Today the power tool form of router, with an electric-motor-driven spindle, is the more common form, and the hand tool is now often called a "router plane".
In 2000, his strongly coveted hand and power tool group faced problems leading to the lifetime dismissal of a court administrator who was found guilty and imprisoned.
Pneumatic tools are safer to run and maintain than their electric power tool equivalents, and have a higher power-to-weight ratio, allowing a smaller, lighter tool to accomplish the same task.
This style is now imitated throughout the power tool accessory and hand tool industry because of its popularity, and saves a lot of wasted clamshell packaging from landfills.
Some workers consider it to be the single most versatile woodworking power tool.
Historically, a power tool also required moving parts to classify as a machine.
Some companies now offer a modernized version that uses standard 1/4-inch hex shank power tool bits.
The area behind the head is usually rough from dressing with a power tool.
