Matika electric Router

Fixed Base Router (The Classic)

• How it Works: The cutting depth is set and locked before you turn the router on. The bit protrudes a fixed amount throughout the cut.

• Best For:

  • Edge Work: Trimming laminates, rounding over edges, and putting decorative profiles on straight edges.

  • Router Tables: The fixed base is often mounted permanently underneath a router table, where the depth is adjusted from above.

  • Precision: Generally offers finer, more precise depth adjustments.

• Ideal User: Woodworkers who do a lot of repetitive edge profiling and cabinet work, or those who plan to use a router table.

2. Plunge Router (The Versatile)

• How it Works: The depth can be preset, but the bit is retracted inside the base until you are ready to cut. You place the flat base on the wood, start the motor, and then plunge the bit down into the material while the router is running.

• Best For:

  • Mortises and Dados (grooves): Making a cut that starts or stops in the middle of a workpiece.

  • Inlays and Template Work: Cuts where you need to lower the bit gradually or track an interior pattern.

• Ideal User: Anyone who needs versatility to cut away from the edge, such as for creating sign lettering, joinery (like mortises), or decorative patterns.

3. Compact / Palm Router (The Trimmer)

• How it Works: A smaller, lighter, single-handed version, usually around 1-1.25 HP. They are essentially a mini-fixed-base router.