Want quiet router
Larry McVoy
the PC 690 router? How about the Elu?
Thanks in advance.
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Rick Davis
wrote:
>Yeah, I know, it's asking a lot, but is anything substantially quieter than
>the PC 690 router? How about the Elu?
>
Yes it would be asking a lot. It would require replacing that 13 cent
stamped steel fan with something a little better engineered. PC knows
how to do it, they just don't. I have a Makita (one like Norm's) that
is substantially quieter, there are several others in comparable
price/quality range also.
Rick
Larry Smith
> Yeah, I know, it's asking a lot, but is anything substantially quieter than
> the PC 690 router? How about the Elu?
Well, Digital Equipment Corp makes very quiet routers, but
they sometimes do have a loud 60 Hz humm, especially when
the network gets loaded with lots of hits on the web server...
=)
Context has never been my long suit...
Daya Piyasena
>Yeah, I know, it's asking a lot, but is anything substantially quieter than
>the PC 690 router? How about the Elu?
>Thanks in advance.
Yes, there is one. The Bosch 1613EVS is much quieter, and has variable speed
to boot.
Daya.
Heartbreak Kid
>Yeah, I know, it's asking a lot, but is anything substantially quieter than
>the PC 690 router? How about the Elu?
>Thanks in advance.
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Bosch's 1613EVS is the quietest router I've ever heard...in more than 40 years of being
around them. Far less noise that Freud 2000, Dewalt 625, PC690, Crapsman, Skil1835,
Ryobi600 and PC's laminate trimmer...those being the only routers I've worked with in
recent history to compare them to. How many decibles? Hell, I dunno....and nobody else
who is working with them daily does either...although some scientist, engineer, or
wannabe thereof, I'm sure, will want to know before this thread dies.
HBK
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Patrick Olguin
>Yeah, I know, it's asking a lot, but is anything substantially quieter than
>the PC 690 router? How about the Elu?
Larry,
I find the noise of the router (Elu3339) to be miniscule to
the ear-splitting whine of the wood being sheared off in
a brutal and merciless manner. OTOH, my Stanley #71 router
is so quiet, I can use it while my son sleeps in my lap.
Yup, nothing like cleaning up a groove at the kitchen table
with a sleeping child [shameless neanderthal proselytizing].
O'Deen
Just say Not all routers are created equal.
Joe Maller
out of my tools is the motor, not the cutting/drilling/sanding/whatever.
It actually seems strange that hand tools are so quiet. When is someone
going to address this issue and start building electric motors that
don't scream so loudly. I'd be willing to pay a little extra to hear the
woodcutting instead of the saw motor.
joe
Alex Yeilding
writes:
>It actually seems strange that hand tools are so quiet. When is
someone
>going to address this issue and start building electric motors that
>don't scream so loudly. I'd be willing to pay a little extra to hear
the
>woodcutting instead of the saw motor.
If you are a rec woodworker, not someone who needs to meet production
goals to feed his family, how about spending extra effort rather than
extra money. I just paid 32.50 (probably about the same as for a bit,
not the router) for a lovely antique wooden reverse ogee plane, with an
iron that will need only fine honing on carvers stones to take a nice
cut. I'm looking forward to using it to cut an edge on a top to a small
table. Just worried about what I'll do when I get to the endgrain --
maybe banding with a miter joint? (Those noisy dust generators do have
their advantages<g>.)
LEE WARD
Lee Ward
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David Tuttle
> Bosch's 1613EVS is the quietest router I've ever heard...in more than 40 years of being
> around them. Far less noise that Freud 2000, Dewalt 625, PC690, Crapsman, Skil1835,
> Ryobi600 and PC's laminate trimmer...those being the only routers I've worked with in
regualr shop vac with 90 cfm runs at about 100+Db, but a Wen or Fien
with 120+ cfm runs at about 48-52Db. But the regualr shop vac costs $120
Candian, and the Fien costs $1000 Canadian!! So, one solution is go out
to the safety store and buy a box of 100 tapered 33Db ear plugs and that
costs about $20 then when you go for the makita chopsaw running in the
90's Db, or the router you are partialy covered for the sound. . . .
