Air cooled Spindle vs Makita

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This was pretty thoroughly discussed here:

Ultimately, I did get a Mafell FM 1000 WS:

but not so much for intrinsic considerations as that I was doing a lot of test cuts and some days it felt as if I spent more time wrenching than cutting. It’s still on my SO3 XL, and I use an ER-11 Carbide Compact Router on my Pro which is where I’ve actually been doing work lately.