Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Industrial Tool Supplies (London) Limited acts as a broker and offers finance from PayPal credit. mgmine- I am planning on doing a lot of table work which is why I am leaning towards one of the higher power models.

Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for consumer credit activities Firm Reference Number 656489.It's not mentioned in the documentation, but this router does come with a 1/4" collet in addition to the 1/2" one fitted to the router.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The Hitachi M12VE Router is a powerful variable speed router with accurate depth adjustment for increased cutting effucency, soft start and adjustable handles for optimum comfort. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

The Hitachi M12V2 1/2" shank router has a powerful 2000 watt motor in 240v and 1570 watt in 110v, so is therefore able to deal with the most demanding of applications. This was the first of the big Hitachi routers to offer the dust collection accessory shown in the photo. The machine was collected free of charge, and i eventually got refunded (after a bit of prompting) so i didn't lose out financially (apart from, possibly, on the unused router bit set) but it was a waste of time and effort. I can say that any tool I have ever tried by Hitachi performs well and they are usually good value for the money.

Its a 2 kW machine so it has the extra power when you need it, the layout of the switches seem fine, It's a solid bit of kit.

I suppose my only complaint is that the switch is not very safe and can be on when the mains power is turned on. Whyat, over the years there has been a lot of discussion about the Hitachi M12V routers, and to make matters difficult they used the M12 prefix on a 1-1/2 hp 1617 clone as well as the big 3-1/4 hp models. I have the M12V and a new M12VE and am happy to know the threads are the same as I plan to add an Eliminator chuck to both as they are solely used as table mounts. When i couldn't get the bits to go fully into the collet, i thought maybe i was doing something wrong, and when one of the bits flew out of the machine when i tried to use it, i knew i had to ask an expert. We are currently experiencing substantial delays with Hitachi/HiKoki and Metabo spare parts due to the two brands merging warehouse.