Anyone have a Pantorouter?

I bought one this past December

Dick Coers

Only used it to make a few slots, no major project use yet. I am very impressed with the machine. Great fit and finish, good customer connection with the company. I get a newsletter talking about some accessories or new parts, and they offer a nice discount for existing owners. Lots of instructional videos. Wonderful assembly instructions with fasteners grouped together for each sub-assembly. I did have to install two provided shims to bring the cutting head into parallel with the table. I really appreciate the fixed table. I had a Multi-Router and hated doing entrance door stiles on it. The supports I needed for it had to allow the thick stock to be able to slide to make the mortises. Not so with the Pantorouter. The mortise and tenon templates are great. The mortise is contained in a slot, the tenon is cut be following the outside surface. They made the outside surface a taper so you can really fine tune the tenon fit. The head movement does take a little getting used to, but I think my muscle memory from the Multi-Router affects that. Nice sleeve bushings on the head hinge pins, very good fit. The linear bearings for the axis to plunge are very nice. Wonderful dust collection with a brush head and provided dust hose. I definitely recommend it and would buy it again. I do have a multiple ways to do mortise and tenons, including the small Domino. But I feel this still has a place in my shop. It's light enough I still move it around the shop. It sits on my router table when I use it, or get's moved away when I need the router table. This purchase was not based on need. I buy something major each December to offset income in my part time business. This year it was between the Pantorouter and the Shaper cnc handheld router. I don't like sitting at a computer and fussing with software as much as I do like woodworking, so the Pantorouter it was. It looks like it will be a while, if ever, before this size of purchase happens again. Less woodworking, more cycling is my new credo.