Hi Mac,
I am not fond of routers. I think because when I first started I ran a several hundred feet of trim made with 4 passes on each piece with a router. I avoid them as much as possible. I did build a nice router table years ago, used it once and that was it. Once you have a ?good shaper a noisy router in a table is not very pleasant. I will say when I have to use one I can tolerate the Festo 1400.
I like router bits on the shaper for cuts not possible with shaper cutters. Mostly with the sliding table. Repeats can be set pretty quick with the Distometer or similar. If I cannot set a cutter or bit manually every now and then I am a poor excuse for a woodworker.
