![]() ![]() There is a place elaire (spelling) precision collets that makes really good stuff but I think 10mm is to big for 600b I have an 8mm collet in one of mine but that looks like the max. 5mm boring bit (They almost all have 10mm shank so a 1/2 collet reducer will be needed) which makes the 600b a problem after thinking about it. A router of your choosing + a little ingenuity to adapt if other than FestoolĤ. Festool FS1400/2-LR32-55" (I used 1 55" for many 8' tall panels so I dont see the need for more or longer one)ģ. Festool 583290 (The end stops are included even though they are not pictured)Ģ. If you want to get into LR32 you will need at a min.ġ. Still happy with the Makita rails but dont use them very often. I only used it for shelf pin/door hinges so the rubber didnt matter but was kind of annoying. I had to add the Holy rail when I got the LR32 What I will say is the makita rails are still holding their rubber, my festool started falling off in about 6 months. Yes I have the makita track saw and rails. If you search my name and lr32 you will see some old posts from me. If I was doing it again I would get a Dewalt 600b and a plunge base for it and mount that to the LR32 but I have 6 of them already. Using dewalt routers allows this if i hads to spend 500-1000 for each router it would never happen. I could find them used from time to time for $100 I hate setting up routers and prefer to have one dedicated for most tasks. I love the dw621 other than the on/off switch was annoying. That way its always ready to go with minimal setup. If you are planning on using the LR32 enough I would suggest getting a dedicated router just to leave attached to the base. It wasnt as pretty as the one in the pic but it centered perfectly and never moved. I was able to utilize an existing hole to pass one stud through and cut one of the festool nuts that came with it. With the 621 I was able to easily fit and didnt even need to make a plexi baseplate. So, im not 100% it will fit between the studs. However the 621 has a more rectangle base and the 618 looks to be a perfect circle. I can say I had mounted a DW621 on the LR32 base and it fit fine. Sorry I cant give a definitive answer on the 618. The Festool routers attach to the phenolic footings that serve as screw anchors, and they don't tear up the guide rail. But I still don't think it would work and would have seriously ruined the LR32 sled. That'd give you some more options for rotating and aligning the router base for a bit better advantage. Unless you want to cut off the hold-down bolts on the LR32 sled. There's no getting around it that I could think of. ![]() And because of the size of the DW plunge base, there isn't a lot of option for rotating the base to fit in another orientation, unless you give up on having the bit centered in the LR32 sled. And the DW router base is webbed, not solid, so there's really no where else to tap new screw holes. ![]() Since the sled is just sheet steel, there isn't enough material to countersink the screws. And then realized that because of positioning the screws holding the DW plunge base would be scraping along the guide rail, which eventually would cause some rail damage, and putting the router off level (rocking on the screw heads). I drilled the holes in the LR-32 sled, to match up with the DW618 router body (this took some precise geometry). Quote from: Wood_Junkie on October 04, 2010, 02:01 PM
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