Item : B00006K00P Customer Reviews Outstanding Value by .. Eric Beyrich (Larchmont, NY United States) Having only used more expensive shop quality machines, or high end router tables, before ordering the Shopmaster, I was initially concerned that the Shopmaster would fall short, on either power, or precision. However, after having used the machine for several projects, I am happy to report that it performed better than expected in all regards. Certainly, a larger, cast iron deck, and a solid fence with t-slots for stops would be nice. However, the price of the SH100 unit is so low that one can add a top-of the line Incra fence system and still be ahead of the game. For small volume contractors and weekend woodworkers, I highly recommend this tool. It blows the doors off of my friend's 2HP Porter Cable Router Table Combo. Hope that helps. Not bad for around the house by .. A. Rodriguez (Oden, AR) You want to know the cons, here they are. I replaced the 2 piece fence as soon as I got it out of the box and put on a 6" oak 1 piece fence. I don't like to waste time setting up a two piece fence when you can do a better job with one. You just have to cut out a slot big enough to handle your bits. The height adjustment knob should have been made bigger for easier bit changes. If you don't have a vacuum system, you'll have to remove the power switch every once in a while and clean out the sawdust. Just remove two screws, pop out the switch housing, and blow it out. Cudos to Delta for designing the switch for easy cleaning. Sawdust will collect quickly in the chute without a vacuum. It doesn't take much to clean it out, however it does get old pretty quick. The wrenches are a waste of time. Delta took a shortcut on this one. They should've made better quality wrenches that don't bend and open up. Overall, it is a solid tool that gets the job done. I milled Oak cabinet frames/doors from scratch and she never bogged down. I would buy it again based simply on performance. The pros outweigh the cons. A valued purchase by .. John P. Walters (St. Olaf College; Northfield, MN) While this unit is not as heavy as a professional shaper, it is certainly better than a router table assembled from pieces. The 1/2 in collet is driven on its own outboard spindle, supported by two ball bearings. The motor is belted to the spindle in a step-up fashion to get the tool turning at 12,000 rpm. The whole assembly, along with the raising and lowering mechanism, is a complete unit, fully assembled, and simply bolted to the metal cabinet stand. It is well made and quite robust. I had no problems putting the unit together and doing the few simple adjustment to get the spindle perpendicular to the table. I am using 1/2 inch shank router cutters rather than true spindle units, and find the motor delivers more than enough power to handle edge shaping and such basic operations. I have not tried the heavier shaping jobs that are needed to make raised panels, etc. I purchased separately the extension table for the earlier 505 machine, since it was stated to work for the Sh100, but had to cut through it in the back for the dust collection vacuum cleaner exhaust system to connect. I bought a B&D workmate for a support stand for the unit. This has worked well, without the need for additional clamping. Reproducibility in setting the router blade height is acceptable, as long as you follow the directions and raise the cutter to the desired level from the bottom UP. I found the fence to be OK, considering the price of the unit. You have to make the fence adjustments "by hand" using a straight ruler or board to set the two segments to be parallel. It takes a little time to do this, but it's no big deal. It's not a good idea to be in a hurry setting up the fences and cutter height anyhow. I am happy with my purchase. If I wanted a professional calibur shaper I would have gotten a Grissley or bigger Delta for more money. The SH100 is working nicely for me now doing heavier (and safer) routing than a hand or plunge router would do, and for that it is more than worth what I spent for it. I was not at all pleased with the way FedEx delivered it. There was a big rip in the carton corner, and the side of the SH100 base cabinet for the unit had a big dent in it. I did not want to go through the hassle of returning it, since I had to cut up the box just to get the unit out to look at it. So I took a couple of hours and straighted the cabinet dent out, but it doesn't say much for FedEx in that they just dumped it in this condition on my door step. This is why I did not give the unit 5 stars. Great!!!!! by .. C. Stone (Kentucky) The product was as discribed and I was very pleased with it. The delivery was faster then expected. Router/Shaper by .. W. Lueker (Arizona) The Router/Shaper arrived about 3-4 days early, which was great. It works wonderfully. Has adequate power for the router bits used. I am making arched rasied panel mahogany doors and I did not have any problems. The great thing is it operates using 110 volts instead of 220 like the big commerical units.