How we choose
What a product needs to be included
- Plate outline, thickness and corner radius stated for any lift, plate or table
- Compatible router motors or motor body diameter stated for any lift or motor adapter
- Base hole pattern or compatible routers stated for any predrilled plate
- Ring system and opening diameters stated for any insert or reducer ring set
- Mounting method, slot or track profile and dust-port size stated for fences, miter gauges and featherboards
- Identifiable model or listing with stable specifications
What we exclude
- Instructions for wiring routers, router switches or any mains-voltage connection (the site points to the maker's manual and a qualified electrician)
- Advice to remove, bypass or defeat bit guards, fence guards or power switches, or to route freehand without a starting pin, fence or bearing as the maker directs
- Running a bit above its maker-stated RPM, or bit-speed advice beyond the bit maker's published figures
- Router bits as a product family (they appear only as the diameters an insert ring must clear)
- Waxes, lubricants, finishes, adhesives and other chemicals
- Safety guarantees for featherboards, guards or push devices, and dust-exposure or health guarantees for fence dust ports
- Accuracy, flatness or precision figures stated beyond what the maker publishes, or presented as tested by us
- Complete router tables and routers as recommendations (they appear only as the reference systems parts fit)
Claims we do not make without specific evidence
- No instructions for wiring routers, router switches or any mains-voltage connection (the site points to the maker's manual and a qualified electrician)
- No advice to remove, bypass or defeat bit guards, fence guards or power switches, or to route freehand without a starting pin, fence or bearing as the maker directs
- No running a bit above its maker-stated RPM, or bit-speed advice beyond the bit maker's published figures
- No router bits as a product family (they appear only as the diameters an insert ring must clear)
- No waxes, lubricants, finishes, adhesives and other chemicals
- No safety guarantees for featherboards, guards or push devices, and dust-exposure or health guarantees for fence dust ports
- No accuracy, flatness or precision figures stated beyond what the maker publishes, or presented as tested by us
- No complete router tables and routers as recommendations (they appear only as the reference systems parts fit)
Evidence labels
- Tested by us
- A named person used the exact product and variant and recorded the method, dates, results and limitations.
- Research-based analysis
- We compared published information from several sources without testing the product ourselves.
- Manufacturer specification
- The figure comes from the maker's documentation and has not been independently checked.
- Seller claim
- The figure comes from a marketplace listing and has not been independently checked.
- Independent source finding
- A named third party published the finding; we attribute it rather than repeat it as our own.
Prices
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Dates
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