Is this a router revolution? DeWalt DCW600 with DNP612 and DNP616

My new favourite router setup. I have been living the DCW600 since it came out. I have finally been able to play with this setup!!!

[masche]

I have 4. Of them and two plunge bases. Love them

[nastorino]

Nice review. I'm glad they released this compact 20v version.

[smsuperstrat]

Always appreciate a review by Aykroyd. These are great routers. I'm definitely looking to pick up the plunge base.

[michaelwhitfield]

Yes I have one. Their a great machine. I caught mines on sale. I got the router, the charger and two batteries for $200.

[afpitbull]

Well done. I also have the DCW600. I just purchased the DNP612 and DNP616. Thanks for sharing! Can you use a guide bushing with the dust collector installed?

[contessa.adella]

Or…Get the 604 kit. Same brushless machine…WITH palm base, plunge base, dust collector, two guide rail types, additional round base plate, guide bush and centring cone. Plus T.Stak tough case. £300 GBP or approx $320 USD. No batt. But fantastic value, and this is one of the gruntiest (high torque) of the cordless palm routers.

[thomasgilliam]

Wondering what its like with a 5 amp hour powerstack on it.

[Csimon]

You sound just like Dan Aykroyd lol at least when he's doing certain mid-west accents anyway.

I'm thinkin about buying this beast though, especially since it can be used as a plunger as well. I can get it for $320 Canadian on sale with the plunge base. I just hate how Dewalt never includes accessories, they make you buy every little attachment and their attachments aren't cheap either. all you get with the DCW600 is friggin wrench

[Mgconstruction]

Is there a edge guide for the dcw600 with vac attachment? Thanks

[Nettle]

How do you experience the battery use? How quickly will you run through a battery -- and in terms of power, is there any considerable loss compared to a cabled one? Cheers!

[josephgonzales]

Only thing that's unclear to me is why you'd use a plunge base to do a roundover. This seems like a scenario where you would use only the standard base. Plunge bases are for when you're using a straight bit, no?

[fordummies]

are you the "got it coach" guy? 😂

[kennedymcgovern]

Alright, so if you read the comments, tell me if I am seeing what I think I am seeing.

I have a garage full of power tools, but I have never owned a router before. I was doing a job this weekend where a router would have been the perfect tool, and I had to work around not having one. I do not like that, so I just bought this very router and this very plunge base (I am on the DeWalt battery platform, so of course I bought these). They will be delivered in a few days, so I have not even laid eyes nor hands on them yet.

That's the setup. It tells you why I am trying to figure out a tool that I own, as if I have never seen the tool.

OK, so I picked up an edge guide to go with it all, and then I figured out that DeWalt requires a DIFFERENT edge guide for the fixed base than it does for the plunge base (nice, right?). And that is what brought me here...trying to figure out whether I need the attachment for both bases. For that, I had to watch you operate the plunge base to learn how it works. So here is what I THINK I just saw:

If the plunge base locks, well then it becomes a fixed base as soon as you lock it in. So, with that capability, I will never use the fixed base because the plunge base does both. And if that is the case, then I do not need the edge guide for the fixed base, because it will probably be a paperweight.

Am I right? Is that a proper takeaway from this video?

[williba]

I have all Dewalt tools at 18v, will it work OK with an 18v battery?

[villvis]

That's not dust, it's man glitter. Probably the best of the 1/4 inch cordless trim routers, but for a little more ($250 @ toolbarn) you could have a 36v cordless 1/2 metabo with a free 4.0 starter kit.

[cuebj]

Too chatty, otherwise informative. I'll probably get the corded original because I don't have DeWalt batteries unless the Milwaukee bare version is at least as good. The side fence is not great - Trend T7 is a budget half-inch router with micro-adjust fence but, of course, brute power and features like adjustable fence at that price involves other compromises that put me off. Wish I could afford Bosch 1250 or, better still 1600 though that is more powerful and bigger than almost all my requirements