Timmy,
Your description of the OF2200 above sounds exactly like the OF2000 to me. I've been hogging at the white oak with it myself. Also, with a bit as large in diameter as that roundover, I'd want to have that oversized oblong base on the bottom. Does the OF2200 have one as an option? It adds an amazing amount of stability to any router, especially around the corners. I'd also want to know if the oversized base accepts such a large diameter bit, or would it need to be opened up? It's a pricey accessory for the OF1400, yet incredibly important to me. I made one a while ago for each of my routers that use large diameter bits.
BTW, let the SS workers have this large a router. The work they do is to hard to flip over onto a shaper anyway. As is your table, but I could round over that edge with the large PC, as I've done it for along time now, no plunging required. A roundover shouldn't be a tough cut. Throw a 7/8"w x 3/4"d dadoe in it for a few feet & then tell me what you think. Do it with both the OF2200 & the OF 2000, side by side. Make it a plunge cut as well. If the OF2200 can go in one pass, I'd be impressed, as the OF 2000 can, but who would? The router bit can't take the heat in the white oak, & if you want to get some lineal footage out of the bit it should be treated better than that anyway. A lot of heat is generated in the bottom of that cut. At $370.00 more than the OF2000 it really needs to make coffee as well & tea.
Otherwise, as I said, let the SS guys buy it. The solid surface counters now sell for more than the real stones that they were designed to simulate. It's the preferred countertop now, & it's like gold to the fabricators. Nobody ever payed that much for P.L. tops, or butcher block. They make a fortune on just the tops, & it may pay off for them. I make furniture, not much money. Most of the larger SS shops also have CNC equipment for the pattern & bowl cuts, & the small shops want one. The other thing about SS is it's not stone. It cuts like a soft wood & is really hard only on the bits. I've used a small plunge router for the sink cut outs, though it's not neccesary. I usually drill a hole in the center & rout out the cut out to a shop template, hot glued or, clamped to the bottom, with a bottom bearing bit. Either way it's 1/2" th. plastic & not hard on the tool itself, just tough as nails on the bit as it's quite abrasive to the cuttiong edge. The dust on the other hand is brutal, & usually merciless. I'm not sure I'd want to experiment with $800.00 (plus accessories 
) by throwing one out into an SS shop. It will be used by employees as any sensible SS fabrication shop owner does not work on the material. Ever smelled it? Nobody enjoys working it. In that sense it's not wood, just chemicals.
With the diversity of my shop, & I'm sure yours, an affordable, flexible router is a must. It could get dropped a few times or abused by an employee & still need replacing. In the SS shop it will be abused by the employees, especially at that weight. The OF2200 only seems suited to the heaviest of applications. If all the power tools in the shop increased in price as this router now has, we'd all be out of work as soon as the last router died.
Peace brother, the table is rocking, & not just on edge like that on photo. ;D
Oh, & let us know how the two routers do side by side at that plow dadoes.
Your description of the OF2200 above sounds exactly like the OF2000 to me. I've been hogging at the white oak with it myself. Also, with a bit as large in diameter as that roundover, I'd want to have that oversized oblong base on the bottom. Does the OF2200 have one as an option? It adds an amazing amount of stability to any router, especially around the corners. I'd also want to know if the oversized base accepts such a large diameter bit, or would it need to be opened up? It's a pricey accessory for the OF1400, yet incredibly important to me. I made one a while ago for each of my routers that use large diameter bits.
BTW, let the SS workers have this large a router. The work they do is to hard to flip over onto a shaper anyway. As is your table, but I could round over that edge with the large PC, as I've done it for along time now, no plunging required. A roundover shouldn't be a tough cut. Throw a 7/8"w x 3/4"d dadoe in it for a few feet & then tell me what you think. Do it with both the OF2200 & the OF 2000, side by side. Make it a plunge cut as well. If the OF2200 can go in one pass, I'd be impressed, as the OF 2000 can, but who would? The router bit can't take the heat in the white oak, & if you want to get some lineal footage out of the bit it should be treated better than that anyway. A lot of heat is generated in the bottom of that cut. At $370.00 more than the OF2000 it really needs to make coffee as well & tea.
Otherwise, as I said, let the SS guys buy it. The solid surface counters now sell for more than the real stones that they were designed to simulate. It's the preferred countertop now, & it's like gold to the fabricators. Nobody ever payed that much for P.L. tops, or butcher block. They make a fortune on just the tops, & it may pay off for them. I make furniture, not much money.
Most of the larger SS shops also have CNC equipment for the pattern & bowl cuts, & the small shops want one. The other thing about SS is it's not stone. It cuts like a soft wood & is really hard only on the bits. I've used a small plunge router for the sink cut outs, though it's not neccesary. I usually drill a hole in the center & rout out the cut out to a shop template, hot glued or, clamped to the bottom, with a bottom bearing bit. Either way it's 1/2" th. plastic & not hard on the tool itself, just tough as nails on the bit as it's quite abrasive to the cuttiong edge. The dust on the other hand is brutal, & usually merciless. I'm not sure I'd want to experiment with $800.00 (plus accessories ) by throwing one out into an SS shop. It will be used by employees as any sensible SS fabrication shop owner does not work on the material. Ever smelled it? Nobody enjoys working it. In that sense it's not wood, just chemicals.With the diversity of my shop, & I'm sure yours, an affordable, flexible router is a must. It could get dropped a few times or abused by an employee & still need replacing. In the SS shop it will be abused by the employees, especially at that weight. The OF2200 only seems suited to the heaviest of applications. If all the power tools in the shop increased in price as this router now has, we'd all be out of work as soon as the last router died.
Peace brother, the table is rocking, & not just on edge like that on photo. ;D
Oh, & let us know how the two routers do side by side at that plow dadoes.
We will indeed put the mamba jambas to the test. I can't wait to get some video of the "contest" as well. I hear ya on the dough...I really do! We have the 7518's in here as well, and it has certainly been a staple in most shops. All I am saying is the OF2200 is as smooth as silk, and the throat will take a very, very large bit. It is a portable shaper indeed.
