The best advice I have to offer is to get one in your hands and try the controls and see how it feels to you. It is also very heavy but that is only to be expected of a powerful tool so I can’t really complain about that. That may be a missing retaining clip (not sure if there should be one but there's not, or it may benefit from a touch of 2000 grit love). In the end, the woodwork specialist suggested that the collet wasn't 1/2", but 12mm - a slight but material difference.

Whyat I have the MV12, actually two of them because I burned out the speed controller on one and now only use it with an aftermarket controller. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Its a 2 kW machine so it has the extra power when you need it, the layout of the switches seem fine, It's a solid bit of kit. When i couldn't get the bits to go fully into the collet, i thought maybe i was doing something wrong, and when one of the bits flew out of the machine when i tried to use it, i knew i had to ask an expert. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Again, I have to prefix this with the fact that it's my first router, but it seemed pretty quiet to me (however, this was using ear defenders, which I strongly recommend for router work, along with safety glasses and a dust mask). The M12 V2 features electronic speed control which ensures that the same fine finish is achieved in all grades of timber, aluminium and plastics, the full wave electronic control ensures the selected speed is maintained by the M12V2 router under any load.

I have a V2 that allows you to take the threaded rod out of gear by using a half round nut against it. Other than the overpowering size and power in the hands of a novice, the only beef i've had in using it is that the collet doesn't like to let go of bits. Our sales and service team based in our Kilmarnock Trade centre have a combined experience of over 100 years in the trade and we are proud of the fact that we can provide a first class service and advice on any of our products whatever your requirements. The Hitachi M12V2 1/2" shank router has a powerful 2000 watt motor in 240v and 1570 watt in 110v, so is therefore able to deal with the most demanding of applications.Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Industrial Tool Supplies (London) Limited acts as a broker and offers finance from PayPal credit. I can say that any tool I have ever tried by Hitachi performs well and they are usually good value for the money. The carry case is impossible to pack the router back into, and,more importantly, the screws fixing the boss benefit from being replaced with machine screws: the ones supplied vibrate loose and can throw the boss. If you are not sure if you will be using a table or free hand try to imagine what you will be doing then decide if it can be done on a table.

This is not what you want to be doing with expensive router bits (fortunately this was an old and well-used straight bit). mgmine- I am planning on doing a lot of table work which is why I am leaning towards one of the higher power models.

The Hitachi M12VE Router is a powerful variable speed router with accurate depth adjustment for increased cutting effucency, soft start and adjustable handles for optimum comfort.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Variable speed motor with constant speed control with a convenient variable speed dial on side handle.Whyat, over the years there has been a lot of discussion about the Hitachi M12V routers, and to make matters difficult they used the M12 prefix on a 1-1/2 hp 1617 clone as well as the big 3-1/4 hp models.