Porter-Cable Plunge Router Model 7529

condition: like new make / manufacturer: Porter-Cable model name / number: 7529 I bought this new from Western Tool and used it once. It's been in the box ever since. See below a review from Lon Schleining, Woodworking Magazine: From 10/1/1999 issue by Lon Schleining Woodworking Magazine: Two-horsepower routers, plunge or plain, are selling fast these days. Porter-Cable just entered the game with the model No. 7529. This tool has just about everything you could ask for in a plunge router. It's light enough to do handheld work but powerful enough to go into a table and be used with large-diameter bits. The router has the familiar three-stop setup for plunge cuts. A microadjusting knob, for setting the bit height in a router table, makes precise adjustment a snap once you figure out how it works. The instruction manual seemed a bit fuzzy on this procedure. The arbor lock leaves you with only one wrench to lose instead of the usual two. The router comes with 1/4-in. and 1/2-in. collets. The tool's speed-control switches allow you to set the speed conventionally via a dial or to control it by squeezing the trigger. The electronics brings the motor up to speed smoothly and puts the brakes on when power is shut off. The router's plunge-cutting operation feels just right. There is plenty of spring pressure holding the router up but not so much that the plunge is stiff. The spring-loaded plunge-locking lever is easily locked and released with one finger. The router is as vibration free as any I have ever used. All of the controls are easy to operate without removing your hands from the handles. The baseplate has a large cutout covered with clear plastic, so you can actually see what you're cutting. This single router could replace all seven of the routers I now have in my shop.