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Proxxon OFV router stand - review

Postby RogerS » 30 Apr 2021, 15:55

Even for me, rarely have I come across a better example that epitomises the rubbish coming out of some backstreet Chinese factory these days. A prime example of what I call C-cubed. Cheap Chinese ****.

It stands way at the top of the League of Not Fit for Purpose. To expect an aluminium frame with poorly drilled holes to slide effortlessly up and down two vertically misaligned metal rods is pushing the laws of physics. What did they use to make the holes ? A miniature chainsaw?

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Why did they make them oversize?

Why did they bother to fit locking knobs to control the plunge depth when it’s perfectly capable of refusing to budge all by itself ?
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And if you make the mistake of plunging too deeply then you’d better have a hammer to hand as that’s the only way of getting it to release.

Useless. Utterly, totally, emphatically useless.
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Re: Proxxon OFV router stand - review

Postby TrimTheKing » 30 Jun 2021, 14:18

Did you report it to them and send it back? Friday afternoon job perhaps...?

I thought Proxxon had a good rep, then again it's probably done to a price now as per so many other formerly strong products...
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Re: Proxxon OFV router stand - review

Postby novocaine » 30 Jun 2021, 14:39

funny, I've just been reading the reviews for the same product on amazon.
there is some miserable old git complaining about it on there. :lol:

are you sure it's Chinese? I thought Proxxon did most of there stuff in Germany.
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Re: Proxxon OFV router stand - review

Postby RogerS » 30 Jun 2021, 16:00

:eusa-violin:
novocaine wrote:funny, I've just been reading the reviews for the same product on amazon.
there is some miserable old git complaining about it on there. :lol:

are you sure it's Chinese? I thought Proxxon did most of there stuff in Germany.


Nothing like German engineering. It's C-cubed.

It is cheap which is crazy. Why not double the price and make it better. It's not as if there's any competition for it as far as I can see.
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