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Re: Ten woodworking tools you have to see


 

Lucky,

Google "PantoRouer?Instagram", you can find what people make using PantoRouter. Michael Fortune uses PantoRouter to make his folding chair, it is definitely not pine :)




James

On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 7:29 PM David Luckensmeyer <dhluckens@...> wrote:
It will be interesting to see what people think of it. I saw it working two years ago when the designer/owner was in Australia. He was/is very friendly and professional.?

The pantorouter is cool and very capable but it did not strike me as particularly robust. A few professional colleagues and I saw it working for several days while we were participating in a masterclass by Michael Fortune.?

I least liked the plastic parts, and wondered whether the system would hold up to regular use. I don¡¯t know. But I¡¯ve yet to see it demonstrated with ¡°proper hardwoods¡±. More often than not, pine is being used...

That all said, I watched compound angle joinery being made with relative ease.


Warm regards,
Lucky

On 1 Nov 2020, at 8:58 am, habacomike via <habacomike=[email protected]> wrote:

?Yep, the pantorouter seems to be all the rage at the moment...

On Oct 31, 2020, at 4:52 PM, James Zhu <james.zhu2@...> wrote:

?Multirouter is not on the list, PantoRouter and Tormek T8.

I talked To Mac Sheldon, he said he shipped many PantoRouters to US address near the border for Canadian customers, they crossed the border to pick it up. Otherwise, there are extra brokerage fees and duty except the Canadian tax, cause PantoRouter is made in Taiwan. Because of the pandemic, I cannot cross the border now, just have to wait until the pandemic is over.

Having a horizontal mounted router opens lots of possibilities that you cannot do on the router table, not only for the chair making. For example, I can make an auxiliary table to turn the PantoRouter into the Hoffman dovetail machine.

James

On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 3:52 PM David Davies <myfinishingtouch@...> wrote:
OK...which two?? I'd guess the multirouter?is one of them.
Dave Davies

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 7:33 PM James Zhu <james.zhu2@...> wrote:
Interesting video, two are on my purchase list :)

I removed "expensive" in the subject line, cause I think people on this forum are generally comfortable with this kind of price (not Barth price) for high quality tools.?



James




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