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   Routerman | Oct 09, 2005 05:38pm | #1

   I like the fixed base casting and motor. Reasonable depth adjustment, more motor travel than any router, powerful, good electronics, a good tool. I prefer the 690LRVS but the 890 has a lot more features.

   Plunger, not for this teck.

    

   Routers

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   croakerman | Oct 09, 2005 08:47pm | #4

   thanks routerman. nice to know the pc is still getting good reviews.

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   jerrymayfield | Oct 09, 2005 08:09pm | #2

   I have several Pc routers a large fixed base that is dedicated to a router table and the 890pk that is use for both hand held and in a portable router table. The 890 is a fine upgrade of the 690 I have no complaints about either base. For the money you can't go wrong.

   regards
   jerry

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   croakerman | Oct 09, 2005 08:44pm | #3

   thanks jerry. i have several other pc tools and have no problems at all. i found it hard to believe that they would have dropped the ball on the 895 routers.

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   Riverboy | Dec 07, 2007 10:16pm | #5

   In the Feb. 2007 issue of FWW, the article on routers for router tables praised the new 890 series partly because of the ease of bit change from above a router table.  Article said that the router comes with 2 collet wrenches- one regular and one cranked.  Just bought an 895 kit, and found only one wrench- no cranked wrench!  Now I'm stuck- how to change bits from above the table?  Local Woodcraft store says they know nothing about the cranked wrench, but it is there in a photo in FWW.

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   PaulMassachusetts | Dec 08, 2007 01:09am | #6

   Riverboy,

      I just picked up a 892 PC router at a Western Tool Supply show in Manchester, NH. When I questioned what I needed to run it in a router table they directed me to PC kit 75301. It has the height adjustment and a wrench-perhaps this is the type wrench you need?

     I am putting the router into a Rousseau Roter table.  

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   Sancho | Dec 08, 2007 03:15am | #7

   I think he sells these for PC routers too
   /http://www.sommerfeldtools.com/item.asp?n=wr003&d=161&b=1if not check out CMT