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So I'm just starting to get into woodworking (parents got me a Milwaukee M18 set for christmas), and I'm considering picking up a combination router set for general joinery and edge moldings. I was wandering around in Lowe's today, and saw that they dropped the price on the Bosch 1617EVSPK to $179, lower than I've seen it anywhere online, and lower than any of the other combo kits I've considered (DeWalt DW618PK, Milwaukee 5616-24). Soooo... should I jump on it? It was marked "new lower price," does anyone know if that means the price drop is permanent or just temporary? It'd be nice if I could wait until April, since Discover is doing 5% cashback on home improvement store purchases then.
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dyne posted:I don't know if there's anything necessarily wrong with the cheap router bit sets. I have one and appreciate the variety of bits that I have. I haven't been disappointed by their quality and even if they're not as durable, I use them so lightly that I doubt I'll ever dull them. I also have a cheap bit set (and the same router!), but the MLCS set is in fact 1/2" shank, carbide tipped, with roller bearings. Sure, it'd be nice to have nothing but Freud or Eagle America bits, but that's more than I'm willing to spend right now. I figure I'll replace the MLCS stuff piecemeal as they wear out with nicer things, so I don't take as big a hit all at once. I should hopefully be better at routing by that time, as well.
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