Hi Frank

Responding a little late to your original post and pictures of the 
"embarrassment of routers". Partly shock, partly awe, mostly envy...a 
delightful sight.

Perhaps you could kindly explain one thing that puzzles me about the 
two particular routers here. Both have a very large notch opening in 
the front that emulates the open arrangement of some router designs so 
that you can observe exactly where and how the blade is cutting. But 
the bottom opening for the blade in these two is behind the notch and 
the blades would not then be visible during use. That kinda implies 
you can see close to where the blade is, but are still guessing how 
far it is actually cutting?

I suppose you could put a stop mark past where you intend to rout on 
the project wood, at the distance between the notch and the cutter 
edge, and then know when to stop. That would perhaps be easier for the 
router with a squared off inner end of notch.

regards
Steve in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Frank wrote:
Chuck,
Here is information you asked for regarding the two wooden (OWT) 
routers that look very similar.  They are almost clones, except for 
the difference in the shape of the openings at the front and a 1/4" 
difference in height.  Look at the pictures.
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Pictures are located here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/Dilloworks/RoutersMarplesAndUnknown
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