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Our Rating:
Features:
- 2
hp, 12 amp motor
- Accepts
1/4-, 3/8-, and 1/2-inch collets
- Quick-change
template guide
- Electronic
feedback circuitry maintains selected speed
- One-year
warranty
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Reviews:
Bosch recently introduced routers that it claims have the highest
power-to-weight ratio in the industry. We believe them. The 1618EVS
is a member of Bosch's new Magnesium line. This variable-speed router
features a stout 2-horsepower motor coupled with an all-magnesium
base and housing. The result is a lightweight, well-balanced, and
smooth-operating machine that offers fast results in demanding applications.
The D-handle provides excellent control--especially when reaching
and turning on and off--and the auxiliary handle reverses, which
is handy. (Bosch's 1617 model features this same motor in a base
that has two nicely finished, hard maple, knob-style handles: it's
prettier than the 1618 but not quite as easy to grip.)
Something Bosch engineers are proudest of is what they call the
"precision centering system," which makes the router bit
track at true center. It's an important feature for multiple-pass
applications like jig cutting, and fine woodworkers will particularly
appreciate it. Ease of height adjustment is a way of measuring quality
in routers, and Bosch has come up with a system that works as well
as any we've tested. A large flip lever releases the motor for adjusting.
Rather than twisting as the height changes, the motor raises and
drops in a straight path. The result is a simple and smooth-working
course-adjust that couples with an efficient microadjust to make
fine-tuning the depth of cut easy and accurate. Removing the motor
from the base is a similar operation: simply release the flip lever,
depress the course-adjustment lever, slide the motor out until it
stops, then turn the motor counterclockwise and pull. It couldn't
be easier, and there's no thumbscrew to wrestle with. Anyone who
switches bases frequently will appreciate this design.
The 1618EVS also has soft start and electronic variable speed,
more or less industry standards today. The collet is self-releasing,
which means there's no need to tap the spindle to change bits, and
the collet depth is 13/16 of an inch, a few 16ths deeper than that
of DeWalt or Porter-Cable--one more weapon in Bosch's battle for
a truly centered bit.
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