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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>No amount of orange Kool-Aid will ever get me to buy another Ridgid tool but I have made that clear here in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The sweetest little router that was around forever was the PC 310 (now discontinued). I have one I use and one NIB for the day the user dies. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Of course now it seems everyone has come out with these new trim routers, sighhhhh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Although I’m not a real fan of the yellow tools I will admit that little Dewalt trim router is a well thought out and nicely designed tool. If I were in the market for a trim router the yellow one might get serious consideration. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Woodworkers [mailto:woodworkers-bounces@lists.sawdusters.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>via Woodworkers<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 06, 2017 5:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> sbig333@gmail.com; woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org; woodwork@twistedknotwoodshop.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Suspected Spam:Re: [Woodworkers] Power tool re-pawt<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I've got a earlier version of the Ridgid and I wouldn't buy another one. The collet doesn't hold the bit like it is suppose to, so the bit has a tendency to slip down and ruin whatever you are routing. I just bought the little Dewalt with both the fixed and plunge bases. I really like that one. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Gary Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Steve Bigelow via Woodworkers <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>><br>To: Joe Johns <<a href="mailto:woodwork@twistedknotwoodshop.com">woodwork@twistedknotwoodshop.com</a>>; A place where woodworkers talk about woodworking <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>><br>Sent: Tue, Jun 6, 2017 7:08 pm<br>Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] Power tool re-pawt<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_1.2_dcbd0ab4-ba00-40e0-bf16-d55cfc08d99f"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I've been looking at one of those trim routers for a new CNC router I have in mind to build. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Let us know how the cabinets turned out. I've asked some of my buddies here whether or not you should even ship them if you haven't been paid, but even they couldn't give a clear answer. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Regards,<br>-Steve<br><a href="http://woodworking.bigelowsite.com" target="_blank">http://woodworking.bigelowsite.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://pen-blanks.us" target="_blank">http://pen-blanks.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Joe Johns via Woodworkers <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>There is hardly any tool the TKW needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>By saying that I mean, I can make mortises using the drill press but would a dedicated mortising machine be nice to have? Yes, it would, but I don't "need" it.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Now, there are six routers in the shop ranging from a 7/8 hp up to the 3 1/2 hp router dedicated to the router table and all of them Porter Cable. But, six is an even number. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>So, there we are, Jeff and myself are working on some highly secret cabinets - in fact, so secret the clients don't want to leave a money trail so they're not paying us for them but we're troopers.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Anyway, the edging was intended to be attached proud of the tops and I got to thinking about a smaller router to trim the edging and went on a search and decided on this... <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/yd5d5fzq" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/yd5d5fzq</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Y'all have heard me proclaim Ridgid in the past and I'm gonna do it again.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Folks, that 'lil router is the cat's whiskers (it even comes with a flush trimming bit!). For as small as it is it is a work-a-holic and it's variable speed to boot!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You must make certain you register any purchase of a Ridgid tool in order to get the LSA (lifetime service agreement).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>That is all.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=aolmailhoenzb><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'>-- </span></span><span class=aolmailhoenzb><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'>Joe,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'>The Twisted Knot Woodshop, "There's never been a classier joint"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'>Visit the Twisted Knot Woodshop - <a href="http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com" target="_blank">http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>_______________________________________________<br>I want to be one of my friends for a day so I can see how cool it is to hang out with me.<br><a href="mailto:Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a><br><br>To unsubscribe from this list -<br><a href="http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org" target="_blank">http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org</a><br><br>Address to contact the list ADMIN staff -<br><a href="mailto:woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>I want to be one of my friends for a day so I can see how cool it is to hang out with me.<br><a href="mailto:Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org">Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a><br><br>To unsubscribe from this list -<br><a href="http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org" target="_blank">http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org</a><br><br>Address to contact the list ADMIN staff -<br>woodworkers-<a href="mailto:owner@lists.sawdusters.org">owner@lists.sawdusters.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>