re: spindle

> No, this won't work. it will reduce the idling speed of the router, but

it

> will
> also cut the torque to nil. A Variac will work fairly well, as it keeps
> constant
> voltage under load. I think some of the router companies sell speed

regulators

> that the router plugs into.

I have run my router with a variac quite successfully, down to about half
speed.
If you are really going to push a lot of material through it the drop in
torque may be a problem, but it seemed to work well for me.

Try it and see. And running on DC doesn't hurt either. Just get a big
bridge rectifier.

Elliot Burke