Thank you for the great info. I probably would get a smaller router
for the things I'm mainly interested in doing and a simple table might
be sufficient. I do appreciate the info and this will help me decide.
I had looked briefly at the Portacable and also Ridgid as I've been
very pleased with the power tools I've purchased made by these folks.
Maybe for the hardcore woodworker they might not be the best tool, but
for someone like me, I suspect they would be fine. At least I have
some ideas as to features and so forth when I go router shopping.