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all customer reviews and ratingsAverage Customer Rating: By BILLY THOMAS (Claremore OK US) LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY ITEM OMITTED IN THIS ROUTER TOOL IS THE ABILITY TO MOUNT GUIDE BUSHINGS ON THE TOOL FOR THINGS LIKE SIGN MAKING. CONSIDER THIS ADDITION. By David (Bloomington IN US) I have used this router on a few projects now, and it is exactly as advertised--an inexpensive, small router with decent power and pretty good build quality. I reach for it without hesitation, and it does the jobs I want it to do quite well. That being said, the accessories are less than spectacular, which is unfortunate since that is the only apparent advantage of this router vs. many other similarly priced units. By James Thomson (Waterford Ne US) I purchased the marvel 40 primarily for sign carving with bits ranging from 1/16" to 1/2 ". To this end, I have found that the Marvel is a surprisingly quiet, powerful router that is very easy to use. Bit changing is effortless and the spindle lock is conveniently located. The plunge base has excellent visibility of cutting area. I removed the 90 degree plate from the trimming base which allows me to cut straight grooves and letters. Now, my constructive criticism is as follows. The plunge base has no spring in it and I don't think it's safe to try to pull up from a plunge with a bit spinning at 30, 000 rpm. You can add compression springs with 1/4 inch washers to make it retract up, but there is no mechanism for remembering your depth (does not make sense for a plunge to not have a stop). Secondly, the accessories such as circle cutter, cut out base and straight edge guide are just plain flimsy, cheap and lack precision. Now, when considering you can buy a BOSCH for 10 bucks more and have the capacity to add components including template guides, it's hard to justify not purchasing a BOSH. If MLCS could make a base that can fit template guides and make real plunge cuts and have a straight edge guide that was not something you could easily bend, then I think this could rise to the level of a serious router. In any case, I have a blast with this router and find it more than accurate for free hand carving. If you're not having fun with a tool, than it's time to move on. Although I own a larger PC 890 series and a colt, which I love, I always find myself reaching for this fun tool for fine detailed carving. Jim Thomson, Waterford, NY By Hugh Gardner (Durham NH US) This came with a"Marvel Base Plate" of clear plastic which required that the screw holes be drilled and inleted inorder thayt it coold be screwed to the"clear cylindrical base". An included templet was supposed to help. The templet was printed poorly, was inaccurate, and the directions failed to mention that the orientation was asymetrical. By Mike Hovanec (St. Louis Mo US) I was very impressed with the packaging for this router. It came inside 3 seperate boxes, and the router and accessories were inside the storage case as well...almost impossible for this router to be damaged in shipment! By Joseph Zink (East Meadow Ne US) I like this router for what it is and the accessories that came with it, including the case. I am not a big fan of 1/8" shanked bits and the one that came with the unit broke on the first job, which was cutting a 3/16" dado in a pine board. MLCS does not list a replacement spiral bit as being available. The unit works great with 1/4" shanked bits and I have used it for sign making and panelling cutouts. I would have liked to see the plate with a hole to accept PC-style guide bushings, but had to order a separate plate for that, which is another story. Overall, this unit is well worth the price. |






