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   MarkH | Jan 01, 2008 07:16pm | #1

   Cheaper.  Wonder what else they cheap up?

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   hipaul | Jan 01, 2008 07:28pm | #2

   The switch on their 1617 router. My tool guy said that it's the one fatal flaw on that router, it's a cheap POS from overseas. He gave me a second switch so that I wouldn't have any down time each time it gets clogged with dust and stops working. I have to pop it out, put in the new one, and then take the old one apart and clean it out before the other one clogs again. So they save $.10 cents a switch and I curse their name for being a quality company that again cuts corners so they can to make a fast buck. Way of the world I guess.That cord on the radio is really stiff all year round on mine. I usually don't bother unraveling it any more. I just leave it clipped to itself and plug an extension cord into it if I can.Paul

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   MSA1 | Jan 01, 2008 09:08pm | #4

   That drives me CRAZY!! Need to run a simple piece of trim and it takes 15 min cause I gotta clean the switch, rock it back and forth threee hundred times, and blow as much dust out as I can.

   Love the router, hate the switch.

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   popawheelie | Jan 01, 2008 07:32pm | #3

   I've been through the same thing with tools. One thing I've done is with tools that I use a lot is to put my own cords on them.

   Go find a cold weather extension cord or just get some off a reel and change it out.

   If you use it alot it's one less extension cord you will just use for the radio anyways.

   I still have to use extension cords for tools, but alot less.