A Router Is A Very Versatile Tool Capable Of Doing A Variety of Tasks

Most shops end up owning a variety of different sizes of routers for doing a variety of tasks.

The smallest router I own is a plastic laminate trimmer, but to be honest 90% of the time it gets used for rounding over the edges of boards with 1/4 round over bits with radius's from 1/8″ to 3/8″.

The next one is the 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 HP general purpose router used for molding work and along with various jigs its use for routing out for various types of hardware.

The there are the 2 to 3 HP routers and these are for heavy duty deep er cuts, many come with the plunge router base so you can do several passes to get the depth of cut. The ar also used with a standard base for large diameter router bits such as a panel raising bit.

Here's Norm to go into the details about using routers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-YeSZ5dW90