Anyone recommend a Router for Kitchen Worktops

[Norcon]

If you take a small block of wood and groove it to suit the rail and drill two holes for the guide bars then you compatability.

 

[vards01]

Pretty sure I've seen some 3rd party bracket on ebay that does this.......

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Makita make a guide rail adaptor for their routers and their guide rails. The Makita guide rail is compatible with Festool saws/rails (I use a TS55 on a mixture of Festool, Metabo and Makita guide rails)

The big Bosch (GOF2000) also has a guide rail adaptor available for it which can run on the older Bosch rails. The GOF2000 can use the fence and rods off a deWalt DW625 (10mm diameter) and the "hump" that the guide rail adaptor uses is the same size on the old Bosch rails and the Makita/Festool rails

What this means is that I use a Festool OF1000 router with a Festool guide rail adaptor on a Bosch FSN140 guide rail in the workshop (that rail is not TS55 compatible - the anti-splinter is in the wrong place) and a deWalt DW625 with a Bosch guide rail adaptor on a Festool FS 1400/2 guide rail out on site.

BTW my recommendation for routers would be either a DW625 or the big Makita - both pretty bulletproof although the dust extraction isn't in Festool's league. 1600 watts is really a bit puny for worktops, at least if you are trying to earn money at it

 

[Harbourwoodwork]

An electric brake is very useful when your moving in and out of worktop jigs,
The 1/2" makita does a good job

 

[vards01]

I have opted for the makita rp2301 with case at 230 thought this was reasonably priced and I will purchase one of those rail adapters for sure.

Thanks for all the advice.