and cut off several turns of the springs. The move has become much easier and the work is more comfortable.

The button on the router is not fixed, and the protective silicone cover on the button creates inconvenience when pressed. He took it off almost immediately.

The button is now different, the native one broke for about the 5th year.

The spindle lock, when tightening the cutter, always strives to return to its original position, so you have to check how the nut is tightened to tighten the cutter.

By the way, the kit comes with two collets and for several years I was sure that the second collet is 6 mm. When it was necessary to clamp the cutter with a 6 mm shank, it turned out that the second collet was also 8 mm.

The metal clip for the immersion depth was always trying to budge, so I put a wooden pin instead. It is easy to clamp it securely.

In what work was the router used

In the beginning, the router worked mainly as an edge cutter.

When making this table, he processed the edges at the legs with this router, milled vertical grooves on the racks, and also made a dovetail on the table sides.

There was an attempt to put this router on the table, but it was unsuccessful: there is no fixation of pressing the power button, it is inconvenient regulate the cutter overhang, well, low power, and its operating mode is 15/5 minutes - even on the body written.

When installing a long (70 mm cutting part) groove cutter, a noticeable vibration appeared. Either this is a milling cutter, or a beating of the shaft. Although I did not notice this on edge mills.

He also worked with a disc groove cutter, connected the boards into a tongue, the router coped well.

Now the main task of this router is to prepare holes for connecting to dowels, as well as to make small grooves.

To some extent, it is now a specialized tool in my workshop used for a specific narrow range of tasks. And he copes with these tasks perfectly.

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Alexander.

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