Just dont answer the phone caus ya end up YELLING at the person on the
other end, but to keep hearing on into your 90's it is worth it.
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Jeffrey L. Suits
significantly quieter.
Jeffrey
Larry Jaques
>l...@neteng.engr.sgi.com (Larry McVoy) wrote:
>>Yeah, I know, it's asking a lot, but is anything substantially quieter than
>>the PC 690 router? How about the Elu?
>Larry,
>I find the noise of the router (Elu3339) to be miniscule to
>the ear-splitting whine of the wood being sheared off in
>a brutal and merciless manner. OTOH, my Stanley #71 router
Agreed. That loud noise is enough to keep the wolves awake.
>is so quiet, I can use it while my son sleeps in my lap.
>Yup, nothing like cleaning up a groove at the kitchen table
>with a sleeping child [shameless neanderthal proselytizing].
How do you sharpen a sleeping child, O'deen? And how many grooves
will one make before requiring a resharpening?
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less noise. I would however, much prefer that the posts have the
accordian-like covers like the Bosch.
Dan
Bob DeBula
Larry Jaques <lja...@diversify.com> wrote:
>Patrick Olguin <od...@concentric.net> wrote:
>
>>is so quiet, I can use it while my son sleeps in my lap.
>>Yup, nothing like cleaning up a groove at the kitchen table
>>with a sleeping child [shameless neanderthal proselytizing].
>
>How do you sharpen a sleeping child, O'deen? And how many grooves
>will one make before requiring a resharpening?
Not only that, but imagine the suspenseful anticiptation awaiting
that first tooth so that you can clean up a groove at the
kitchen table! Now that's *true* Neandering. :-)
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We did decibel tests on 30 plunge routers a couple years back and here are
the top performers in each power category:
Under 2 HP: (range: 89.4 dB to 101.2 dB)
DeWalt DW615 89.4 dB
Bosch 1614EVS 89.6
Bosch 1613 91.2
Bosch 1614 92.8
2 HP to 2 1/4 HP: (range 88.8 dB to 98.4 dB)
Bosch 1613 EVS 88.8 dB *QUIETEST ROUTER TESTED
Skil 1875 94.4
Skil 1870 94.8
Elu 3337 97.2
3 HP and up: (range: 94.2 dB to 101.2 dB)
Bosch 1615 EVS 94.2 dB
Ryobi RE-600 EVS 96.8
Freud FT2000E 97.4
Hitachi M12V 97.6
Hitachi TR 12 98.4
DeWalt 625EVS 98.8
Porter Cable 7539 99.0
It's important to note that NONE of these routers fell below the 85 dB
threshold of hearing damage. So, no matter what, wear ear plugs if you
care about your long-term hearing loss.
Ellis Walentine
Executive Editor
American Woodworker Magazine
Woodman721
No such animal. Find yourself a comfortable set of ear muffs. I like them
better than plugs. They are easier to spot in the shop, and they don't
feel like you're pushing sawdust into your ears. But whatever you get,
remember that they only work if you use them!
Mike Rosen
woodm...@aol.com
Heartbreak Kid
awe...@aol.com (AW ewal) wrote:
>We did decibel tests on 30 plunge routers a couple years back and here are
>the top performers in each power category:
<snip>
>Bosch 1613 EVS 88.8 dB *QUIETEST ROUTER TESTED
<snip>
>Bosch 1615 EVS 94.2 dB
>Ryobi RE-600 EVS 96.8
>Freud FT2000E 97.4
>Hitachi M12V 97.6
>Hitachi TR 12 98.4
>DeWalt 625EVS 98.8
>Porter Cable 7539 99.0
>It's important to note that NONE of these routers fell below the 85 dB
>threshold of hearing damage. So, no matter what, wear ear plugs if you
>care about your long-term hearing loss.
>Ellis Walentine
>Executive Editor
>American Woodworker Magazine
Thank you kind Sir! I've been telling everyone who's asked that
my Bosch 1613EVSs were the quietest router on the planet since the
day I bought 'em....and have been ragged in the real world and
flamed in this one for that contention. Nice to see some proof
other than my 'not what it used to be from years of using routers
without ear protection' hearing.