7518 routers

[pat warner]

Would very much like to know how your 7518 is doing.
Especially those bought in the last 2 years.
Is the VS sloppy or on the money, bearings, motor lock?

[Doug Hepler]

Pat

I have had one for many years. It is in my router table. Works great. VS works as expected.

Doug

[Andy Giddings]

I've had one for about 10 years. The lowest speed on the VS has started to fail but I hardly use it. Other speeds are fine, as are the bearings

[Bill McNiel]

Bought a "used" 7518 four years ago when I built yet another router table. It has been a stalwart performer, no issues at all and it is used a lot.

[George Bokros]

My speed switch doesn't click as well as it used to be it still controls the speed. Probably needs to be taken out of the table and cleaned out.

[Jon Nuckles]

My father gave me his 7518 about 15 years ago. I don't know how long he had it. It is in my router table and running fine. I do have to say that I don't use the router table often.

[Tom M King]

It's not really a variable speed, but multi-speed. All mine are older than 2 years old, but still working fine. My "router tables" don't allow any dust to ever touch the router though, and mostly they all still look like new.

[Mike Wilkins]

I have 2 that are over 10 years old and working fine. So far no issues with the speed switch, probably because I don't change all that often.

[glenn bradley]

I believe Pat is asking about newer versions and their quality. Units we may have had for years are already known to be OK for the most part.

[Stew Hagerty]

I bought mine in 2009 and have had it in my router table ever since. It works great! I have had no problems whatsoever, and the only maintenance I have to do is brush off the sawdust every once in a while and put a dry lubricant on the posts.

[Rich Riddle]

I purchased one about two years ago and everything is working well on it. Got it at the Woodworking shows for a good discount.

[Jim Becker]

Mine is older than two years by quite a bit, but continues to perform to my expectations in my router table setup.

[Jamie Buxton]

I have a 7518 router that's about two years old, although it might be closer to three. It is mounted in a router table in a lift. It is doing fine so far. Speed change works. Bearings have not failed. I use two wrenches to tighten/loosen the collet, so I've never tested the motor lock. My cyclone plugs into a box that surrounds the router, so there's plenty of airflow past the router, so it may stay cooler than other routers.

[Don Emmerling]

I also have had mine in my router table for the past 4 to 5 years and it runs like new.
Don

[Malcolm McLeod]

I pulled smaller router out of my table, and installed new, motor-only 7518 ~6months ago. It has been well used since with no complaints, but I rarely change the speed.