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    Anyone know of a "quiet" wood router.

    At the moment I have a standard cheap 1000w plunge router which makes a racket.

    I dont have a garage and at the moment am doing the test runs in the house.

    Either I need to find a cheap quiet router or figure out how to make a soundproof box.

    Also anyone have either a kress 1050 or fme 800? How noisy are these?

  2. #2
    I use a Kress 850 and if you keep it under the 2 mark it's not bad at all.
    When run flat out it's just like any other router.
    2 is equal to about 12,000 rpm

    If you want to ring me during a working day I can switch it on and you can listen to it.

    John S.

  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by John S View Post
    I use a Kress 850 and if you keep it under the 2 mark it's not bad at all.
    When run flat out it's just like any other router.
    2 is equal to about 12,000 rpm

    If you want to ring me during a working day I can switch it on and you can listen to it.

    John S.
    That sounds like a great idea. Looking more at the fme800 so this should be similar.

    Also heard good things about kress.

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    Yup i'v got 2 of the FERM FBF-6E and they are ok at low speeds. Can pick them up cheap to, have a look at this post: Here
    .Me

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Roberts View Post
    Yup i'v got 2 of the FERM FBF-6E and they are ok at low speeds. Can pick them up cheap to, have a look at this post: Here
    Excellent price. Cant seem to find any. Only the t4, although its not a bad price.

    You say they are not noisy at low revs?

  6. #6
    Quote Originally Posted by progomez View Post
    Excellent price. Cant seem to find any. Only the t4, although its not a bad price.
    Thats because i'v been buying them all up ! :D

    Quote Originally Posted by progomez View Post
    You say they are not noisy at low revs?
    No i dont think so, i would say at 8k Rev they are about as noisy as a woman's hair dryer on full, it would be hard to record the sound on a phone or video and i would say its probly still to noisy for you to use in the house unless you have good distance from room to room.
    .Me

  7. #7
    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Roberts View Post
    Thats because i'v been buying them all up ! :D



    No i dont think so, i would say at 8k Rev they are about as noisy as a woman's hair dryer on full, it would be hard to record the sound on a phone or video and i would say its probly still to noisy for you to use in the house unless you have good distance from room to room.
    What I like about the size of the t4 is that I would be able to make a smaller cnc as at the moment im losing too much width from my y axis due to the plunge router (8 inch).

    The t4 only needs a 43mm collar? If I can find a t3 or ferm I will buy one but iot looks like the t4 new is my best bet at only £63. Thanks for the advice. Id love a krell but they seem to be around £140 delivered.

  8. #8
    Quote Originally Posted by skittles View Post
    Just curious as to why? :confused:
    So i can use them on my machines? :confused: :p if you look at my other post here you can read why.
    .Me

  9. #9
    Quote Originally Posted by skittles View Post
    Have you seen the sparky routers on ebay? They are a purple equivalent of the trend and ferm, new for £25.
    Do you have any links. Cant seem to find any cheap routers?

  10. #10
    No no, future machines as the builds have already been started.

    No not seen the sparky, equivalent you say ?
    .Me

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