Product Description

9A, 2 HP, Plunger Router With Site Light, Auto Zero Feature Plunge Post Covers, Patented Comfort Grip Handles With Ergonomically Designed Soft Grip, Touch Activated Work Light, Case, Flip & Push Bit Change System Collet Lock, 1/4" Collet Capacity.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28348 in Home Improvement
• Brand: Skil
• Model: 1820
• Dimensions: 10.50" h x 10.00" w x 5.75" l, 8.31 pounds

Features

• 10 AMP / 2-horsepower
• Plunge base
• Multi-pass turrets
• Auto-Zero capability
• Collet lock 1/4-inch capacity

Amazon.com Review
There's no tool like a router for edging, trimming or cutting. Skil's new 2 horsepower plunge router can perform all the functions needed in a home workshop or on the job site while drawing only 10 amps at full RPM. The 1/4-inch quick-change collet with a 2-inch plunge depth accepts a wide range of bits and cutters . The Skil 1820's Micro-Fine Depth Adjustment makes bit depth adjustments fast, easy and accurate while the soft-grip handles are ergonomically designed for comfort and ease of use. The wide base opening allows for quick and easy bit changes plus the Built-in Work Light illuminates a pattern or an outline to insure more accurate cuts. Accepts Skil's 91018 18-Piece Carbide Router Bit Set as well as most other brands of 1/4-inch bits.

Ideal for woodworkers, carpenters and cabinet makers.

Applications: Use the Skil 1815 for making cabinets or shelves, decorative inlay work, manufacturing wood trim for cabinets, rooms, doors or windows, mortising hinge plates or inlays, dovetailing cabinet drawers, edging countertops--C. Dwight Barnett

From the Manufacturer
The new line of Skil routers are a must in every workshop! This fixed base router has a powerful 2-horsepower motor and a die cast metal plunge base for durability. The touch activated worklight enables you see the entire workpiece. The fine depth extension rod and depth scale provide precision cuts. This router has a two-finger contoured trigger for better control and ergonomic handles with soft grip for maximum comfort. Collet lock for easy 1-tool bit changes. Multipass quick adjust turrets to get the exact removal rate in repetitive passes. Auto-zero for quick and precise plunge cuts. 1/4-inch bit capacity. Includes Clear chip shield & case.

Customer Reviews

Very low quality
This router uses a flimpsy mechanism to mount/unmount bits. You have to push a sliding plate over the axle to fix its position, so you can tighten/untighten the nut that fixes bits. After a while, this sliding plate will no longer grip the axle, because (a) the axle steel quality is inferior, and (b) the sliding plate steel quality is inferior.
You will end up with a rounded/worn axle which axle the sliding plate can no longer fixate. Time to buy a new one.
Please spend $50 more and have a router that will last a lifetime instead of a toy that wears out after 20 bit changes.

overall good purchase
For the money,this is a good buy.However, the quality and workmanship
of the router are marginal at best.But it works ok.I don't believe it will hold up over the long haul(however long a haul is).

Comments of Router
The 2 hp Skil 1820 Plunge Router is an ideal Machine for ocassinial home use and works as expected for a 1/4 in shank router. The only drawback is the fine depth adjustment. It is very difficult to adjust a precise dept of cut. Also it would be nice to have incorporated a two step adjustment for deep cuts so a rough cut can be made and then followed up with a final depth