Edges, joints & profiles · review
The cordless router, in both bases, with a brushless motor — and a genuinely different tool from every mains machine on this page.
The end of it An excellent second router and a poor only one. The cord you are not fighting is worth more than it sounds.
Every figure is a manufacturer specification, read off the listing itself, and the judgments are ours — drawn from how the specification behaves in this class of machine and from what long-term owners consistently report. Where a figure is missing, we say so rather than fill it in.
18 V battery power, brushless motor, usable as a plunge router or a trim router, 6–8 mm (0.24 to 0.31 in) tool holder. Part number DCW604NT-XJ.
Two things, both about work rather than convenience. On template routing the cord is the part that catches the workpiece, drags the template or pulls the machine off line at the end of a pass. And on a hinge recess in a door already hanging, a cordless trim router is the difference between doing the job and taking the door off.
6–8 mm (0.24 to 0.31 in) takes flush-trim cutters, roundovers, small straight bits and guide-bush work. It does not take a panel-raising bit and never will. That is not a fault in a trim router — it is the definition of one — but it does mean this machine sits alongside a bigger one rather than replacing it.
A router bit’s danger and its cut quality both follow rim speed, not motor speed. A 12 mm (0.47 in) straight bit at 24,000 rpm and a 50 mm (1.97 in) panel-raising bit at 24,000 rpm are not doing the same thing: the rim of the large bit is traveling several times faster, which burns the timber, loads the bearing and — on a bit not rated for it — is how they come apart.
Large-diameter bits must be run slower. That is what electronic speed control is for, and it is the reason a variable-speed router is not a convenience but a requirement once you own bits over about 40 mm (1.57 in).
Read on the day this page was built: $790 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-12. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Power | 18 V battery, brushless motor |
|---|---|
| Bases | Usable as plunge router or trim router |
| Collet capacity | 6–8 mm (0.24 to 0.31 in) |
| Part number | DCW604NT-XJ |
| Amazon reference | B07R6TR7X6 (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 5035048711804 |
No. We searched for the DW625E and the listing returned carries part number DCW604NT-XJ — a cordless combi router, a different machine entirely. We write up what the reference actually sells rather than the model we went looking for.
It defines it. 6–8 mm (0.24 to 0.31 in) means small bits: flush trim, roundover, small straight cutters, hinge recesses. That is most of what a router does day to day, and none of what a router table does. Treat it as a second router, not a first one.
A listing is not an offer: the reference exists on these stores, availability changes daily.
8.4/ 10
An excellent second router and a poor only one. The cord you are not fighting is worth more than it sounds.
Edge trimming, hinge recesses and template work, especially away from a bench
Listed because the blade or part names this saw.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for woodworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
12 V · brushless · 8 mm (0.31 in) collet · bare tool
A one-handed 12 V edge router at €140 that publishes the one number that matters on a trimmer — the collet size.
Best for: Rounding over, trimming laminate edges and chamfering, one-handed, on site
Professional plunge · fine-adjust fence
A professional plunge router that ships with the parallel fence, the template guide adapter and the wrench — the parts usually sold separately.
Best for: A workshop that wants a professional router working properly on day one
Plunge router · €57 in Germany
A plunge router for the price of two good bits. It is the cheapest way to find out whether you want a router at all.
Best for: Finding out whether a router earns a place in your workshop before spending properly
≈ $160
