Whenever practical, I rout my mortises, and there's no better router for the job than a plunge router with a big motor. The raw power lets you remove more waste in a single pass, and the increased mass means the router is easier to control and cuts more smoothly. But a big plunge router is great for more than just mortises. I use mine for template routing, profiling edges, and cutting dadoes and rabbets. That's why I was glad to say yes when Fine Woodworking asked me to test all the heavy-duty plunge routers on the market.
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