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Be warned, most palm routers are actually laminate trimmers and don't have the cooling that the larger ones do. They're great for rounding over corners, flush cutting and routing out hinge mortices. They will struggle with trenching, cutting out deeper mortices or complex profiles, you can do these jobs but they will need to be done in small passes.
If you push a palm router too far you run the risk of actually melting the commutator bar in the motor, you'll know you've done this when the motor starts to make a crackle-y pop--y sound.
I know this as I have a couple of palm router shaped paperweights in the workshop.
Bobbo-
Cheers for the advice. I'll take care.
They're great for rounding over corners, flush cutting and routing out hinge mortices.
This ^ sounds like what I'm after.
As an eg
I made some mdf shelves to go convert a wardrobe to all shelves. To match the profile of the top shelf I spent ages with a couple of files and sandpaper.The shiplap on my shed is a niche size so being able to cut down a larger size and make the right shape to replace broken boards would be really useful.
(Eventually) I'm going to make a lip/trim to go around the edge of my work bench where it meets the wall to hide the gap. It would be nice to have a simple rounded edge - a bit like on a skirting bord.
So it's that sort of thing. None of which I see as being huge pieces of work.
hugo7
A palm router.
The gift of no longer having to procrastinate over which one to buy will be almost as much of a gift as the tool itself.
Although I wonder if I should have at least dropped a hint about having mainly DeWalt tools to see if they could be nudged to the dual palm/plunge one.