I have a PC 7518 mounted in a table. While its reputation is that of a powerful workhorse I have never been very impressed with mine. Even using several several light passes to raise a panel it easily stalls out before I have time to react and back off my feed rate when feeding by hand. This is even when I'm trying to be slow and careful. Today I am trying to use a large lock miter bit on 15/16" stock. Even using the slowest speed on my powerfeeder, 9.6 ft/min.. it will stall within 5". I know I could knock the edge off first with a 45 degree cut so the lock miter bit didn't have as much material to remove, and that's what I'll do in order to get this done this afternoon, but it seems to me the router should just handle it without resorting to this extra step. So my question is do I have a bad unit (wouldn't surprise me given the bad luck I've had with PC) or am I unrealistic in what I expect it to handle?
thanks,
Mark