ShopBot Desktop router up for the challenge?

[mman1506]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

As for router spindles, anything less than 2HP is not going to give you any respectable cutting power. We've had a Porter Cable 2 1/4 HP and a Hitachi MV12 2 1/4 HP. The Porter Cable was deafeningly loud. The Hitachi is substantially quieter, but is smaller in physical size, and lacks the torque that the Porter Cable had. I can imagine cutting with a 1HP spindle to be akin to watching paint dry.

Both those wood router spindles are going to be far less powerful and capable than the 1 HP three phase spindle that comes with the shopbot. Wood routers are usually advertised with peak H/P numbers and are less efficient than a proper spindle.