Aluminum work - Spindle vs Router vs AMB or Mafell milling motor

and note that I finally mounted my Mafell FM 1000 WS in such a way as to put the tool at the same center point as the other options (so no lever reduction advantage):

and that I’m still fiddling with dust collection options (either an adapter plate at the bottom, or a hacked up Sweepy Pro which needs further shrouding at the top to get the dust collection to work at the bottom.