Edges, joints & profiles · review
The router built to live under a table: 2,400 W, above-table height adjustment, and the reason most home-made router tables have a Triton in them.
The end of it The default choice for a router table, and it has been for years. Handheld it is a compromise.
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.
2,400 W, dual function — handheld or table-mounted — part number 330165.
Mounting a normal plunge router upside down under a table creates two frustrations. Changing the height means reaching underneath and fighting a spring designed to push the machine the other way. And changing a bit means either removing the router or working blind in a confined space.
Triton’s design addresses both from above the table, through the plate. That is the entire reason this machine dominates home-built router tables, and it is not visible in a specification comparison.
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).
At 2,400 W this is the machine on this page most likely to be swinging a large panel-raising bit, which makes the speed control load-bearing rather than optional.
Catalogued and unsold: the American Amazon shop lists the reference with nobody behind it.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
| Motor | 2,400 W |
|---|---|
| Type | Dual function — handheld plunge or table-mounted |
| Part number | 330165 |
| Amazon reference | B002QRUG04 (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 0646791377077 |
Because the alternative is lying on the floor under the table with a torch, every time you change the height by half a millimeter. Routers designed for table use bring the adjustment up through the table plate. It sounds like a convenience and it changes how often you are willing to make a fine adjustment — which is to say, whether the table gets used properly.
Yes, that is the "dual function", and 2,400 W handheld is a lot of router. For edge work and small profiles a lighter machine is more pleasant; for deep mortices and large bits, the weight is an asset.
A listing is not an offer: the reference exists on these stores, availability changes daily.
8.1/ 10
The default choice for a router table, and it has been for years. Handheld it is a compromise.
A router table — this is the machine the category is built around
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
18 V cordless · plunge or trim base · brushless
The cordless router, in both bases, with a brushless motor — and a genuinely different tool from every mains machine on this page.
Best for: Edge trimming, hinge recesses and template work, especially away from a bench
≈ $790
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
