Over the last few years, the state of the art in handheld routers has been tucked away in the back of our minds. It was at SIGGRAPH in 2012 and we caught up to it at Makerfair last year.

The entire device is built around a hand held router, with a base that contains a camera, electronics, stepper motors, and a very nice screen for displaying the current tool path. After a few ...

From cabinet making to creating custom trim, routers are among the most sophisticated woodworking machines in carpentry. Handheld routers, both plunge-style and fixed-base, are popular among both ...

A router is a tool used to hollow out an area in the face of the working sto ck (wood, plastic, other material). Small hand-held routers use a spinning cylindrical blade, similar to a drill bit, to ...

One of my routers is mounted on a 12- by 12-in. piece of 3/8-in.-thick acrylic, and it does double duty. Although it's big and clumsy, I can use it as a handheld router. Or I can screw it to a pair of ...